La Casa Blanca y muchos estadounidenses han depositado sus esperanzas de derrotar a la pandemia de COVID-19 en una vacuna que se está desarrollando a la “velocidad de la luz”. Pero algunos científicos advierten que se espera ... [Continue Reading]
For Each Critically Ill COVID Patient, a Family Is Suffering, Too
The weeks of fear and uncertainty that Pam and Paul Alexander suffered as their adult daughter struggled against COVID-19 etched itself into the very roots of their hair, leaving behind bald patches by the time she left the hospital in early ... [Continue Reading]
Study suggests newborns be vaccinated for hepatitis B
Not all pregnant women are universally screened for hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Ontario, even though this screening is recommended, and the majority of those who test positive do not receive follow-up testing or interventions, leading to infections of ... [Continue Reading]
‘No Mercy’ Chapter 5: With Rural Hospital Gone, Cancer Care Means a Daylong Trek
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Sixty-five-year-old Karen Endicott-Coyan is living with a blood cancer. Her chemotherapy takes less than 30 minutes. Before the hospital closed, it was just a short drive into the small town of ... [Continue Reading]
Verily’s COVID Testing Program Halted in San Francisco and Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. — Amid fanfare in March, California officials celebrated the launch of a multimillion-dollar contract with Verily — Google’s health-focused sister company — that they said would vastly expand COVID testing among the ... [Continue Reading]
¿Viajas para el Día de Acción de Gracias? Deberás atravesar la barrera de COVID
Molly Wiese estaba perpleja. Sus padres y hermanos viven en el sur de California, y Wiese, abogada de 35 años, ha viajado cada Navidad desde que se mudó a Minnesota en 2007. Por la pandemia, Wiese pensó que esta vez sería más ... [Continue Reading]
Workers Fired, Penalized for Reporting COVID Safety Violations
This story also ran on Fortune. It can be republished for free. When COVID-19 began making headlines in March, Charles Collins pulled out a protective face mask from the supply at the manufacturing company in Rockaway, New Jersey, where he ... [Continue Reading]
Análisis: el invierno llega para los bares. Cómo salvarlos. Y salvarnos.
Si realmente queremos detener la propagación del coronavirus a medida que se acerca el invierno y esperamos una vacuna, aquí una idea: el gobierno debería pagar a los bares, y a muchos restaurantes y lugares de eventos, para que ... [Continue Reading]
Analysis: Winter Is Coming for Bars. Here’s How to Save Them. And Us.
If we really want to stem the spread of the coronavirus as winter looms and we wait for a vaccine, here’s an idea: The government should pay bars, many restaurants and event venues to close for some months. That may sound radical, but it makes ... [Continue Reading]
Trump Says He Saved 2 Million Lives From COVID. Really?
President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed to have saved 2 million lives from COVID-19 through his actions to combat the disease. Recently, he made the assertion during the NBC News town hall on Oct. 15 that replaced the second presidential ... [Continue Reading]
‘All You Want Is to Be Believed’: The Impacts of Unconscious Bias in Health Care
In mid-March, Karla Monterroso flew home to Alameda, California, after a hiking trip in Utah’s Zion National Park. Four days later, she began to develop a bad, dry cough. Her lungs felt sticky. The fevers that persisted for the next nine weeks ... [Continue Reading]
Musicians Improvise Masks for Wind Instruments to Keep the Band Together
Trombonist Jerrell Charleston loves the give-and-take of jazz, the creativity of riffing off other musicians. But as he looked toward his sophomore year at Indiana University, he feared that steps to avoid sharing the coronavirus would also keep ... [Continue Reading]
No, the WHO Didn’t Change Its Lockdown Stance or ‘Admit’ Trump Was Right
On Monday, President Donald Trump claimed that the World Health Organization (WHO) “admitted” he was correct that using lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 was more damaging than the illness. In a post on Twitter, Trump wrote: ... [Continue Reading]
Insomnio, pérdida de cabello y rechinar de dientes: cómo superar el estrés pandémico
A fines de marzo, poco después que el estado de Nueva York cerrara negocios no esenciales y pidiera a la gente que se quedara en casa, Ashley Laderer comenzó a despertarse cada mañana con un terrible dolor de cabeza. “Sentía ... [Continue Reading]
Sleepless Nights, Hair Loss and Cracked Teeth: Pandemic Stress Takes Its Toll
In late March, shortly after New York state closed nonessential businesses and asked people to stay home, Ashley Laderer began waking each morning with a throbbing headache. “The pressure was so intense it felt like my head was going to ... [Continue Reading]
Aunque preferiría cerrar, la cadena de tiendas COVID-19 Essentials se expande
Lone Tree, Colorado.- Darcy Velásquez, de 42 años, y su madre, Roberta Truax, caminaban recientemente por el centro comercial Park Meadows, 15 millas al sur del centro de Denver, buscando regalos de Navidad para los dos hijos de ... [Continue Reading]
As Californians Get Older and Less Mobile, Fires Get Hotter and Faster
PETALUMA, Calif. — Late on the night of Sept. 27, a bumper-to-bumper caravan of fleeing cars, horse trailers, RVs and overstuffed pickup trucks snaked east on Highway 12, the flames of the Glass Fire glowing orange in their rearview mirrors. With her ... [Continue Reading]
Making Money Off Masks, COVID-Spawned Chain Store Aims to Become Obsolete
LONE TREE, Colo. — Darcy Velasquez, 42, and her mother, Roberta Truax, were walking recently in the Park Meadows mall about 15 miles south of downtown Denver, looking for Christmas gifts for Velasquez’s two children, when they spotted a store ... [Continue Reading]
New Moms Behind Bars Get Help From Someone Who’s Been There
INDIANAPOLIS — Nine years ago, Nina Porter gave birth in a hospital bed with one of her ankles chained to the frame. Corrections officers stood watch as Porter held her daughter, Gianna, to her chest for the first time. Back at a nursery inside ... [Continue Reading]
COVID Stalks Montana Town Already Saddled With Asbestos Disease
LIBBY, Mont. — Frank Fahland has spent most days since the pandemic began at the site of his dream house, working to finish a 15-year labor of love while keeping away from town and the people closest to him. Like thousands of people from Libby and ... [Continue Reading]
As Trump Touts His ‘Great’ COVID Drugs, the Pharma Cash Flows to Biden, Not Him
Pharmaceutical giants Regeneron and Gilead Sciences got the kind of publicity money can’t buy this week after President Donald Trump took their experimental drugs for his coronavirus infection, left the hospital and pronounced himself fully ... [Continue Reading]
Moved by Plight of Young Heart Patient, Stranger Pays His Hospital Bill
Even with insurance, Matthew Fentress faced a medical bill of more than $10,000 after a heart operation. A cook at a senior living community in Kentucky, he figured he could never pay what he owed — until a stranger who lives 2,000 miles away stepped ... [Continue Reading]