How It Felt to Give My First Pelvic Exam
As a medical student, I found it surprisingly comfortable, because my “patient” was also my very patient instructor
Opinion
At an HIV Clinic in Queens, N.Y., a Sense of Home Hangs in the Balance
Health care workers at the city hospital hit hardest by the pandemic go beyond their job description in tending to a vulnerable population
Social Distancing at the Zoo
The public can’t visit for now. But staff still have to care for, and interact with, the animals without infecting them with the coronavirus
Partisan Differences over the Pandemic Response Are Growing
Polling finds public trust in medical scientists has increased but only among Democrats—while optimism about a vaccine is broadly shared
How ‘Cognitive’ Tech Can Prevent a Food Crisis
The pandemic is threatening the food supply chain, but automation can fill crucial gaps
Coronavirus Roundup, May 23–May 29
Here are pandemic news highlights for the week
Nobody Wants to Have End-of-Life Conversations, But ...
Doing so is more important than ever in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
Missing Memories of the Universe
With observatories shut down because of the pandemic, the photons that reveal the secrets of the cosmos can’t be recorded or decoded
A Day in the Life of a COVID-19 Physician
The pandemic challenges a young critical care doctor in ways he could never have imagined
Precision Mobile Testing Is Key to Opening the Economy Safely
Fighting COVID-19 with our antiquated paradigm of centralized health care delivery is like fighting World War III with a musket
