By Staff on May 30, 2020
Coronavirus

In February, whispers of a deadly virus began to intensify. By March, the whispers had become a crescendo, the only thing anyone could hear. Coronavirus infiltrated the city and suddenly, within days, New York became the nation’s epicenter of the viral pandemic. Emergency tents popped up in Central Park, a Navy hospital ship docked at […]
By Staff on May 12, 2020
Coronavirus

Behind every statistic about deaths in New York City is a person who touched other lives in ways big and small.
By TuAnh Dam on May 12, 2020
contact tracing, coronavirus, privacy, Technology
Coronavirus, Healthcare, Politics & Policy, Video

What will post-coronavirus contact tracing look like in New York City?
By Enxhi Dylgjeri on May 8, 2020
Central Park, coronavirus, covid, manhattan, midtown, midtown west, NYC, photojournalism, photos
Coronavirus, Manhattan, Multimedia, NY City Scene

Forty-five days into New York City’s shelter-in-place protocol, Midtown West is like a ghost town.
By Staff on May 2, 2020
child welfare, foster care
Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic, Politics & Policy

As the pandemic continues, the foster care system tries to adapt
By Joaquim Salles on April 29, 2020
Coronavirus, Uncategorized

As the pandemic rolls on, universities, biotech companies and pharmaceutical giants around the world are racing to find a coronavirus vaccine. Taking a vaccine from concept to delivery is process that usually takes many years, sometimes over a decade, but scientists are hopeful they can develop and distribute a coronavirus vaccine in two years or […]
By Staff on April 28, 2020
coronavirus, covid-19, public health
Coronavirus, News, Public Health

By Caroline Chen and TuAnh Dam New York City had its first COVID-19 case on March 1, and in less than two months, the number of confirmed cases has spiked to more than 160,000. And nearly 12,000 New Yorkers have died. Behind these numbers are sad stories of people struggling in an overwhelmed healthcare system. […]
By Christopher Howell on April 25, 2020
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Coronavirus, Queens, Video
By Yuntong Man on April 24, 2020
corinavirus, makers
Coronavirus, Video

Brooklyn teen Karina Popovich and more than 200 other 3D printing hobbyists at Makers for COVID-19 are helping healthcare workers on the frontlines to protect themselves.
By Staff on April 24, 2020
Coronavirus, Healthcare, Video

For internal medicine doctors, the battle against Covid-19 is a long, taxing, and mysterious experience.
By Yoonji Han on April 23, 2020
coronavirus, elderly, health, Technology
Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic

Anne Sansevero saw it coming. As the first cases of COVID-19 began surfacing in America, Sansevero, who has been a geriatric nurse practitioner for more than 30 years and runs a private practice serving seniors, foresaw that her elderly clients—one of the most vulnerable populations to the contagious virus—would particularly be at risk. “I knew […]
By Joaquim Salles on April 22, 2020
Coronavirus, Multimedia, Video
By Enxhi Dylgjeri on April 22, 2020
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Bronx, Coronavirus, Healthcare, News, Public Health

The New York State Nurses Association, the state’s nurses’ union, sued the New York State’s Department of Health and two medical centers Monday over working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The union filed three lawsuits—against New York’s Department of Health, Montefiore Medical Center, and Westchester Medical Center. A press release issued by the union states […]
By Jenna Gyimesi on April 19, 2020
Coronavirus, Life in a Pandemic, Uncategorized

Meet the people who are volunteering to be exposed to the Coronavirus to help develop a vaccine more rapidly
By Patrick Mulligan on April 18, 2020
Coronavirus, Politics & Policy, Video

The government passed the largest stimulus bill in American history, but individual checks may come up short