March 30 was a meaningful day for Arlene Van Dyk. The longtime intensive care unit nurse at the Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, got to see a patient leave the ICU — a woman who’d contracted the coronavirus and spent 10 days on a ventilator. She wasn’t […]
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Medical staff wearing protective clothing take test samples for the coronavirus from a passenger at a virus testing booth outside Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on April 1. Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images Editor’s note: Dr. Terence Kealey is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and a professor of clinical […]
MADRID — At the end of January, a German tourist became Spain’s first coronavirus patient. At the time, the health threat seemed for the nation as remote as the tiny Spanish island of La Gomera, where he was treated. Two weeks later, the German walked out of hospital, and Spain […]
Job title: Animal Care Technician – Nursery – Mountain Lake, MN Company: Christensen Farms Job description: Great Benefit Package Including Health, Dental, 401K, Paid Time Off and More! ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN NURSERY… are earned? Christensen Farms is seeking both entry level and experienced Animal Care Technicians Nursery to join our […]
(Reuters) – The new coronavirus is killing African-Americans at a higher rate than the U.S. population at large, according to preliminary numbers from Louisiana, Michigan and Illinois that officials say point to disparities in health and healthcare access. A local resident waits for the bus as the spread of the […]
FILE PHOTO: A sign marks Taiwan-based Foxconn’s facility in the Racine County town of Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, U.S., April 28, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn will make ventilators with U.S. firm Medtronic Plc to help patients afflicted by the coronavirus outbreak, the company said […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Expatriates in Hong Kong are buying up masks to send to family and friends back home as supplies return to shops in the Asian financial hub and the coronavirus spreads around the world. FILE PHOTO: People with protective masks walk in front of Hong Kong’s skyline, […]
Stargazers have enjoyed the emergence of what is known as a pink moon in the night skies of Europe. Despite its name, there is not any noticeable colour difference to the full moon – due to reach a peak in the UK at 03:55 BST on Wednesday. The pink supermoon […]