In what sounds very promising, Governor Cuomo has said that a hospital ship has been dispatch to support NYC in these troubling times. We understand it is coming form San Deigo, godspeed!
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When Coronavirus Struck Seattle, This Lab Was Ready To Start Testing It’s been a busy week at the virology lab run by UW Medicine, which includes the University of Washington’s medical school and hospitals. “We’ve already gone to three shifts,”…
How The Coronavirus Exposes Faults in Our Healthcare System; NYC’s Tech Sector’s Gifts (& Costs) Coming up on today’s show: Elisabeth Benjamin, vice president of health initiatives at Community Service Society, co-founder of Healthcare for All New York, talks about…
Talking to Kids About COVID-19 Jessica Grose, lead editor of NYT Parenting, offers advice for answering your children’s questions about the new coronavirus.
Worried About Catching The New Coronavirus? In The U.S., Flu Is A Bigger Threat If you live in the U.S, your risk of contracting the new strain of coronavirus identified in China is exceedingly low. So far, the only people…
Scientists Find Imperfections In ‘Minibrains’ That Raise Questions For Research Brain organoids, often called “minibrains,” have changed the way scientists study human brain development and disorders like autism. But the cells in these organoids differ from those in an actual…
Measles Virus May Wipe Out Immune Protection For Other Diseases This year saw the largest outbreak of measles in the U.S. since 1994, with 1,250 cases reported, largely driven by families choosing not to vaccinate their kids. Worldwide the disease…
Intelligence Squared: Should We Replace Private Insurance With Medicare for All? As the nation gears up for the 2020 election, Democrats are promising bold new changes to the American health care system. One idea championed by many on the progressive…