Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open.
On a sunny afternoon in a cluttered music room at East High in Denver, two sophomores practiced violin while their music teacher, Keith Oxman, labored over a desk in an…
Not Over Yet: Late-Summer Covid Wave Brings Warning of More to Come
A late-summer wave of coronavirus infections has touched schools, workplaces and local government, as experts warned the public to brace for even more Covid-19 spread this fall and winter. Hospitalizations…
As Covid Surges, Los Angeles County Public Health Takes a Minimalist Approach | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Readers, I was badly triggered by press release on Covid by the County of Los Angeles Health Department, and after I finished banging my head…
Three school districts suspend in-person classes due to COVID-19, other illnesses
Three school districts in the country have cancelled in-person learning this week as local officials report drastic drops in student and teacher attendance attributed to COVID-19 and other illnesses. Two…
Utah man accused of selling silver product as COVID-19 cure arrested after 3-year search
A three-year chase for a Utah man accused of posing as a medical doctor to sell hoax cures for a variety of diseases, including COVID-19, has come to an end.…
FDA Tries to Pretend It Didn’t Oppose Ivermectin Use for Covid | naked capitalism
One thing that deeply offends me is when members of the officialdom lie, even when it is the artful sort of lying that is narrowly true. The case study today…
‘Fairly shocking’: Secret medical lab in California stored bioengineered mice laden with COVID
A months-long investigation into a rural California warehouse uncovered an illegal laboratory that was filled with infectious agents, medical waste and hundreds of mice bioengineered “to catch and carry the…
The Latest on Covid, Cognitive Impairment, and Social Cognition (“Theory of Mind”) | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. It was a slow Saturday night, and an even slower news day, so I thought I’d write up something quick and easy. Naturally, I thought…
New York City Had a Migrant Crisis. It Hired a Covid Expert to Help.
Lured by the promise of jobs, legal assistance and a more welcoming environment, hundreds of asylum seekers have boarded buses headed north to Albany, in search of a life better…
‘Worse than Covid’: Hollywood prop shop hit by strike
The dual actor and writer strike, which advocates for better wages, residuals and AI regulations, has brought the film-making industry in Los Angeles to a standstill. The owner of a…