“Georgia is reopening nonessential businesses — hair and nail salons, tattoo parlors and massage therapists — despite a rising number of COVID-19 deaths. The governor is opening the state over the objections of mayors in Savannah, Atlanta, and Augusta. “This order has nothing to do with public health. It has everything to do with the…
Coronavirus could pose a very serious health threat to older adults. According to the Center for Disease Control (cdc.gov), older adults have a higher risk of getting very sick from the Coronavirus or COVID-19. In that group are also people who have serious chronic medical conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and lung disease. Thankfully, I…
“As the death toll due to the coronavirus pandemic continues to climb, doctors and scientists around the world are working at a breakneck pace to expedite a possible vaccine for the virus. Infectious disease specialist and special pathogens expert Dr. Syra Madad says that even if a coronavirus vaccine is developed, she has concerns about…
“Science correspondent Miles O’Brien has spent the past few weeks in Seattle, reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic and producing a film for FRONTLINE about how things unfolded in the city where the disease made its U.S. debut. He joins William Brangham to discuss the global push to find an effective vaccine and therapeutic treatments, plus…
“A new policy at New York City’s public hospitals requires medical workers who call in sick to produce a doctor’s note. “We know that people just need a mental health day,” says Sean Petty, a registered nurse at a public hospital in the Bronx who is organizing a protest against the policy. “Thousands of us…
“Maria Lobifaro is a nurse at a VA hospital in Brooklyn that has been converted to care only for coronavirus patients. Already, more than 30 deaths related to COVID-19 have occurred there. Lobifaro, a member of the largest union for registered nurses in the country, joins William Brangham to discuss how her job these days…
“After watching, All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, sexual health educator Veronica Whitehead reflects on all the boys she’s crushed on before and shares lessons learned from crushes and other equally important relationships. Veronica Ray Whitehead, M.Ed., CHES, is a reproductive justice advocate and a sexual health educator. Currently, she serves as the Director of…
“Amid the intensification of the coronavirus pandemic, in the United States, early data is suggesting that Black and Latinx communities make up a disproportionate number of COVID-19 deaths. In Chicago alone, where Black people make up just 30% of the population, 70% of the city’s deaths were Black residents. In Louisiana, African Americans comprise 32%…
“According to early data about the scope of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., COVID-19 is hitting Americans of color especially hard. The CDC has not published racial breakdowns of deaths, but some states are — and they show that patients dying of the disease are disproportionately black. That trend is evident in Chicago, whose…
“As New York state’s death toll from coronavirus passes 4,000, nurses and medical workers on the frontlines in New York City are protesting for better protections. Sarah Dowd, a registered nurse who works in its medical/surgical unit and has been treating COVID-19-positive patients, spoke to Democracy Now! from the demonstration she helped organize outside Harlem…