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Stuck Apart?
How does it feel to social distance separately from your partner?
New Yorkers Remembered
Behind every statistic about deaths in New York City is a person who touched other lives in ways big and small.
Contact Tracing: A Double Edged Sword
What will post-coronavirus contact tracing look like in New York City?
Photo Series: Midtown Manhattan, Mid-Quarantine, is Empty
Forty-five days into New York City’s shelter-in-place protocol, Midtown West is like a ghost town.
Suicide Hotlines Are Facing a Surge
Many suicide and mental health hotlines in New York have seen a rise in the number of calls they receive since the pandemic hit. For instance, The National Alliance on Mental Health in New York has had a 60 percent increase in the number of calls to its helpline, according Matt Kudish, the group’s executive […]
Coronavirus Disrupts an Already Fragile Child Welfare System
As the pandemic continues, the foster care system tries to adapt
“I Do,” on Screen
How a Manhattan couple got married online.
Everything You Need to Know About the Coronavirus Vaccine
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 […]
Five Takeaways from NYC’s COVID-19 Data
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. […]
The City That Never Sleeps Won’t Stop Cheering
The city’s total death toll keeps climbing— just under 17,000 have died since the pandemic started. But as the city creeps into its seventh week of shelter in place orders and grim news cycles continue, New Yorkers’ spirits refuse to be crushed. Since the crisis broke out in mid-March, every night at 7 p.m. New […]
On the Frontlines: Special Deliveries
A married couple in Flushing helps their local food pantry reach seniors and the disabled
A 3D Printing Army Gearing Up to Help Healthcare Workers
Students make personal protective equipment for medical professionals.
On the Frontlines: “These Patients are Alone”
For internal medicine doctors, the battle against Covid-19 is a long, taxing, and mysterious experience.
The Wild Dreams of a Pandemic
Here is why so many New Yorkers are talking about their vivid dreaming
The Digital Doctor Is In
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 […]