The rude and arrogant Alex Karev started out as a foil to the gentler George O’Malley, but he soon became an indispensable part of the hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, and, over time, he even went on to become a firm fan-favorite. Alex had his drawbacks—after all, every character in […]
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5 Sure Ways to Avoid COVID Now, According to a Doctor
It’s the end of January and I’m writing this, thinking about New Year’s Resolutions, as a doctor and a human. Did you make any? And perhaps already broken them?!? I would like you to think about the 5 things in this post—not as New Year’s Resolutions exactly, but as a […]
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5 Sure Ways to Avoid COVID in 2021, According to a Doctor
It’s January 2nd today and I’m writing this, thinking about New Year’s Resolutions, as a doctor and a human. Have you made yours? And perhaps already broken them?!? I would like you to think about the 5 things in this post—not as New Year’s Resolutions exactly, but as a code […]
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‘Doctor Who’; ‘HGTV Dream Home 2021’
Jodie Whittaker in a New Year’s episode of “Doctor Who” on BBC America. (James Pardon/BBC America) During the coronavirus crisis, the Los Angeles Times is making some temporary changes to our print sections. The prime-time TV grid is on hiatus in print but an expanded version is available in your […]
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Places You Shouldn’t Go Even if it’s Allowed, According to a Doctor
As a doctor chronicling the coronavirus, I know firsthand that wintertime and COVID are not best friends. Tired of being stuck at home, but not wanting to be outdoors in cold weather, Americans are dashing around crowded shopping malls, standing in supermarket queues and looking for something, anything, to do […]
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the artist behind Doctor Who’s blockbuster image
Doctor Who’s series 7 poster by digital artist Lee Binding If you’re a Doctor Who fan – of either ‘classic’ or ‘new’ Who, or indeed, both – you’ve undoubtedly been dazzled by the work of digital artist Lee Binding. His designs are, in both the traditional sense of the word […]
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I’m a doctor at the front of the vaccine line. My family back home in Zimbabwe is at the end.
Reliable refrigeration is a luxury in Zimbabwe. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald. Vaccine Diaries is a series of dispatches exploring the rollout of COVID-19 immunizations. I weep with relief when I hear Anthony Fauci announce that the COVID-19 vaccine is imminent for health care workers. As […]
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As A Doctor, I Plead With You To Cancel Your Holiday Plans
It is not too late to cancel your Christmas plans. Your holiday hangouts. Your annual end-of-the-year, multifamily, multigenerational bonanzas. This is a reminder, a plea, an entreaty tossed in the wind with the hope it snags onto a wintry branch of your consciousness and clings there. I say this because […]
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I’m A Doctor, And I’m Failing My Patients. Here’s What Forced Me To Recognize That.
I decided to become a doctor because of one basic assumption: it meant helping people every day. And I’m not alone — most physicians consider their profession to be a noble one. The nobility of medicine is reinforced in every aspect of the training doctors go through. We work hard […]
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Cannabis influencers: Doctor of Reform
This story is part of a series of profiles, The CannaInfluencers: The people shaping the cannabis industry in the Garden State. Written by NJ Cannabis Insider reporters, the profiles will publish in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 3 election, when New Jersey voters will decide whether to legalize recreational, adult-use cannabis. Dr. […]
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Heal wants to be ‘your family doctor in your family room’
Dr. Ashish Bhalla and Denise Abalos get out of their cars and immediately begin putting on full personal protective equipment, covering themselves from head to toe, and, of course, wearing masks. Then they walk up to the front door of the Sievers home in Garden Grove and are welcomed inside […]
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I’m a Doctor and Here’s How to Not Catch COVID-19
Our long, hot summer has now arrived. And COVID-19 or not, we all need to get outside. Here’s the problem: after the tedious incarceration of lockdown, going outside suddenly seems scary, with coronavirus outbreaks in 26 states. Is it safe to go outside? How do you know you won’t get […]
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BizWeek By Jiya Doctor: Spartans and Olympians
Welcome back to another installment of BizWeek with Jiya. In this report, I am interviewing Mrs. Linardakis, one of the owners of Spartans and Olympians restaurants located in Burke, VA and Kingstowne, VA. Jiya: Is your restaurant open during COVID-19? Mrs. Linardakis: Yes, Both of our restaurants, Spartans in Burke […]