VATICAN CITY (AP) — Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Iraq, given a sharp rise in coronavirus infections there, a fragile health care system and the unavoidable likelihood that Iraqis will crowd to see him. No one wants to tell Francis to call it off, and the Iraqi government […]
To avoid a mismatch between the practice’s expectations and your own, Dr. Goldman suggests preparing a list of concerns, prioritized by what’s most pressing, that you want your doctor to address. Ideally, you would share that information in advance with the scheduler or in a secure message via the online portal, if you have access […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] The moratorium on foreclosures of federally guaranteed mortgages had been set to expire on March 31. Health
[unable to retrieve full-text content] “I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from dying two weeks later.” Health
It’s sort of shocking how several terrible things can happen at once. You can feel grief from the actual pandemic and have car trouble, too. You might hear the latest coronavirus figures on TV, only to discover that your neighbor passed away from an illness unrelated to COVID-19. On any given day, civil unrest, economic […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] “Hi. I love you. I love you so much. Yeah, I’ve missed you,” Kelsey Townsend told her.3-month-old daughter during their very first meeting. Health
The Super Bowl is the perfect excuse to gather around the TV and eat an endless buffet of snacks. For sports fans, Super Bowl Sunday is one of the best times of the year, and it’s not just because of the game. Even if you don’t care for football, at least there are plenty of […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] “As I drew 0.5 milliliters of the Moderna vaccine into a syringe, my patient started crying.” Health
Even in the best of times, many of us feel anxious at some point. But people with bipolar disorder and anxiety may have an especially hard time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Right now, anxiety is an all-too-common occurrence as we collectively worry about the future, our health, and the health of our loved ones. And […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] “The apps are still exactly the same, except I’m not getting laid as a consolation prize for men’s inability to commit.” Health
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are slated to speak from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Tuesday as part of a ceremony honoring victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. EST, on the eve of Biden’s inauguration, and will include the first-ever lighting of the […]
If you’re seriously tempted to drink alcohol, Dr. Miklowitz recommends trying to put yourself off for an hour after the urge starts. “There’s some value to delaying responses,” he says. “Sometimes that craving will go away in an hour.” It can be useful to establish boundaries with the people around you who are drinking if […]
Front-line health care workers in Los Angeles, the current epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., are stretched thin, working under grueling conditions. The long days spent treating so many seriously ill patients — some of whom end up dying alone, forced to say their goodbyes to loved ones over the phone — take […]
Two men on federal death row who are scheduled to be killed next week are asking for their executions to be delayed because of their recent COVID-19 diagnoses. Corey Johnson and Dustin Higgs argue that the government’s lethal injection protocol, which uses the drug pentobarbital, would constitute cruel and unusual punishment given the current state […]
Two South Dakota health care workers began 2021 as fiancés and internet stars after footage of their pandemic era engagement went viral. A paramedic and EMS supervisor, Robbie Vargas-Cortes made an appointment at the Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center last month to receive his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. His boyfriend of five years, Eric Vanderlee, is a registered […]