'Face masks in public spaces do not provide any greater protection to the population,' Swedish health official said Even as the European Union executive announced last Wednesday new guidelines recommending the use of face masks in places like airports, planes, and hotels, Sweden has rejected its widespread use by members of the public, claiming masks…
Hornstull in Stockholm on April 21. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images Slate is making its coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Subscribe to support our journalism. Start your free trial. Swedish exceptionalism is a concept that Sweden has marketed well, in everything from the arts to pop culture, tech, and science. To be sure, there…
Sweden's ambassador to the United States has said the capital of the Nordic country could reach herd immunity by May - a result of a controversial response to the coronavirus pandemic involving few public restrictions. "About 30 percent of people in Stockholm have reached a level of immunity," Karin Ulrika Olofsdotter told National Public Radio…
The novel coronavirus in Sweden has spread to over 17,500 people and killed more than 2,100, as of Friday, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. While cases continue to grow, the country has taken the surprising route of not imposing a nationwide lockdown.Despite international derision over the decision, the scientist behind Sweden's…
Published on Apr 23, 2020Swathes of the world have gone on some form of lockdown to fight coronavirus, but in Sweden they are still open for business. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53FOver 100 countries have issued a full or partial lockdown as the world fights the coronavirus pandemic. But one nation has taken the…
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two
Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues. “I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, scratched. The biggest one is bitten,” said Dhooghe, who works at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The
