This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen the killing of George Floyd , many of those streets had been empty for weeks.Restrictions had left family members unable to attend the funerals of relatives for fear of spreading the novel coronavirus. Shutdowns sent businesses into bankruptcy.But after Floyd’s death, the streets filled with people shouting and yelling in proximity — sparking concerns among public health experts and local officials who had been urging people during the pandemic to stay at home or to engage in social distancing.Now, some public health...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen the killing of George Floyd , many of those streets had been empty for weeks.Restrictions had left family members unable to attend the funerals of relatives for fear of spreading the novel coronavirus. Shutdowns sent businesses into bankruptcy.But after Floyd’s death, the streets filled with people shouting and yelling in proximity — sparking concerns among public health experts and local officials who had been urging people during the pandemic to stay at home or to engage in social distancing.Now, some public health...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePaul Novicki’s family has little doubt how he caught the novel coronavirus. As an emergency medical technician, Novicki pushed through lengthy shifts to aid sick and injured people. Even as the virus spread through his suburb of hard-hit Detroit, Novicki continued working, undeterred by the risks.“To him, it’s just an occupational hazard. He would brush it off and go to work,” said his son, Zack Novicki.Both Novicki and his EMT partner, Rob Nemeth, contracted the virus. Nemeth survived his bout. Novicki, 51, did not.Gone...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePaul Novicki’s family has little doubt how he caught the novel coronavirus. As an emergency medical technician, Novicki pushed through lengthy shifts to aid sick and injured people. Even as the virus spread through his suburb of hard-hit Detroit, Novicki continued working, undeterred by the risks.“To him, it’s just an occupational hazard. He would brush it off and go to work,” said his son, Zack Novicki.Both Novicki and his EMT partner, Rob Nemeth, contracted the virus. Nemeth survived his bout. Novicki, 51, did not.Gone...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePHOENIX — A drive-up testing site equipped for several hundred people in West Phoenix was swarmed on Saturday by about 1,000 people, leaving some baking in their cars for hours.A nearby testing station has already reached capacity for this weekend, appointments vanishing within minutes. Hospitals are filling up. Restaurants are again shutting down, more than a month after Arizona reopened its economy under the mantra “Return Stronger.”Arizona has emerged as an epicenter of the early summer crisis as the outbreak has...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePHOENIX — A drive-up testing site equipped for several hundred people in West Phoenix was swarmed on Saturday by about 1,000 people, leaving some baking in their cars for hours.A nearby testing station has already reached capacity for this weekend, appointments vanishing within minutes. Hospitals are filling up. Restaurants are again shutting down, more than a month after Arizona reopened its economy under the mantra “Return Stronger.”Arizona has emerged as an epicenter of the early summer crisis as the outbreak has...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFour months of discord about the coronavirus epidemic have transformed the cloth mask into a potent political symbol, touted by Democrats as a key part of communal responsibility, labeled by some GOP leaders as a sign of government overreach and as a scarlet letter pinned on the weak.But as partisan interests sew symbolism and controversy into masks, scientists are trying to provide answers about how effectively those masks prevent transmission of the coronavirus, and what role they should play in efforts to limit the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFour months of discord about the coronavirus epidemic have transformed the cloth mask into a potent political symbol, touted by Democrats as a key part of communal responsibility, labeled by some GOP leaders as a sign of government overreach and as a scarlet letter pinned on the weak.But as partisan interests sew symbolism and controversy into masks, scientists are trying to provide answers about how effectively those masks prevent transmission of the coronavirus, and what role they should play in efforts to limit the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Recent public health warnings about a severe and puzzling inflammatory syndrome linked to covid-19 have focused on children. But some doctors say they are also seeing the illness, similar to Kawasaki disease, in a few young adults.A 20-year-old is being treated for the condition in San Diego, a 25-year-old has been diagnosed at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Recent public health warnings about a severe and puzzling inflammatory syndrome linked to covid-19 have focused on children. But some doctors say they are also seeing the illness, similar to Kawasaki disease, in a few young adults.A 20-year-old is being treated for the condition in San Diego, a 25-year-old has been diagnosed at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Has the novel coronavirus in Italy changed in some significant way? That was the suggestion of a top doctor in northern Italy who reports that patients to his hospital have been showing up with lower levels of the virus in their upper respiratory tracts compared with those two months ago.Alberto Zangrillo, head of San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, roiled the global public health...