Health

When the flu pandemic hit the United States in 1918, most cities responded with measures that included closing schools. However, three cities, New York, Chicago, and New Haven, Connecticut, promised to remain open. Schools had extensive public health programs and argued that keeping students in school was “an opportunity to …

An increase in coronavirus cases in rural Texas has forced a hospital to establish “death panels” to decide which patients it can save and which will be sent home to die. Doctors at Starr County Memorial Hospital, the only hospital in Starr County, have received critical care guidelines to decide …

Like many people in the past few months, physical therapist and YouTuber Dr. Sam Spinelli discovered that locked-in life has greatly disrupted their routine, especially when it comes to their personal health and fitness. “I’ll be honest, quarantining has been a challenge for me,” he says. “I have dropped out …

Former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden said that while children may not experience the coronavirus to the same extent as adults, there are still many unknowns about how they are affected and having children in school this fall could prove to be difficult in some places. In an interview with …

At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, fashion designer Chelsea Klukas of Lumen Couture planned to make some standard cloth face masks for friends. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends using homemade facial covers to prevent the spread of the virus. Lumen Couture has a full line of …