Health care workers on the front lines of the COVID crisis have spent exhausting months working and self-quarantining off-duty to keep from infecting others, including their families. Encountering people who indignantly refuse face coverings can feel like a sl... More »
Americans who had coronavirus symptoms in March and April are getting big hospital bills — because they were not sick enough to get then-scarce COVID tests. Some insurers say they are trying to correct these bills, but patients may have to put up a fight. More »
Some are grieving the loss of precious time in late life. Others are adjusting their ideas of what is possible and making the best of it. More »
Could this be what he really wants or is it just a fantasy?My partner and I have been together for a few years. Recently, during sex, he has asked me to talk about having sex with other “more attractive” men and, in the heat of the moment, says he wants to wat... More »
The coronavirus has forced drug rehabilitation centers to scale back operations or temporarily close, leaving people who have another potentially deadly disease — addiction — with fewer opportunities for help. More »
For three years, staffers at UCLA Health have been quietly fulfilling final wishes for dying patients in the intensive care unit. Amid the isolating forces of the pandemic, their work has become all the more meaningful. More »
A rule finalized this spring by the Trump administration permits employers and insurers not to apply drug company copayment assistance toward enrollees’ deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums for any drug. More »
Skip the numbers. Focus on the mask. More »
Coronavirus has taken the lives of thousands in the UK, but few had made their end-of-life wishes known to NHS staff. Will the pandemic change our attitudes to death?When I first saw Peter Hallgarten, he was lying in a hospital bed, an oxygen mask over his fac... More »
An emergency medicine physician on the terrors of Covid-19, and why lockdown is being lifted too soonCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMy impression is that the population thinks that it’s all settled down now and everything’s OK. And... More »
The Couch to 5k exercise app offers many celebrity trainers, but I’m sticking with the original voice of quiet encouragementDuring the period of lockdown, from March until June, more than 858,000 people downloaded the NHS’s Couch to 5K app. At least 857,000 of... More »
With government help being withdrawn from 1 August, people at high risk of coronavirus are left with few safe options, says Fran Stokes, while Joan Langrognat wonders just how old you need to be to get your food deliveredThere is another factor that has increa... More »