Support this work for $1 a month Michelle Layer visits her father Raymond King, 90, through the window at the Harris Hill Nursing Facility in Clarence last month. A proposed law would make some visits easier by allowing families to designate an essential caregiver. Sharon Cantillon “Failure to thrive” is […]
Editorial
NICHOLAS KAMM/Getty Images President Donald Trump arrives back at the White House from the hospital on Monday night For the first time in its 208-year history, The New England Journal of Medicine is wading into political waters, offering a scathing indictment of President Donald Trump in a new editorial. In the […]
It is rare for scientists at the highest levels to take an overt stand on the politics of the day, knowing their professional credibility depends on remaining above the fray. Dr. Anthony Fauci, most famously, is a case in point. Fauci, the federal government’s top immunologist, has given his best […]
Our wired world unavoidably puts our personal information at potential risk. The points of vulnerability are many: Our home computers. Banks and credit unions. Online retailers. Government agencies. Indeed, the health care sector has been regularly a target of hackers across the country. Nebraska has had several examples. Malware, brought […]
In an effort to stop the worst coronavirus outbreak at a Hawaii nursing home — the deadliest of any local hot spot — it’s finally encouraging that a 20-member U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs “tiger team” is now assembled at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo. Descending onsite for […]