NEW YORK (AP) — Sandy Jensen’s customer-service job at a Sam’s Club in Fullerton, California, normally involves checking member ID cards at the door and answering questions. But the coronavirus has turned her into a kind of store sheriff. Now she must confront shoppers who aren’t wearing masks, enforce social distancing measures such as one-way […]

NEW YORK (AP) – A new study finds no evidence of benefit from a malaria drug widely promoted as a treatment for coronavirus infection. Hydroxychloroquine did not lower the risk of dying or needing a breathing tube in a comparison that involved nearly 1,400 patients treated at Columbia University in New York, researchers reported Thursday […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Many governors across the U.S. are disregarding or creatively interpreting White House guidelines in easing their states’ lockdowns and letting businesses reopen, an Associated Press analysis found. The AP determined that 17 states do not appear to meet one of the key benchmarks set by the White House for loosening up — […]

(THE CONVERSATION/AP/Rahel Mathews, Mississippi State University) My health conscious friends and colleagues tell me that they need an alternative to soda but plain water is too boring. They, like many people, are turning to sparkling water and flavored seltzer water. Carbonated waters are being promoted as the low-calorie or zero-calorie alternative to soda. In a […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The advent of an unknown, mysterious, earthshaking pandemic is such an unfathomable event that it has served as a fertile breeding ground for all sorts of conspiracy theorists and deniers. Some have blamed the virus on Chinese labs, some on Bill Gates who appears to some people to have almost limitless […]

CLEVELAND,OHIO (VINnews) — The Cleveland Jewish community is reeling from a triple tragedy which occurred in one family in the community, where a grandmother, son and grandson all succumbed to the coronavirus within a few weeks. About two weeks ago Lenora Garfinkel passed away from COVID-19 at the age of 89. On Tuesday her son […]

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, who directs infectious disease research for the federal government, advised Orthodox Jews to phase in communal prayer as local governments lift coronavirus pandemic restrictions. “The kind of social interactions which is the core of the beauty of your culture has unfortunately led to a higher risk,” Fauci said Thursday […]

NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP/Mauricio Terrones Pennsylvania State University) The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea The most common type of test for the new coronavirus takes several hours and is uncomfortable; samples are obtained by sliding a swab into the nose or throat. I am collaborating with other […]

NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP/Mark Hicar University at Buffalo, The State University of New York) Critically ill children have been ending up in intensive care units with shock-like symptoms in recent weeks, adding yet another mysterious layer to the coronavirus pandemic. New York health officials began issuing alerts on May 4, describing young patients, ages 2-15, […]

NEW YORK (AP) – New York City will test 140,000 people for coronavirus antibodies between next week and early June, de Blasio announced Thursday. The antibody tests, which indicate whether a person has been infected with the virus at some point, will be offered for free by appointment at five locations, the mayor said. The […]