Sep 06 Police investigating 4 Argentines over World Cup qualifier chaos By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press The Brazil-Argentina qualifier on Sunday was interrupted after seven minutes when agents of Brazil's health agency, Anvisa, insisted they should take England-based players Emiliano Martinez, Emiliano Buendia, Giovanni Lo Celso, and Cristian Romero to the airport for breaching coronavirus protocols. Continue reading
Sep 06 More U.S. first responders are dying of COVID-19 By Associated Press Despite mandates with consequences that range from weekly testing to suspension to termination, the virus is now the leading cause of U.S. law enforcement line-of-duty deaths. Continue reading
Sep 03 4 takeaways about Americans’ COVID views at summer’s end By Laura Santhanam While taming the coronavirus will continue to depend on widespread adoption of key public health measures, the United States is still confronting the gulf between those who believe that something like getting a vaccine is a personal decision versus those… Continue reading
Sep 01 Schools are leaving hard COVID choices up to parents and staff By Amanda Michelle Gomez, Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News Back-to-school season has fueled immediate COVID outbreaks. Instead of beefing up protections, some districts are letting students go without masks, physical distancing and quarantines. Continue reading
Aug 26 How uncertainty surrounding the eviction ban, rental assistance affects housing security By Courtney Vinopal Amid legal back-and-forth over the CDC's eviction moratorium, some landlords and tenants throughout the U.S. find themselves in a precarious financial situation. Continue reading
Aug 26 100,000 more COVID deaths expected unless U.S. changes its ways By Carla K. Johnson, Nicky Forster, Associated Press But health experts say that toll could be cut in half if nearly everyone wore a mask in public spaces. Experts agree: What the coronavirus has in store this fall depends on human behavior. Continue reading
Aug 20 5 Stories: Why wildfires are raging in one of the coldest places on Earth, NASA’s pretend mission to Mars and other stories you missed By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin NASA welcomes applications for yearlong simulated missions to Mars, new research suggests increased screen time during the pandemic is leading to more nearsightedness in kids and scientists say our metabolisms don’t slow down in middle age after all. Check out… Continue reading
Aug 18 How health experts are navigating daily life amid the delta variant surge By Helen Branswell, STAT With the highly transmissible Delta variant spreading, caution prevails. Continue reading
Aug 13 Who can ask about your vaccine status? Here’s what you need to know about HIPAA By Laura Santhanam HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, protects people’s private health information from being shared by certain health care entities without patient consent. But this 1996 law is far more narrowly defined than most people realize. Continue reading
Aug 12 Cuomo exit isn’t stopping push for answers on nursing homes By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press Sexual harassment allegations cost New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo his job. Now, many want to see him answer for a scandal that cut to the heart of his reputation as a pandemic hero and may have had life-and-death consequences —… Continue reading