Hanane Saoui is used to death. Sudden deaths and slow deaths. Painful deaths and peaceful deaths. This year was different. The coronavirus pandemic dramatically changed Ms. Saoui’s work as a home hospice nurse in New York. Safety precautions created a physical distance between her and her patients and even cut some of her hospice colleagues […]
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Edith Prentiss, a fierce and fiery advocate for the disabled who fought to make the city she loved more navigable for everyone, died on March 16 at her home in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. She was 69. The cause was cardiopulmonary arrest, her brother Andrew Prentiss said. In 2004, the city’s taxi fleet […]
Chris Adams, 36, has spent the past year of the pandemic living with his grandparents in Wichita, Kan., and being “extremely strict” about social distancing. “I never went out,” he said. But starting Monday, when all adults in Kansas become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, Mr. Adams plans to find a vaccination site where there […]
With the first anniversary of lockdown fast approaching, I thought I’d been through every possible pandemic milestone. As the months rolled by, I’d checked them off like squares on a Bingo card: First pandemic birthday, first pandemic holiday, first pandemic panic attack in an empty toilet paper aisle at Target. But while the country was […]
“I immediately took it off, and my skin was more red and irritated than ever before,” Ms. Puig said. After reviewing the ingredient list, she became convinced that the peppermint and citrus oils were the culprits. In January, Summer Fridays posted an apology to customers after receiving a slew of negative reviews that mentioned rashes […]
Classifying a rare blood disorder as a cancer opened new doors for disease investigation, treatment and hope for a cure. Source link
“We’re afraid that the kids who are being missed are probably the kids at higher risk,” Dr. Courtney said. Some states reported that the dip in lead screenings was especially pronounced among children who were on Medicaid, he added. For lead-poisoned children, the consequences could be devastating. Although there is no way to reverse lead […]
Want to get the At Home newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here. Welcome. The comedy critic Jason Zinoman wrote this week about how he misses being a member of an audience. He recalls “the buzzing, drunkenly anticipatory energy of opening night of the Broadway blockbuster ‘The Producers,’” the collective gasp when the crowd is […]
Las hormonas sexuales que incluyen los estrógenos, la progesterona y la testosterona pueden adherirse a la superficie de las células inmunitarias e influir en la manera en que funcionan. Por ejemplo, la exposición a los estrógenos hace que las células inmunitarias produzcan más anticuerpos como repuesta a la vacuna contra la influenza. Además, según Klein, […]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration published revised guidelines on Wednesday for nursing home visits during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing guests to go inside to see residents regardless of whether they or the residents have been vaccinated. The recommendations, released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with comment from the Centers for Disease Control […]