Steroids cut COVID-19 death rates, but not for everyone – here’s who benefits and who doesn’t
Steroids can benefit the sickest patients hospitalized with COVID-19, but they’re not a treatment for relatively mild cases.
From Other Nonprofit Media
From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation.
From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation.
They know how to prevent megafires. Why won’t anybody listen?
This is a story about frustration, about watching the West burn when you fully understand why it’s burning — and understand why it did not need to be this bad.
What we know about MIS-C, a rare but dangerous illness striking children weeks after they get COVID-19
This new condition progresses rapidly and can strike multiple organs and systems, including the heart, lungs, eyes, skin and gastrointestinal system.
Militia member says Kenosha police sought to push protesters toward them on night of deadly shootings
Two people were killed and one seriously wounded by a 17-year-old who had answered the call for armed civilians to protect the city.
How higher education’s own choices left it vulnerable to the pandemic crisis
Hiring sprees, low endowment returns, generous benefits continued as enrollment fell.
Creative programs help dairy farmers transition to plant-based milks
Minnesota-based Live Real Farms launched blends that contain 50% dairy milk and 50% almond or oat milk.
Wisconsin tells voters to request ballots now in push to improve mail-in voting
Wisconsin will send absentee applications to 2.6 million voters to help ensure their votes are counted in November.
Another COVID mystery: Patients survive ventilator, but linger in a coma
Some medical ethicists urge clinicians not to rush when it comes to decisions about how quickly COVID-19 patients may return to consciousness.
Cellphone data show how Las Vegas is ‘gambling with lives’ across the country
Las Vegas casinos, open for months now, are a likely hotbed for the spread of COVID-19. For many reasons, contact tracing has proved next to impossible as tourists return to homes across the U.S.
England is launching a national tutoring program. Could the U.S. follow suit?
There are signs of growing interest in the U.S. A bill that would double the size of AmeriCorps has attracted bipartisan support.
Test positivity rate: How this one figure explains that the U.S. isn’t doing enough COVID-19 testing yet
A good way to think about test positivity is to think about fishing with a net. If you catch a fish almost every time you send the net down (high test positivity), that tells you there are probably a lot of fish around that you haven’t caught (there are a lot of undetected cases).
Less-lethal weapons blind, maim and kill. Victims say enough is enough.
As many as 60 protesters suffered head wounds during recent Black Lives Matter events, including bone fractures, blindness and traumatic brain injuries.
How other countries reopened schools during the pandemic – and what the U.S. can learn from them
A look at what happened in four countries: Israel, Sweden, Japan and Uruguay.
Next showdown in Congress: protecting workers vs. protecting employers in the pandemic
The debate reflects a deepening schism between the major political parties, with Democrats focused on protecting lives and Republicans focused on protecting livelihoods.
‘We don’t know what else is out there.’ Five ways new diseases emerge — and what we can do about them
From forests and farms to our own backyards, there’s a lot we can do to reduce future risks of pandemic outbreaks.
Which drugs and therapies are proven to work, and which ones don’t, for COVID-19?
We have made amazing progress in the treatment of COVID-19. Two therapies – steroids and Remdesivir – have already been shown to help.
An illustrated history of government agencies twisting the truth to align with White House misinformation
It has become a familiar pattern: President Donald Trump says something that doesn’t line up with the facts held by scientists and other experts at government agencies. Then federal officials scramble to reconcile the fiction with their own public statements.
‘Just make it home’: the unwritten rules Blacks learn to navigate racism in America
Darnell Hill, a pastor and a mental health caseworker, offers Black teenagers emotional and physical coping strategies every time a Black person is fatally shot by a police officer.
Keith Ellison talks about police power, protest and George Floyd murder prosecutions
Keith Ellison on change: “I don’t ask for patience. Imagine it’s 400 years of people being denied it in so many cases where there was no accountability. I mean, it just compounds, you know, that level of disappointment and expectation of an unjust outcome.”
Can the president really order the military to occupy U.S. cities and states?
The answer to this question involves a web of legal provisions that help define the president’s constitutional roles as commander in chief and chief executive of the country.
