From the May 29, 2020 Edition
Medicade patients and others also assured testing
By Seema Verma, U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicade Services administrator
If you have Medicare and want to be tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), the Trump Administration …
From the May 29, 2020 Edition
Increases from May 20 to May 27, 2020
Worldwide 4,996,472 to 5,693,066 cases 328,115 to 355,653 deaths
U.S. 1,551,853 to 1,699,933 cases 93,431 to 100,442 deaths
California (as of May 27) 84,057 to 98,980 cases …
From the May 22, 2020 Edition
Increase from May 6 to May 13 to May 20, 2020
Worldwide 3,755,379 to 4,343,269 to 4,996,472 cases 263,831 to 296,784 to 328,115 deaths
U.S. 1,228.603 to 1,390,250 to 1,551,853 cases 73,431 to 84,106 to …
From the May 22, 2020 Edition
“Shut the virus down!” sounds like a pretty good rallying cry. I’m still socially isolating, but I speak with over a hundred people a week.
Many call me or email the newspaper when things are …
From the May 15, 2020 Edition
Increase from May 8 to May 13, 2020
Worldwide 3,755,379 to 4,343,269 cases 263,831 to 296,784 deaths
U.S. 1,228.603 to 1,390,250 cases 73,431 to 84,106 deaths
California (updated May 12) 58,815 to 71,141 cases 2,464 …
From the May 8, 2020 Edition
As the covid-19 pandemic grinds into its third month, it would be hard to find anyone who wouldn’t be delighted to get back to normal life. With more than a million cases and 73,431 deaths …
From the May 1, 2020 Edition
Social isolation is key, but so is tending to your health
By Seema Verma, Administrator, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
At Medicare, we understand that people are having concerns about going to doctors’ …
From the May 1, 2020 Edition
Governors roll out phased plans to reopen economies, as the understanding deepens of how covid-19 can impact human bodies
By Marcy Axness and Patric Hedlund, TME
As of April 29, 2020, the covid-19 death count …
From the March 27, 2020 Edition
By Marcy Axness, TME with Liz Buchroeder aka The Masked Scrapper
Mary Mallon was born in 1869 in Ireland, and came to America as a young teenager. When Mary worked as a cook for a …
From the April 3, 2020 Edition
By Eoin Howe, UK [Submitted by Linnea Hanson, Pine Mountain Club]
We will all still need to go out occasionally during this isolation/lock-down, so here are some basics for not bringing the virus back into …