Stay home unless you must see a doctor. No work, school or shopping. If you must come out of your room, wear a mask. And don’t share towels. If you are among the thousands of Americans now self-quarantined because of possible infection with the coronavirus, these are a few of the new house rules, courtesy…
An Iranian official claimed without evidence that the epidemic could be an American bioweapon, after some U.S. officials said the same about China. Saudi Arabia said its cases were Iran’s fault. South Korea lashed out at Japan over travel restrictions and responded in kind. At a time of global crisis, when the new coronavirus has…
PARIS — Keeping your salary while caring for a quarantined child. Exercising the right to not work if you are afraid of getting ill. Sick-leave pay for up to six months. Europe is sometimes considered a home of overly generous social policies. But as countries around the world scramble to control the deadly coronavirus outbreak,…
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.…
March 6, 2020 – Digital technologies, especially smartphone apps, have great promise for increasing access to care for patients with serious mental illness such as schizophrenia. A new training program, called DOORS, can help patients get the full benefit of innovative digital mental health tools, reports a study in the March issue of Journal of…