The Trump administration is warning this could be the “hardest and saddest” week yet. BREAKING NEWS UPDATES: … source
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On Faith and Futility: A Pediatric Oncologist Meditates on the Death of a Child
My patients are children, and my patients often die. As a pediatric neuro-oncologist, my practice frequently brings me to the beds of dying children and the funerals and memorial services that follow. I have the privilege of supporting families from diagnoses to cure or demise. Early in my career, I was required to come to […]
HOW DOES COVID-19 AFFECT THE BODY?
Coronaviruses (CoV) are a family of viruses that cause sicknesses like the common cold, as well as more severe diseases, such as Middle East Respiratory … source
Apollo 13 at 50 Years: Looking Back at the Mission’s Lost Lunar Science
Had everything gone to plan, NASA’s third mission to land astronauts on the moon would have deployed a pallet of science instruments and brought back samples from humanity’s first visit to the lunar uplands. Instead, 50 years ago this month, Apollo 13 “had a problem.” An oxygen tank that had been unknowingly damaged before it […]
Coronavirus: Nachrichten zur weltweiten Lage
Am Anfang der Corona-Pandemie tat US-Präsident Donald Trump das Ganze noch als “Schwindel der Demokraten” ab. Dann verhängte er doch … source
The True Costs of the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 has swept the world in a global pandemic of extraordinary proportions. The debate about its eventual health costs continues to rage, but one Centers for Disease Control estimate suggested anywhere between 200,000 and 1.7 million deaths could be expected in the United States alone, depending on the eventual fatality rate, and not adjusting for […]
New York City Has Nearly 1 In 4 Of All COVID-19 Cases in US | NBC Nightly News
New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio proposes a ‘draft’ of medical personnel to national service. “We’re in the middle of a war,” says de Blasio, who called “for … source
Paranoid Gossip about Polio Vaccine
Originally published in June 1954 Credit: Scientific American Advertisement “After several weeks of confusion about the safety of the new poliomyelitis vaccine, mass tests got underway last month. Walter Winchell had told his radio audience that the vaccine ‘may be a killer’ because one batch had been found with live virus. The National Foundation for […]
Inside a New York City I.C.U. Battling Coronavirus | NYT News
The Brooklyn Hospital Center is on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Subscribe: More from The New York Times Video: … source
“Event” Cells in the Brain Help Organize Memory into Meaningful Segments
Our recollection of events is usually not like a replay of digital video from a security camera—a passive observation that faithfully reconstructs the spatial and sensory details of everything that happened. More often memory segments what we experience into a string of discrete, connected events. For instance, you might remember that you went for a […]