“As health experts warn that COVID-19 cases are on the rise in 41 states and many governors reimpose restrictions after attempts at opening up the economy, President Trump continues to call for schools to open. John Barry, a public health historian, cautions in a New York Times op-ed that “The Pandemic Could Get Much, Much…
“The coronavirus continues to hit communities of color the hardest, with federal data showing African American and Latinx people are nearly three times more likely to be infected and twice as likely to die from the virus compared to their white neighbors. There were “pretty significant racial health disparities” even before COVID-19 ravaged the country,…
Margaret Ruiz is my sister. She and her husband live in the Forest Hills section of Queens, New York. The borough of Queens is an epicenter for COVID-19. As of May 10, the number of infections in Queens was 55,380 out of a total citywide of 178,766. The death count in Queens is 4,455. Confirmed…
“Misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have spread rapidly online, creating what some experts are now calling an “infodemic.” Health officials across the globe are scrambling to refute a flood of bogus claims, some of which could have harmful consequences. John Yang reports on the dangerous course of falsehoods during this global health crisis —…
“President Trump dangerously suggested injecting disinfectants could help patients sick with the coronavirus, then said he was being “sarcastic.” But his remarks led to a spike in calls to helplines about taking disinfectants. We look at “What We Know About the Most Touted Drugs Tested for COVID-19” with Tanya Lewis, associate editor for health and…
“What does it mean to be a good neighbor to Black mothers who are experiencing the brunt of America’s maternal mortality crisis? What we do for a living and how we live our lives contributes to either helping or harming the state of Black mothers in our country. Gabriella A. Nelson is a city planner,…
“Citrus growers hope to fend off fruit-munching katydids, but one weapon is under scrutiny. Researchers found that children growing up near fields where the insecticide chlorpyrifos was deployed exhibited autism-like symptoms. A court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the insecticide’s use, but Trump’s EPA is fighting back. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.” Find…
“President Trump announced Thursday that he is directing the Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency—walking back his plans, announced in August, to declare it a more serious “national emergency.” The shift means the federal government will not, as of now, direct any new federal funds to…