Month: May 2020

It’s hard to take away screen time right now. They already can’t see their friends. Here are ways to empathize but also call for respect. View original article Contributor:

In New York Cityand around the country, community health centers — which serve vulnerable, hard-to-reach populations — are being strained like never before. View original article Contributor:

The scientist had pushed for the country’s lockdown. In the Philippines, a major broadcaster critical of Duterte has been forced off the air even as the need for pandemic news is peaking. View original article Contributor:

Young, inexperienced workers scrambled to sort through tips on equipment desperately needed to fight the coronavirus while warehouses ran bare and doctors made their own gear. View original article Contributor:

The number of new daily coronavirus cases continues to fall in virus-ravaged New York, but they’re climbing in the rest of the U.S. as some states have begun rolling back lockdown restrictions. Drawing on data compiled by John Hopkins University, TIME charted new daily cases using a seven-day rolling average, to account for lags in … Read more

(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of the coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior government scientist alleged in a whistleblower complaint Tuesday. Dr. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, alleges he was reassigned … Read more

A Native American community severely impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak has received an outpour of donations from Irish people, who are returning a historic favor from 173 years ago. In 1847, the Native American Choctaw nation sent $170 ($5000 today) of relief aid to the Irish people impacted by the great potato famine. Now, the … Read more

(DETROIT) — Major U.S. automakers are planning to reopen North American factories within two weeks, potentially putting thousands of workers back on the assembly line as part of a gradual return to normality. Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley said on an earnings conference call Tuesday his company plans to start reopening factories May 18, though … Read more

Think all this stuff about injecting disinfectant or introducing ultraviolet light into the body to battle coronavirus is a lot of crazy talk? What about preventing the disease by hanging mothballs around your neck? How about blaming it on flies or bed bugs or street dust or even cornflakes? Think hyping a malaria drug like … Read more

Patients and their home health workers share the fear that one might infect the other with the coronavirus. View original article Contributor: Chelsea Janes