As pandemic re-opening efforts show mixed success, across the U.S., there have been reports of long lines for COVID-19 testing, and shortages in some places. One solution could be pooled testing, a strategy that’s already been used in China, Germany, Israel and South Africa to test a large number of […]
Medicine
While the summer sun is great for a day outside, it can pose an issue if you’re trying to get some rest. Thankfully, blackout curtains are a simple solution to the problem. According to Dr. Daniel Barone, a neurologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian, one of the easiest […]
The risk for the severe form of COVID-19 increases with age, so like many older adults, Katharine Esty spent many weeks this spring without leaving her home at all. Esty, who turns 86, this week, knows all too well the toll such self-isolation can take on mental health. She’s still […]
“About 80% percent of my patients scheduled appointments just for information on COVID-19.” (Photo: Rostislav_Sedlacek via Getty Images) Within a week of the first COVID-19 case in Michigan, my practice had fully transitioned to telehealth. I went from putting my hands on patients to seeing them from my kitchen on […]
Your hand sanitizer may not be working as best as it should to ward off COVID-19. (Photo: Nodar Chernishev via Getty Images) Keeping your hands clean is a critical component of protection against the spread of the coronavirus. Using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer is a convenient method of hand hygiene on […]
Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday said cannibalism is just a way of adapting and that Americans had better adapt to the coronavirus. Limbaugh, who previously said the COVID-19 infection was just the common cold, called the response to the pandemic “un-American.” He also compared the situation to the Spanish Flu […]
A man wearing a facemask checks his phone near a sign urging people not to gather, while he walks on the beach in Long Beach, Calif. on July 14, 2020. California’s Governor Gavin Newsom announced a significant rollback of the state’s reopening plan on July 13, 2020 as coronavirus cases […]
Shoppers on Regent Street today, as the Government confirms that it will soon be mandatory to wear a face mask in shops. – Dominic Lipinski/PA Coronavirus Article Bar with counter .. Police have raised concerns that enforcing face mask rules in shops is “unrealistic and unfair,” if shoppers refuse to wear face coverings […]