Is it safe to ride public transit during the coronavirus pandemic?It depends on a variety of factors, but there are ways to minimize risk.RARE CORONAVIRUS-LINKED SYNDROME AFFECTS 11 CHILDREN IN WASHINGTON STATE: OFFICIALSThe main way that the virus spreads is through droplets people spray when they talk, cough or sneeze. That means the best way…
May 12, 2020 | 9:21am | Updated May 12, 2020 | 10:09am Enlarge Image Belly Mujinga (right) and her 11-year-old daughter Ingrid A British train station worker died of coronavirus two weeks after a sick traveler spat at her, her union revealed Tuesday. Belly Mujinga, 47, was attacked while working in London’s Victoria Station on…
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him