Some staff in hospitals and long-term care facilities don’t want to take the Covid-19 vaccine. Their employers are trying to change their minds. View original article Contributor: Rebecca Robbins, Sabrina Tavernise and Sharon Otterman
A virtual memorial offers several advantages: It’s easy for distant guests to attend, and you can record it. View original article Contributor: Steven Birenbaum
I knew how difficult it would be to tell my colleagues I was leaving for a new job. I didn’t anticipate how hard it would be to tell my patients. View original article Contributor: Mikkael A. Sekeres, M.D.
Allentown council discusses policing reform, alternative responses to 911 calls WFMZ Allentown >View original article Contributor:
Beijing has repeatedly impeded the beginning of the World Health Organization’s inquiry into the virus’s emergence, worried about drawing attention to its early mistakes. View original article Contributor: Javier C. Hernández
Mental health advocates hope to change the way people are helped while in crisis 9News.com KUSA >View original article Contributor:
Dr Rachel Clarke never dreamed that in her medical career, she would say out loud that hospitals in Britain are running out of oxygen. Yet some hospitals in the U.K. are now in that critical situation, as doctors say the U.K.’s third wave of the coronavirus pandemic is pushing the country’s National Health Service to … Read more
If she found the right guy, Kari Arenberg could see herself having kids. But her work was never conducive to dating, let alone to freezing her eggs in hopes of leaving her options open. The 31-year-old event producer traveled constantly between New York City and Los Angeles, with long days lifting heavy boxes and running … Read more
On Jan. 7, 2021, the U.S. hit another grim milestone, for the first time recording over 300,000 new cases of COVID-19 and over 4,000 deaths from the infection in one day. Across the country, hospitals and intensive care units are now under enormous strain trying to treat so many sick people. And if a new, … Read more
Coronavirus vaccines take more than a week to protect against infection, experts said View original article Contributor: Ben Guarino