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    Trump Announces Plan to Ship 150 Million Rapid Coronavirus Tests

    Governors of some states, including New Jersey and Connecticut, announced on Twitter just before Mr. Trump’s news conference that they expected to receive thousands...

    Coronavirus Tracers Beg Residents: Please Answer Your Phones

    A wariness of spam calls and phishing scams has stymied coronavirus contact-tracing efforts around the country to the extent that elected leaders are pleading...

    How to Keep the Peace in a School Pod

    Keep track of issues that come up throughout the week, and schedule frequent meetings to resolve them as they arise. Yamalis Diaz, a child...

    Is It OK to Use Connections to Jump the Line for a Specialist?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on using your connections to get in to see a doctor months before anyone else can — and more. Source link...

    Coronavirus Survey Halted After Workers Faced Racial Slurs, Officials Say

    A coronavirus survey in Minnesota was stopped after multiple cases of residents “intimidating and shouting racial and ethnic slurs” at public health workers who...

    How to Get Focused – The New York Times

    Stick to a scheduleIncreasing your focus nowadays means planning your workday thoughtfully, having set start and stop times and specific blocks for just...

    Black Microbiologists Push for Visibility Amid a Pandemic

    A few days before her fifth-grade science fair, Ariangela Kozik awoke to the overwhelming scent of poultry past its due. It was exactly what...

    Coronavirus Live Updates: World Approaches One Million Deaths

    A top Trump official dismisses a report that he pushed the F.D.A. to soften new vaccine guidelines.The White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows,...

    Obamacare Returns as Galvanizing Issue After Ginsburg Death, Barrett Nomination

    Democrats are intent on using the A.C.A. to gain advantage in Senate races across the country, especially against vulnerable Republican incumbents like Thom Tillis...

    Weekly Health Quiz: An Emmy Speech, Cancer Fighters and Coronavirus-Sniffing Animals

    During his Emmy Award speech, Cord Jefferson of HBO's "Watchmen" thanked his therapist, sparking discussion about racial disparities in mental health care. Some 18.6...

    The Long Road to Fatherhood

    When my son’s life was stuck in neutral last fall, I decided to take him on a cross-country road trip. I thought an adventure...

    Leader of India Says Country’s Vaccine Industry Will ‘Help All Humanity’

    While Iran weathered a punishing first wave that turned it into an early epicenter of the pandemic throughout March and April, it progressed to...

    Dr. Rebecca Shadowen, Expert in Infectious Diseases, Dies at 62

    This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here.Things were still relatively calm...

    In a Book About Trauma, She Hopes to Show What Survival Looks Like

    “It’s really interesting to be part of a vast diaspora but also never feel like anyone’s writing about Bangla queer femininity, in a very...

    And the Emmy Goes to … My Therapist

    Experts say that when Black celebrities speak openly about attending therapy, they see a surge in calls from new patients who were inspired to...

    A Man Died After Eating a Bag of Black Licorice Every Day

    He had no history of heart problems. He walked his dog regularly and worked a physically demanding job as a construction worker, according to...