We’re outnumbered by bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi that can make us ill. And the only thing standing between them and devastation is our immune system.
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COVID-19 shutters thousands of doctors’ offices across US
A survey by the Physicians Foundation estimated that 8% of all physician practices nationally — around 16,000 — have closed under the stress of the pandemic.
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Washington launches statewide COVID-19 exposure notification tool
When voluntarily activated, phones with WA Notify use Bluetooth technology to exchange random codes with the phones of other users they are near.
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Hispanics live longer than most Americans, but will the US obesity epidemic change things?
Hispanic immigrants live longer than US-born whites but the life expectancy US-born Hispanics may soon be similar to that of US-born whites. Why? Obesity.
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COVID-19 surge filling Washington state hospitals
The number of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients in Washington state hospitals doubled from 471 on November 1st to 932 on November 23rd.
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Where is COVID-19 transmitted in King County?
Report shows most common exposure settings are homes, workplaces, community and social gatherings.
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Biden Likely to Help States Increase Health Care Access
Biden is likely to help more people buy health insurance on the ACA exchanges and support efforts to get more people onto Medicaid.
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Medicare Open Enrollment Is Complicated. Here’s How to Get Good Advice.
For all its complexity, Medicare fundamentally boils down to two choices: traditional fee-for-service or the managed care approach of Medicare Advantage.
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Two School Districts Had Different Mask Policies. Only One Had a Teacher on a Ventilator.
How one Georgia middle school where masks were optional became the center of an outbreak.
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How the US health-care system works — and how its failures are worsening the pandemic
A view from Australia.
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No, soaring COVID-19 cases are not due to more testing – they show a surging pandemic
Rather than being an artifact of changes in testing policy, the rise in cases reflects ongoing transmission and serious illness.
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What Biden Can Do to Combat COVID Right Now
Should he set up a shadow COVID effort, to compete with the Trump administration’s task force?
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Rural hospitals are under siege from COVID-19 . . . here’s what doctors are facing, in their own words
In many communities, the goodwill seen early in the pandemic has given way to COVID fatigue and anger, making it hard to implement public health measures
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Here are a 12 things you can do to help stop COVID-19
Ultimately, lowering the staggering numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths lies squarely with us.
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Fear of Flying Is a COVID-Era Conundrum
“Relatives getting on a plane, being exposed in an airport, and then walking in the door and saying ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ — that you have to be concerned about.”
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