Nurses Are at High Risk for Covid Among Health Workers, C.D.C. Says
Among health care workers, nurses in particular have been at significant risk of contracting Covid-19, according to a new analysis of hospitalized patients by the...
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Hospitals in nearly every region report a flood of covid-19 patients
The country is not there yet, but the recent rise in confirmed coronavirus infections — which set a single-day record Saturday of more than 83,000...
Jeannette Williams-Parker, Nurse in a Virus Hot Spot, Dies at 48
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Jeannette Williams-Parker loved rock music...
Listen: The Virus Is Peaking, but Help Is Going Away
And that’s a broad measure. We can think about people reporting they don’t have enough to eat. And similarly, we’ve seen levels of people in...
Grow a Hydroponic Garden
Emily Marsh, who lives in Sonoma County, Calif., always thought the best thing about gardening was the feel of soil on her fingertips. But last...
Pandemic Safety: America’s Understanding of Safety Is Broken
On a normal day, the White House is one of the safest buildings in the world. Secret Service snipers stand guard on the roof, their...
False Covid-19 test results are problematic, but false positives can have serious consequences as well
By Katherine J. Wu In the high-stakes world of coronavirus testing, one mistake has taken center stage: the dreaded false negative, wherein a test mistakenly...
As the coronavirus surges, it is reaching into the nation’s last untouched areas
Then came October. Three residents tested positive, knocking Petroleum off zero-case lists, forcing the county’s lone school to close for a week and proving, as...
Antibodies detectable up to 7 months after Covid infection, number depends on severity of disease
LONDON: Antibodies against the novel coronavirus follow a classic pattern with a rapid increase within the first three weeks after symptoms, and detectable up to...
NSAIDs should be avoided after 20th week of pregnancy, FDA warns
Taking a common type of pain medication, specifically nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), in the second half of a pregnancy — at about 20 weeks and beyond...