Month: June 2020

In states like California, Texas and Florida, many essential workers have been given an additional task: conflict resolution. View original article Contributor:

A new study warns that the strain of H1N1, common on China’s pig farms since 2016, should be “urgently” controlled to avoid another pandemic. View original article Contributor:

An unreleased report commissioned by U.S. Special Operations Command found deficiencies in the military’s suicide-prevention programs for its elite troops. View original article Contributor:

Summer has just begun, but health officials are already warning Americans that the fall and winter months ahead will likely be challenging. Once flu season begins, the U.S. will have to worry about not one, but two contagious viruses. “The real risk is that we’re going to have two circulating respiratory pathogens at the same … Read more

At long last, we have made a truly game-changing scientific breakthrough in preventing the spread of COVID-19. The impact of this breakthrough seems almost too good to be true. We have found a disease control tool that, when used properly, can dramatically reduce the person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Studies have … Read more

Liz Satterfield has a ritual for every time she returns home after leaving the house. Diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2016, the Kirkland, Washington resident recently learned that the cancer that had spread to her brain in 2018 was still growing. Throughout the pandemic, she’s had to visit the hospital at least once every … Read more

Measure has virtually no chance of becoming law, but it compels Republicans to cast an election-year vote against health care View original article Contributor: Amy Goldstein

Direct exposure to the heat accounted for about 60 percent of the deaths, according to a 15-year study by the CDC. View original article Contributor: Linda Searing