Month: June 2020

Miserable as it can often be, remote work is highly productive — leading many employers to wonder if they’ll ever go back to the office. View original article Contributor:

For months, researchers have warned that people without any COVID-19 symptoms could still be silent carriers of the disease, making it that much harder to get the pandemic under control—and that much more important to take precautions like social distancing and wearing a mask, even if you feel fine. So it came as a surprise … Read more

More than three months after a nursing home in Kirkland, Wash., became the center of the country’s first coronavirus outbreak, a majority of nursing home workers believe they’re risking their lives on the job and that their employers are not doing enough to protect them from the virus, according to a new union survey. Most … Read more

Long before he started medical school in Baghdad, Ahmed Al-Sarray knew he wanted to make a difference in people’s lives. By the time he graduated in 2015, that search for purpose evolved into a passion for health care in times of crisis. Even a grueling medical residency in the hardest-hit emergency rooms and trauma wards … Read more

A C.D.C. study found that some sailors showed protection against the coronavirus three months after the onset of symptoms. View original article Contributor:

The aid from the Trump administration follows criticism that it has been slow to assist the most vulnerable parts of the health-care system. View original article Contributor: Amy Goldstein

The World Health Organization moved Tuesday to clarify its position on whether people without symptoms are widely spreading the new coronavirus, saying much remains unknown about asymptomatic transmission. View original article Contributor: William Wan

For the fortunate covid-19 patients like Sosa who survived intensive care and long stretches on ventilators, the road home is often an arduous, lonely journey that runs through places like Burke View original article Contributor: Lenny Bernstein

Through tear gas and rubber bullets, professional and amateur medical volunteers have stepped forward to aide the injured. View original article Contributor:

The agency’s advice sometimes lags behind rapidly evolving research into the coronavirus, experts contend. View original article Contributor: