I write this from a beige-themed medicine call room in a Santa Monica hospital. Before starting, I did a quick…
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The Liminal Space
It is the sixth day since I saw my first patient with Covid-19. I have become acutely aware of my…
Swabs Collected by Patients or Health Care Workers for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
To the Editor: The early medical response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States was limited in part by…
The Legal Authority for States’ Stay-at-Home Orders
In March 2020, when many U.S. states and localities issued their first emergency orders to address Covid-19, there was widespread…
Hydroxychloroquine for the Prevention of Covid-19 — Searching for Evidence
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), has generated a worldwide pandemic.…
First-Time Gun Owners at Risk for Suicide, Major Study Confirms
Men were eight times as likely to kill themselves by gunshot than non-owners. Women were 35 times as likely.
First-Time Gun Owners at Risk for Suicide, Major Study Confirms
Men were eight times as likely to kill themselves by gunshot than non-owners. Women were 35 times as likely.
Universal Masking in the Covid-19 Era
We understand that some people are citing our Perspective article (published on April 1 at NEJM.org) as support for discrediting…
Cancer treatment: New form of highly targeted drug therapy
Scientists describe a new technology to rapidly create a homogeneous type of ADC, which attaches to a specific site on…
Data gaps hamper monitoring of heavy metals that threaten Arctic communities
Some Alaskan soils harbor elevated concentrations of heavy metals that can harm human health, but critical data gaps impede understanding…