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Has the novel coronavirus in Italy changed in some significant way? That was the suggestion of a top doctor in northern Italy who reports that patients to his hospital have been showing up with lower levels of the virus in their upper respiratory tracts compared with those two months ago.Alberto Zangrillo, head of San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, roiled the global public health...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareZUnlike some dentists, he could reopen his practice in Des Moines after the novel coronavirus forced him to limit his work to emergency cases for two months. But reopening meant a week or so of 15-hour days, unplanned construction on his office, time spent hunting for affordable personal protective equipment and the painstaking work of rewriting office safety protocols.As states begin allowing dentists to resume treating patients, they navigate a complicated logistical reality: In conducting their duties in and around...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareZUnlike some dentists, he could reopen his practice in Des Moines after the novel coronavirus forced him to limit his work to emergency cases for two months. But reopening meant a week or so of 15-hour days, unplanned construction on his office, time spent hunting for affordable personal protective equipment and the painstaking work of rewriting office safety protocols.As states begin allowing dentists to resume treating patients, they navigate a complicated logistical reality: In conducting their duties in and around...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Max Parsell hasn't been wearing a mask during the coronavirus pandemic and doesn't intend to start. It's a matter of principle.“Making individual decisions is the American way,” Parsell, a 29-year-old lineman for a power company, said as he picked up his lunch at a barbecue joint at a rural crossroads south of Jacksonville. “I’ll social distance from you if you want, but I don’t want the government telling me I have to wear a mask.”Parsell need not worry: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has not made mandatory...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Max Parsell hasn't been wearing a mask during the coronavirus pandemic and doesn't intend to start. It's a matter of principle.“Making individual decisions is the American way,” Parsell, a 29-year-old lineman for a power company, said as he picked up his lunch at a barbecue joint at a rural crossroads south of Jacksonville. “I’ll social distance from you if you want, but I don’t want the government telling me I have to wear a mask.”Parsell need not worry: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has not made mandatory...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIn Hong Kong, anyone known to have been exposed to the novel coronavirus was dispatched by authorities to a government-run facility to quarantine for two weeks. Recently, officials announced that weeks had passed with no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases.In South Korea, people with moderate symptoms were ordered to decamp to isolation centers. That country’s response to the virus is hailed as a model for the world.But even as centralized, out-of-home quarantine and isolation appeared helpful in breaking the chain...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIn Hong Kong, anyone known to have been exposed to the novel coronavirus was dispatched by authorities to a government-run facility to quarantine for two weeks. Recently, officials announced that weeks had passed with no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases.In South Korea, people with moderate symptoms were ordered to decamp to isolation centers. That country’s response to the virus is hailed as a model for the world.But even as centralized, out-of-home quarantine and isolation appeared helpful in breaking the chain...WW…

Shohei Ohtani had never played at Nationals Park before this week, when he and his Dodger blue entourage swept into Washington. No team in baseball travels quite like they do, with the extra security and dozen reporters and the pop-up banners the public relations team stands up for the cameras whenever Ohtani speaks. None of this surprised the Dodgers, of course. And relentless scrutiny isn’t new for Ohtani, either.But the Ohtani that arrived at Nationals Park this week was different from the man who arrived in the United States in 2017, who toiled with the Los Angeles Angels for six years....…Shohei Ohtani had never played at Nationals Park before this week, when he and his Dodger blue entourage swept into Washington. No team in baseball travels quite like they do, with the extra security and dozen reporters and the pop-up banners the public relations team stands up for the cameras whenever Ohtani speaks. None of this surprised the Dodgers, of course. And relentless scrutiny isn’t new for Ohtani, either.But the Ohtani that arrived at Nationals Park this week was different from the man who arrived in the United States in 2017, who toiled with the Los Angeles Angels for six years....WW…