Riskiest Places You Shouldn’t Go Now, Warn Experts
As soon as lockdown lifted and states started reopening, the question on most people’s minds was the same: What are the riskiest places when it comes to potential COVID-19 infection? Nonprofit journalism outlet CivicMeter conducted a survey of 27 epidemiologists, asking them to rate the risk of contracting COVID-19 at […]
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 […]
Opinion | People with hearing loss shouldn’t have to pay Zoom for captions
So why is Zoom, the most popular video-conferencing company, asking people with hearing loss to pay for the equal access that they need? For those of us with hearing loss, captions are our ramps. But Zoom keeps them out of reach, hidden behind a paywall. We should not be forced […]
Old-School Money Advice You Shouldn’t Follow Anymore
If you don’t know much about money, you don’t have to look far for advice. You can always learn from personal finance articles, books and videos or from money-savvy friends and family. Last updated: Sept. 1, 2020 Most people need a mortgage to purchase a home. However, financing a house […]
After 2020, TV will try to return to ‘normal.’ We shouldn’t let it
Joe Biden embraces his wife, Jill, after accepting his party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention. (Win McNamee / Getty Images) But just as the skies turned bright blue in the early days of the pandemic, when people took seriously the order to stay home — giving us an incidental […]