The Infection That's Silently Killing Coronavirus Patients
This is what I learned during 10 days of treating Covid pneumonia at Bellevue Hospital.
This is what I learned during 10 days of treating Covid pneumonia at Bellevue Hospital.
Two preprints of California serosurveys offer surprising estimates about the infection rate, and have caused a Twitter "peer review" uproar.
Footage from France taken in March 2020 captures the scary moment for a skier when he was engulfed in an avalanche.
With Adobe Sign you can stop chasing down signatures and get documents signed in minutes — not days.
Please, please do not try this at home.
New research from the American Lung Association reveals which parts of the US have the most polluted air.
When King Erik VII of Denmark was forced from the throne, he did the only thing any self-respecting descendent of Vikings could: He joined the warriors of the sea and hit right back at his enemies.
Conan O'Brien crashed TIBCO's conference call and hilarity ensued.
You've probably seen some cool videos of katana swords cutting through things like butter. This is not one of those videos, unfortunately.
Vanessa Santiago departed as the virus began to spread through the prison. The outside world had changed in ways she was unprepared for.
A passerby in Russia spotted this raven having a ball after learning how to sled down this hill.
The nation's top public health official warned Tuesday that a second wave of the novel coronavirus would likely coincide with the start of flu season and could overwhelm the health system.
When I run across a boat as weird as the RP FLIP, as happened to me today, my brain goes into overdrive and it's all I can think about. I've fallen into an information hole, so won't you join me?
In the world of COVID-19, any precaution is a good one. For instance, you don't want to accidentally get splashed with unsanitized water or liquid. This detachable shield ensures that won't happen.
A basic overview of how to wear a mask by a medical professional on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.
COVID-19 is proving to be a disease of the immune system. This could, in theory, be controlled.
One small nap for man, one giant leap for disaster.
There is an extremely effective jump scare in here. Consider yourself warned.
Two once-in-a-lifetime crises have had devastating consequences for millennials.
We are extremely glad Jack Allard is okay, but "he has come home — not in the figurative sense, but in the quite literal sense" is truly a local TV quote for the ages.
Frothy drinks, soothing tea, strong cold brew and more are a snap with this well-reviewed Ninja brewer.
Sometimes a company just needs the money, and sometimes it loses the license to Superboy.
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Russian hamsters can cover 10 kilometers running at night from predators. Here's what happens when they're running in hamster wheels instead.
If you have millions of dollars just laying around, we have got the deal for you!
According to the jokesters, the car seller was "was both confused and thrilled."
Amish people spend only a fifth as much as you do on health care, and their health is fine. What can we learn from them?
The pandemic will irrevocably change diners' relationship with eating out, and restaurants need to be ready.
You never forget your first taste of queso.
The game's final level contains a Master Chief easter egg that is meant to be seen, not touched. This didn't stop a group of trick jumpers from spending a decade trying to land on the statue, a feat that required precise launches and calculations.
People living under coronavirus lockdown measures are adapting as best they can, but six foreign tourists took an unusual approach by hiding out in a cave in India.
It's a boy!… and, oh boy, that must hurt.
No rap album has quite the mythology attached to it — as a game changer, a king maker, a genre expander. But legends aren't exactly fact.
Here's another unexpected outcome of working from home: sometimes when you're filming live segments in your bathroom, your naked spouse might also be in the shot.
"Beau" is one of about 2,400 people who have died of COVID-19 in Michigan. Texts, diaries and photos detailed his last days in remarkable detail.
Meet three people whose tweets about surviving COVID-19 briefly made them internet famous.
After wrestling with the dog, the leopard was finally scared off by the sounds of a passing car.
What we thought was a planet may have been something else entirely.
I've tried to give up Amazon before, but this time I mean it.
This is the best meet-cute ever.
Basically: There's very little reliable information out there right now.
The nationwide study was not a rigorous experiment. But with 368 patients, it's the largest look so far of hydroxychloroquine with or without the antibiotic azithromycin for COVID-19, which has killed more than 171,000 people as of Tuesday.
The spike in views of coronavirus coverage is falling away — but it's vital that journalists hold the public's attention if we're going to keep the pandemic at bay.
With a little gin, a shot of sweet vermouth and a splash of Campari, Stanley Tucci demonstrates his recipe for the perfect Negroni.
California is ascendant and its governor, Gavin Newsom, knows it.
Paleontologists seek the ancestors that could explain how bats became the only flying mammals.
Just because you have to respect the rules of social distancing doesn't mean you can't knock each other out.
Alyson McClaran said one of the anti-lockdown protesters pushed his car against a man in scrubs who was peacefully blocking protesters in Denver.
One practical exit strategy from lockdown would be identifying green zones, and progressively joining them together once it is safe to do so.
A cat was spotted in Brazil making a very unusual pose.
Just like how Navy planes have vast instrumented ranges for aerial wargames, submarines have one too, and it is arguably even more impressive.
Memory researchers say these months will eventually become a blur for those of us isolating at home.
Not everyone has a close brush of death and then walks it off as if there's nothing to it.
There are rivers so short that you could walk the entire length of it within a few minutes.
What do you do if nobody wants the crude oil that comes out of your oil well? It's a complex question.
"I guess I feel very sorry for extroverts right now. They must be struggling, unlike me."
Reaching the peak is similar to turning the stereo volume from 11 down to 10. Yes, the volume has decreased, but that doesn't mean it's safe to take our hands off our ears.
Is Zoom behind the coronavirus lockdowns? Trump has a theory.
Is mom still making do with some janky tech or an ugly accessory? Here's a good opportunity to give her something for Mother's Day that she'll actually use day-in and day-out.
It's an iconic image, but the photo is being taken out of context.
Far more people have died over the past month than have been officially reported, a review of mortality data in 11 countries shows.
Cats will be cats. Dogs will be dogs.
Facebook and the Carnegie Mellon University Delphi Research Center have teamed up to track the prevalence of COVID-19 and flu symptoms around the country.
Just because the SAT was designed to test the mathematical proficiency of students doesn't mean it's flawless.
My favorite moment between us was a small prank in which I gave [Cruise] an extremely expensive bottle of champagne but placed it in the middle of a giant field and made him follow scavenger-hunt-style clues to find it.
The Ocala Drive-In box office in Florida accounted for the entire domestic box office this past weekend, as movie theaters remain closed amid the pandemic.
A roundup of the most interesting, thought-provoking and surprising questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days.
Get a better picture of the geographical realities of the second World War with this collection of over 100 intricate maps.
If you're having a hard time finding paper towels in-store, it's worth getting ahead of it now. This is much easier than lining up in front of a super market on restock day, right?
Simply ask your vacuum to clean the kitchen, and it'll hop-to. Whether you have Alexa or Google Assistant, your home is going to be a whole lot cleaner with a simple command.
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