To rapidly communicate information on the global clinical effort against Covid-19, the Journal has initiated a series of case reports…
Ten Weeks to Crush the Curve
The President says we are at war with the coronavirus. It’s a war we should fight to win. The economy…
A Ventilator Stockpile, With One Hitch: Thousands Do Not Work
While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained…
Most diets lead to weight loss and lower blood pressure, but effects largely disappear after a year
Reasonably good evidence suggests that most diets result in similar modest weight loss and improvements in cardiovascular risk factors over…
Lorena Borjas, Transgender Immigrant Activist, Dies at 59
She helped transgender women in Queens contend with human trafficking, health issues and possible deportation. Her death was attributed to…
Workers on the Pandemic’s Front Lines: Their Stories, in Their Words
Americans who have no choice but to confront the pandemic describe life in a changed world.
Harnessing Our Humanity — How Washington’s Health Care Workers Have Risen to the Pandemic Challenge
In early March 2020, Ms. B. a woman in her mid-70s, was admitted from her nursing home to Seattle Harborview’s…
Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era
As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to explode, hospital systems are scrambling to intensify their measures for protecting patients and health…
Medicare Part D and Insulin Affordability — The Devil Is in the Details
Among the discussions under way in the U.S. Congress regarding drug pricing and access, those related to insulin are particularly…
Understanding how the protein tau moves between neurons yields insight into possible treatments for neurodegenerative diseases
In the fight against neurodegenerative diseases such as frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer’s and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, the tau protein is a…