After a diagnosis of breast and thyroid cancer last spring, LaDonna Lokey knew she had a long year of surgery and chemotherapy ahead of her. By the end of January, she had finished chemo and needed one more surgery to remove lymph nodes closing in on her vocal cords. But then the coronavirus pandemic struck,…… MORE
It’s a question that many want answered: Exactly how many people recover from Covid-19? Most people with Covid-19 have mild illness and are able to recover at home without medical care, while severe cases often receive supportive care in the hospital, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although there have been…… MORE
President Donald Trump on Saturday warned that “there will be a lot of death” in the coming weeks as the number of people who had died from the coronavirus in the United States surpassed 8,000. “This will be probably the toughest week between this week and next week,” the President said in a White House…… MORE
There’s one thing you should know before diving into the conversation around masks: The public should not purchase N95 respirators. Health care workers need those when they’re treating coronavirus patients. You should also note: Face covering is recommended but not mandatory Homemade masks are not a substitute for social distancing and staying in Still, if…… MORE
The US has surpassed 7,000 deaths and some state leaders say there’s still a lot they’re missing in the battle against the coronavirus. As cases rise, testing has become crucial in tracking how many Americans have been infected, but states like Illinois say they still don’t have enough. “Everything about the tests are very difficult…… MORE
With the peak of Covid-19 infections still ahead and medical supplies still scarce, hospitals and physicians are gearing up for a nearly impossible challenge: deciding who gets a life-saving ventilator and who doesn’t. “Physicians who work in parts of the world that don’t have adequate resources have had to make decisions like this maybe even…… MORE
Perhaps half the world’s population is living under some form of restriction to help curb the spread of coronavirus. Many are starting to wonder when and how these tough limits on everyday activities will end. Most experts agree that the only way out of a lockdown is testing. Reliable tests would allow people to know…… MORE
After spending a year in space, Scott Kelly is an expert on managing extreme isolation. The retired astronaut shares valuable advice with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on how to cope with social separation here on Earth. Announcer: And liftoff, the year in space starts now. Kelly, Kornienko and Padalka on their way…… MORE
A nurse who practices in two New York City hospitals says she worked for about a week while infected with coronavirus and had to pull a trick to finally get herself tested. Now she fears she may have infected her colleagues and her family. The nurse, who is 44 and has no underlying health conditions,…… MORE
Journalist Alice Stockton-Rossini hosted a 90th birthday for her mother last month in New Jersey. At the time, the radio host said, she had no idea she’d been infected with coronavirus while covering an outbreak in New Rochelle, New York. Stockton-Rossini later tested positive for coronavirus, and says she believes she infected people at the…… MORE
A lot of terms were used to describe the man that opened fire on Republicans members of Congress at their baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia on Wednesday. “Bernie Sanders supporter”, “left wing extremist”, “disturbed”, and “troubled” were the most common used by those investigating the matter, those who were among the targets and those who…
Usually us curmudgeons like to go on and on about how sports, music and movies were better in “our day”. I think that you can add Congressional hearings to that list as well. That’s what I was thinking during both the James Comey and Attorney General Jeff Sessions testimony the last couple of weeks. While…
While James Comey was sucking up all the oxygen in the room, there was a pretty major science announcement last week. It turns out that the human species might be much older than we originally thought. Fossils found in Morocco place our earliest ancestors on the planet as far back as 350-thousand years ago. Until…
Welcome to US Open week here in Wisconsin. Many of you will be venturing down to Erin (or Hartford or Richfield–I’ve seen all three used to describe the location of the course in stories) for practice rounds the next three days–or for the competitive rounds Thursday through Sunday (and possibly Monday–more on that later). Here…