Doctors Continue Research Into Rare Inflammatory Syndrome In Children With COVID-19 A tiny subset of children exposed to the coronavirus have later developed a strange new inflammatory syndrome. Most fully recover, yet doctors still want to track them for long-term health problems.Heard onFromToggle more optionsA tiny subset of children exposed to the coronavirus have later developed a strange new inflammatory syndrome. Most fully recover, yet doctors still want to track them for long-term health problems.DAVID GREENE, HOST:So doctors have been learning more about a rare inflammatory...…Doctors Continue Research Into Rare Inflammatory Syndrome In Children With COVID-19 A tiny subset of children exposed to the coronavirus have later developed a strange new inflammatory syndrome. Most fully recover, yet doctors still want to track them for long-term health problems.Heard onFromToggle more optionsA tiny subset of children exposed to the coronavirus have later developed a strange new inflammatory syndrome. Most fully recover, yet doctors still want to track them for long-term health problems.DAVID GREENE, HOST:So doctors have been learning more about a rare inflammatory...WW…

Welcome To New York, Traveler. Now Please Begin Your Quarantine New York City is setting up quarantine "checkpoints" for travelers from states that are COVID-19 hot spots. The city wants travelers from high-risk states to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.Toggle more optionsHeard onFred MogulFromToggle more optionsNew York City is hitting bridges, tunnels, Penn Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal to intercept travelers — and returning residents — from states and warn them: isolate yourself for 14 days or risk paying fines up to $10,000. But on the first day of the new program...…Welcome To New York, Traveler. Now Please Begin Your Quarantine New York City is setting up quarantine "checkpoints" for travelers from states that are COVID-19 hot spots. The city wants travelers from high-risk states to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.Toggle more optionsHeard onFred MogulFromToggle more optionsNew York City is hitting bridges, tunnels, Penn Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal to intercept travelers — and returning residents — from states and warn them: isolate yourself for 14 days or risk paying fines up to $10,000. But on the first day of the new program...WW…

NYC's Health Commissioner Resigns After Clashes With Mayor The replacement of New York City's health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, comes as the city braces for a possible resurgence of the coronavirus.Heard onFromToggle more optionsThe replacement of New York City's health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, comes as the city braces for a possible resurgence of the coronavirus.NOEL KING, HOST:The head of New York City's health department has resigned. Dr. Oxiris Barbot is leaving one of the country's biggest health departments in a city, of course, that got hit very hard by COVID-19.Fred...…NYC's Health Commissioner Resigns After Clashes With Mayor The replacement of New York City's health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, comes as the city braces for a possible resurgence of the coronavirus.Heard onFromToggle more optionsThe replacement of New York City's health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, comes as the city braces for a possible resurgence of the coronavirus.NOEL KING, HOST:The head of New York City's health department has resigned. Dr. Oxiris Barbot is leaving one of the country's biggest health departments in a city, of course, that got hit very hard by COVID-19.Fred...WW…

Hawaii, Florida, Seattle and the South of France are on the minds of New York City college students. Those are some of the destinations that undergrads mentioned when asked where they’d go for spring break, if they weren’t grounded by covid-19.This story also ran on . It can be“I’d be getting a house with 10 people, with a pool, and we’d be going crazy in Miami,” said Sile Ogundeyin, 22, a senior economics major at Columbia University, who was sitting on the steps of the library with his friends.“I was supposed to be in London for study abroad this semester, so I probably would’ve gone...…Hawaii, Florida, Seattle and the South of France are on the minds of New York City college students. Those are some of the destinations that undergrads mentioned when asked where they’d go for spring break, if they weren’t grounded by covid-19.This story also ran on . It can be“I’d be getting a house with 10 people, with a pool, and we’d be going crazy in Miami,” said Sile Ogundeyin, 22, a senior economics major at Columbia University, who was sitting on the steps of the library with his friends.“I was supposed to be in London for study abroad this semester, so I probably would’ve gone...WW…

