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  • COVID19, health, health care, The Daily Beast

    The Hunt for One of the Weirdest COVID Variants Is in… Ohio?

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    June 16, 2023
    The Hunt for One of the Weirdest COVID Variants Is in… Ohio?

    Someone in Central Ohio has been shedding virus from a unique COVID variant for up to two years. The race is on to find out who it is.

    Continue reading →: The Hunt for One of the Weirdest COVID Variants Is in… Ohio?
  • health, healthcare workers, Non-Fiction, The Daily Beast

    ‘The System Is Super Fucked’: These Remote Workers Are Getting Vaccines

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    January 23, 2021
    ‘The System Is Super Fucked’: These Remote Workers Are Getting Vaccines

    Remote workers with sometimes vague connections to the medical field are benefitting from what they admit is a broken system.

    Continue reading →: ‘The System Is Super Fucked’: These Remote Workers Are Getting Vaccines
  • fertility, Non-Fiction, Vice

    Fertility Doctors Used Their own Sperm to Get Patients Pregnant. The Children Want Justice

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    January 7, 2021
    Fertility Doctors Used Their own Sperm to Get Patients Pregnant. The Children Want Justice

    Decades ago, fertility doctors across the United States inseminated patients with their own sperm. Now, the adult children of these patients want answers and recourse.

    Continue reading →: Fertility Doctors Used Their own Sperm to Get Patients Pregnant. The Children Want Justice
  • fertility, health, health care, Non-Fiction, Vice

    America’s Unregulated Fertility Industry Offers Patients Few Protections

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    November 1, 2020
    America’s Unregulated Fertility Industry Offers Patients Few Protections

    For Vice The case of one California clinic accused of misconduct shows just how little recourse would-be parents have when it comes to concerns about safety and negligence.

    Continue reading →: America’s Unregulated Fertility Industry Offers Patients Few Protections
  • COVID19, Non-Fiction, Vice

    Masks Alone Don’t Make You Invincible

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    August 12, 2020
    Masks Alone Don’t Make You Invincible

    For Vice Covering your face can help combat the coronavirus. But some scientists fear people now believe masks of any quality are foolproof defenses—and they’re being labeled as “anti-mask” for saying so.

    Continue reading →: Masks Alone Don’t Make You Invincible
  • COVID19, healthline

    Why the ‘6 Feet Apart’ Recommendation May Not Be Enough for COVID-19

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    July 15, 2020
    Why the ‘6 Feet Apart’ Recommendation May Not Be Enough for COVID-19

    Six feet might not be enough to protect you. Here’s why.

    Continue reading →: Why the ‘6 Feet Apart’ Recommendation May Not Be Enough for COVID-19
  • 911 dispatchers, The Daily Beast

    These 911 Emergency Dispatchers Are Ready to Defund the Police

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    June 17, 2020
    These 911 Emergency Dispatchers Are Ready to Defund the Police

    For The Daily Beast “Shooting a fleeing suspect is not justice. If I sent an officer to a call and this happened, I’d be racked with guilt.”

    Continue reading →: These 911 Emergency Dispatchers Are Ready to Defund the Police
  • COVID19, healthcare workers, healthline, mental health

    Healthcare Workers Are Vulnerable to Suicide. COVID-19 Could Make It Worse

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    June 8, 2020
    Healthcare Workers Are Vulnerable to Suicide. COVID-19 Could Make It Worse

    For Healthline Suicide among healthcare workers is, sadly, not a new phenomenon.

    Continue reading →: Healthcare Workers Are Vulnerable to Suicide. COVID-19 Could Make It Worse
  • COVID19, healthcare workers, mental health, Non-Fiction, PTSD, Vice

    Panic Attacks and Sleepless Nights: Doctors Are Secretly Starting to Struggle

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    May 8, 2020
    Panic Attacks and Sleepless Nights: Doctors Are Secretly Starting to Struggle

    For Vice Doctors and nurses treating the coronavirus are increasingly worried about their deteriorating mental health and unsure who to talk to about it. “I think about COVID during sex,” one doctor said.

    Continue reading →: Panic Attacks and Sleepless Nights: Doctors Are Secretly Starting to Struggle
  • COVID19, health, Non-Fiction, The Daily Beast

    Your Mask May Not Be Enough if COVID-19 Is in the Air

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    April 12, 2020
    Your Mask May Not Be Enough if COVID-19 Is in the Air

    For The Daily Beast A growing crowd of experts say coronavirus can spread via aerosols, or viral particles produced by talking, breathing, singing, and even exercise.

    Continue reading →: Your Mask May Not Be Enough if COVID-19 Is in the Air
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