For Some College Students, Remote Learning Is a Game Changer
Last year, online classes helped many students with disabilities pursue their education. They want the option to continue.
5 Diet and Lifestyle Measures to Ward Off Heartburn
Don’t smoke. Dr. Lagergren’s team found that tobacco can extend the time it takes for acidic foods to leave the esophagus. In an analysis of 30 studies, GERD affected about 20 percent of smokers, compared with about 16 percent of nonsmokers. Exercise. Those who engaged in moderate to vigorous physical activity for at least 30…
How The US is Getting a Crash Course in Scientific Uncertainty Due to the Pandemic
When the coronavirus surfaced last year, no one was prepared for it to invade every aspect of daily life for so long, so insidiously. The pandemic has forced Americans to wrestle with life-or-death choices every day of the past 18 months — and there’s no end in sight. Scientific understanding of the virus changes by…
The U.S. Is Getting a Crash Course in Scientific Uncertainty
When the coronavirus surfaced last year, no one was prepared for it to invade every aspect of daily life for so long, so insidiously. The pandemic has forced Americans to wrestle with life-or-death choices every day of the past 18 months — and there’s no end in sight. Scientific understanding of the virus changes by…
A microscopic video shows the coronavirus on the rampage.
The intruder stalks its prey with stealth and precision, preparing to puncture its quarry’s armor. Once inside, the aggressor forces its host to produce more intruders, and then causes it to explode, spewing out a multitude of invaders who can continue their rampage on a wider scale. The drama, depicted in a microscopic video of…
How to Look Up Prices at Your Hospital, if They Exist
This year, some Americans can do something that was previously impossible: look up the price of care before going to the hospital. A new federal rule requires hospitals to post the prices they negotiate with private insurers. The data is a rich source of new information. We used it to show that some insurers are…
Good, but Not Great: Taking Stock of a Big Ten University’s Covid Plan
The lessons that the University of Illinois learned have also served as a model for other institutions and communities. The university helped set up laboratories and testing programs at other universities, community colleges, public school districts, the Illinois General Assembly and private companies. Dr. Burke said he was most excited about the program in the…
Do you have a medical bill we should investigate? Share it with us.
The New York Times is looking into the high costs of American health care and the wide price variation that patients face from one hospital or doctor’s office to another. And we need your help. Medical bills help us see the prices that hospitals and insurers have long kept secret. If you have a medical…
Barbara Kannapell, Activist Who Empowered Deaf People, Dies at 83
Both her parents attended Gallaudet, and Barbara, known as Kanny, followed in their footsteps, earning her bachelor’s degree in deaf education in 1961. She received a master’s degree in educational technology from the Catholic University of America in Washington in 1970. For her dissertation at Georgetown, where she earned her doctoral degree in 1985, she…
‘Nursing Is in Crisis’: Staff Shortages Put Patients at Risk
Texas Emergency Hospital, a small health system near Houston that employs 150 nurses and has 50 unfilled shifts each week, has been losing experienced nurses to recruiters who offer $20,000 signing bonuses and $140-an-hour wages. Texas Emergency, by contrast, pays its nurses $43 an hour with a $2 stipend for those on the night shift.…