More than 10 people in the United States have died and over 200 have been sickened after contracting the coronavirus that continues to spread around the globe. More than 4 million Americans live in or are admitted to nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageSouth Korean soldiers spraying disinfectant in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday.Credit…Lee Jin-Man/Associated Press Cases of infection pass 100,000, and W.H.O. calls for wider action. The world’s leading health official implored international leaders to unleash the full power of their governments to combat the new coronavirus outbreak. “This is not…
BEIJING — When the coronavirus epidemic began its relentless march around the world, China’s diplomats reacted harshly toward countries that shut their borders, canceled flights or otherwise restricted travel. Italy was overreacting when it did so, Qin Gang, a vice minister of foreign affairs, told his counterpart in February. The United States was stoking fear…
Ushers in some theaters are wearing latex gloves. Museums are installing hand sanitizer dispensers as if they were pieces of art. Audience members are being told: If you have a cough, please, trade in your tickets and stay home. As the coronavirus spreads in the United States, theaters, museums and concert halls are hyperaware that…
My mother and I returned to her childhood apartment in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, in 2015. It had been 52 years since she moved away. She will tell you she doesn’t miss New York. She will tell you she has survived because she adapts, and that the past belongs in the past, no matter that I…
Cut off from their relatives inside a virus-stricken nursing center, families are frantically searching for help and basic information. A woman knocked on her mother’s window to get her attention at the Life Care Center of Kirkland.Credit…David Ryder/Reuters By Jack Healy, Karen Weise and Mike Baker Published March 5, 2020Updated March 6, 2020, 1:24 a.m.…
Thousands of scientists, educators, and students will gather in Chicago, May 21-24, to share the latest discoveries in the science of psychology during the Association for Psychological Science (APS) 2020 Convention. Research presented at this meeting will touch on virtually all aspects of human behavior, including substance abuse and addiction, sexual and emotional health, mental…
Tuberculosis is distinguished primarily by the persistent cough that serves to spread the disease. Stopping whatever triggers that cough could greatly reduce the transmission of the disease, which annually kills more than 1.3 million people worldwide. Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for Advanced Pain Studies worked with colleagues from UT Southwestern…
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A relatively new theory that identifies universal concerns underlying human judgment could be key to helping people with opposing views on an issue coax each other to a different way of thinking, new research suggests. The study tested the effectiveness of pro-environment messages guided by moral foundations theory, which suggests that at…
Mental fatigue is a psychobiological state caused by prolonged periods of demanding cognitive activity which results in slower reaction times and attention deficits. It affects the ability to focus and impacts the capacity to make optimal decisions during a given task. Mental fatigue is often responsible for accidents in traffic or the workplace and can…