In the early weeks of the pandemic, before coronavirus cases crushed hospitals in New York and spiked in other states, Dr. Rebecca Shadowen asked her friends a question on Facebook."If you could save the life of another person without harming your own, would you?" Shadowen, an infectious disease specialist in Kentucky, posted on March 13.From…
Dr. Joseph Varon, the chief medical officer at Houstons United Memorial Medical Center, gets home after a long day at work.Dr. Joseph Varon hasnt had a day off in months. Friday was his 134th consec…
With all the hysteria, misinformation and just overall questionable coronavirus-related media coverage out there these days, have you ever wanted to just get in front of a nationally prominent physician who has studied the issue – someone who knows what the heck they are talking about – and ask the questions you’ve always wondered about…
Dr. Grant Lashley contracted the coronavirus in April and suffered a stroke. July 25, 2020, 12:09 AM7 min read After more than three grueling months battling and recovering from COVID-19, an emergency room physician reunited with his wife and three children on Friday. Dr. Grant Lashley contracted the coronavirus on the front lines in April…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…