New York City's Vaccine Outreach Aims To Dispel Mistrust Among Communities Of Color New York City is trying to build trust for coronavirus vaccines by doing pop-up food banks and flu vaccine clinics at churches and community centers in minority neighborhoods.Heard onFromToggle more optionsNew York City is trying to build trust for coronavirus vaccines by doing pop-up food banks and flu vaccine clinics at churches and community centers in minority neighborhoods.SCOTT SIMON, HOST:New York City bore the brunt of the pandemic's first wave, with tens of thousands of deaths last spring. Still,...…New York City's Vaccine Outreach Aims To Dispel Mistrust Among Communities Of Color New York City is trying to build trust for coronavirus vaccines by doing pop-up food banks and flu vaccine clinics at churches and community centers in minority neighborhoods.Heard onFromToggle more optionsNew York City is trying to build trust for coronavirus vaccines by doing pop-up food banks and flu vaccine clinics at churches and community centers in minority neighborhoods.SCOTT SIMON, HOST:New York City bore the brunt of the pandemic's first wave, with tens of thousands of deaths last spring. Still,...WW…

This story is part of a partnership that includes ,  and Kaiser Health News.Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center, represented by the New York State Nurses Association, protest what they say is a staff shortage at several of the network’s hospitals in the Bronx and nearby suburbs on Nov. 19, 2020.December 3, 2020No single municipality in the country suffered more in the first wave of the pandemic than New York City, which saw more than 24,000 deaths, mainly in the spring. Medical staff in New York know precisely how difficult and dangerous overwhelmed hospitals can be and are...…This story is part of a partnership that includes ,  and Kaiser Health News.Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center, represented by the New York State Nurses Association, protest what they say is a staff shortage at several of the network’s hospitals in the Bronx and nearby suburbs on Nov. 19, 2020.December 3, 2020No single municipality in the country suffered more in the first wave of the pandemic than New York City, which saw more than 24,000 deaths, mainly in the spring. Medical staff in New York know precisely how difficult and dangerous overwhelmed hospitals can be and are...WW…

New Coronavirus Clusters Appear In New York City New York City was hit hard in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, and it appears it might be on the rise again — particularly in Orthodox Jewish communities.Heard onFromToggle more optionsNew York City was hit hard in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, and it appears it might be on the rise again — particularly in Orthodox Jewish communities.DAVID GREENE, HOST:Coronavirus cases are on the rise across the country, and that includes in New York City. Until recently, New York had relatively few COVID-19 cases despite being hit...…New Coronavirus Clusters Appear In New York City New York City was hit hard in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, and it appears it might be on the rise again — particularly in Orthodox Jewish communities.Heard onFromToggle more optionsNew York City was hit hard in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, and it appears it might be on the rise again — particularly in Orthodox Jewish communities.DAVID GREENE, HOST:Coronavirus cases are on the rise across the country, and that includes in New York City. Until recently, New York had relatively few COVID-19 cases despite being hit...WW…

This story is part of a partnership that includes , and Kaiser Health News.Israel Shippy doesn’t remember much about having COVID-19 — or the unusual auto-immune disease it triggered — other than being groggy and uncomfortable for a bunch of days. He’s a 5-year-old, and would much rather talk about cartoons, or the ideas for inventions that constantly pop into his head.“Hold your horses, I think I know what I’m gonna make,” he said, holding up a finger in the middle of a conversation. “I’m gonna make something that lights up and attaches to things with glue, so if you don’t have a...…This story is part of a partnership that includes , and Kaiser Health News.Israel Shippy doesn’t remember much about having COVID-19 — or the unusual auto-immune disease it triggered — other than being groggy and uncomfortable for a bunch of days. He’s a 5-year-old, and would much rather talk about cartoons, or the ideas for inventions that constantly pop into his head.“Hold your horses, I think I know what I’m gonna make,” he said, holding up a finger in the middle of a conversation. “I’m gonna make something that lights up and attaches to things with glue, so if you don’t have a...WW…