Topic: safety

The new normal: How safe are beaches?

The new normal: How safe are beaches?

Deena Beasley, Reuters
Posted at May 29 08:15 AM

People are hitting the beach as coronavirus restrictions start to ease and summer begins in the northern hemisphere, but access might be limited and public health officials still urge caution, including continued physical distancing. Read more »

To fight COVID-19, don’t neglect immunity and inflammation

To fight COVID-19, don’t neglect immunity and inflammation

Jane E. Brody, The New York Times
Posted at May 26 07:50 AM

While most people focus, as they should, on social distancing, face coverings, hand washing and even self isolation to protect against the deadly coronavirus now ravaging the country, too few are paying serious attention to two other factors critically important to the risk of developing a COVID-19 infection and its potential severity.   Read more »

Plane crashes in Pakistan, many feared dead

Plane crashes in Pakistan, many feared dead

Reuters and Associated Press
Updated as of May 22 10:48 PM

A passenger plane of state-run Pakistan International Airlines with over 100 passengers and crew crashed near Karachi in southern Pakistan Friday, officials said. Read more »

Teachers ask for health measures in schools, gov’t aid

Teachers ask for health measures in schools, gov’t aid

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 19 04:52 PM

Government should fund and implement a comprehensive plan that aims to guarantee the safety of students, educators and workers from the new coronavirus once they are asked to physically return to schools, a teachers’ rights and welfare group said Tuesday. Read more »

Have I been cleaning all wrong?

Have I been cleaning all wrong?

Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times
Posted at May 07 03:25 PM

Many household disinfectants promise to kill 99.9 percent of germs, but some of us might be cleaning too swiftly to let them do their job.  Read more »

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