Tag : Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Tag: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

A Guide to Pandemic Scams, and What Not to Fall For

Fraudsters see opportunities to target us in these uncertain times. Here are their most popular schemes and how we can protect ourselves.

Can I Get Coronavirus From Riding an Elevator?

When infected people use elevators, they probably do leave some of their germs behind. Wear a mask and wash hands to lower your risk.

Is It Safe to Go Back to the Gym?

As gyms begin to reopen, many of us are wondering whether it’s safe, or wise, to return.

The Horror of Prison During the Coronavirus

A letter from inside Marion Correctional Institution is the voice of those locked in cages and discarded during this pandemic.

How Accurate Are Antibody Tests?

In a population whose infection rate is 5 percent, a test that is 90 percent accurate will deliver a false positive nearly 70 percent of the time.

Questions for Your Prospective Therapist, From Your Own Couch

Even if you’re meeting online, interviewing a therapist can help you determine whether or not the therapy is a good fit.

Kids Are Grieving, Too

Parents are facing difficult moments as children confront the death of a loved one, something they may not fully understand.

The Pandemic Will Permanently Change the Auto Industry

Plunging sales could force factories to close and lead to takeovers and mergers, but also bolster sales of electric cars.

Germany’s ‘R-Naught’: Are Three Days Over 1.0 Cause for Worry?

Chancellor Angela Merkel last month made 1.0 sound like a line in the sand for the country’s R0 variable. But that has changed, along with the circumstances.

A Flower Shop Reinvented to Reopen

How a small florist in Oakland, Calif., navigated a minefield of rules to sell on the make-or-break Mother’s Day weekend.

Dr. Julie Butler, Vet Who Cared for Harlem and Its Pets, Dies at 62

She owned and operated the 145th Street Animal Hospital and lived by the principle that “if you have it to give, you give,” caring for animals and opening her home to friends in need.

¿Qué preocupa a los pediatras durante la pandemia?

Los niños no están en el centro de la pandemia. Pero los pediatras están inquietos por ellos y sus familias, ahora y en el futuro próximo.

At Senate Hearing, Government Experts Paint Bleak Picture of the Pandemic

The downbeat assessment of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and Dr. Robert R. Redfield contradicted President Trump’s growing insistence that the nation has put the coronavirus behind it.

Fauci Hearing: Who Were Those Masked (and Unmasked) Senators?

The proceedings, billed as Dr. Anthony Fauci’s high noon, became a surreal pageant of dystopian government and politicized face wear.

Modi Announces $260 Billion Coronavirus Rescue Package for India

He was scant on details. But the relief is more than economists predicted and comes as Indian cities are hemorrhaging jobs and workers.