Here’s what you need to know: ImageDemonstrators gathered in Atlanta during a protest on Saturday. Atlanta’s mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, said she was concerned that the protests could increase infections in communities of color.Credit…Dustin Chambers/Reuters As protesters flood streets across the country, officials worry that they could be spreading the virus. Mass protests over police…
When Rose Wang called the customer service line at Zappos, all she wanted was a quick confirmation that a gift receipt was included with the hot pink Crocs she had ordered for her mother for Mother’s Day. But a few minutes into the call, Ms. Wang, 33, realized something felt different. After helping her with…
The authors recommend a needs-based system focusing on patient well-being and quality assurance, rather than a primarily profit-oriented approach. It should appreciate all employees and integrate innovations as well as digital solutions. The aim is an adaptive healthcare system where the public health service and the ambulatory and stationary sectors work together well, and research…
Children and adolescents are likely to experience high rates of depression and anxiety long after current lockdown and social isolation ends and clinical services need to be prepared for a future spike in demand, according to the authors of a new rapid review into the long-term mental health effects of lockdown. The research, which draws…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageHudson River Park in Manhattan on Sunday.Credit…Kholood Eid for The New York Times Major U.S. cities edge closer to normalcy. But as global infections near 6 million, cautionary tales abound. Many of the most populous cities in the United States have begun moving cautiously toward reopening key businesses. Gov.…
Jane Rosen began yelling sometime in April. By May, it had become routine. The incidents usually occur near her minivan, which she parks alongside Central Park in New York City. As she attempts to enter or exit the vehicle, a cyclist or a runner will whiz by, so close she can practically smell them. “I…
For Michelle Weaver, hydroxychloroquine has been a miracle drug. Her daughter Kaitlyn, 13, suffers from juvenile inflammatory arthritis and an immune deficiency, which cause excruciating joint pain that often leaves her bedridden or reliant on a wheelchair to get around. But when Kaitlyn started using hydroxychloroquine in January, her debilitating pain went away and she…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageJohn Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, testified before a House committee on Thursday.Credit…Pool photo by Rod Lamkey The White House sets conditions on testifying before Congress as the virus’s partisan divide widens. Administration officials will only testify before Congress if committee leaders agree…
After spending weeks accusing the World Health Organization of helping the Chinese government cover up the early days of the coronavirus epidemic in China, President Trump said on Friday that the United States would terminate its relationship with the agency. “The world is now suffering as a result of the malfeasance of the Chinese government,”…
More than 100 scientists and clinicians have questioned the authenticity of a massive hospital database that was the basis for an influential study published last week that concluded that treating people who have Covid-19 with chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine did not help and might have increased the risk of abnormal heart rhythms and death. In an…