Donald Kennedy, Who Led Stanford in 1980s, Dies at 88
Donald Kennedy, a neurobiologist who headed the Food and Drug Administration before becoming president of Stanford University, where he oversaw major expansions of its campus and curriculum and weathered a crisis over research spending, died April 21 in Redwood City, California. He was 88.
Brothers Who Hoarded 17,700 Hand Sanitizer Bottles Avoid Fine After Donating Supplies
Two Tennessee brothers who stockpiled 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer have avoided prosecution and a fine, but will not recoup the thousands of dollars they spent on the supplies under the terms of a price-gouging settlement that the state attorney general announced this week.
Why Michael Savage Is Blasting Hannity and the Right-Wing Media on the Virus
There are a lot of people who are ruining the country right now, according to Michael Savage. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Liberal mayors in big cities like San Francisco. Undocumented immigrants. Homeless people.
Richard Passman, Space-Age Engineer Who Kept His Secrets, Dies at 94
(Those We’ve Lost)
Oklahoma City Marks 25 Years Since America's Deadliest Homegrown Attack
Timothy J. McVeigh slaughtered 168 people, including 19 children, by gutting a federal office building with a massive truck bomb on April 19, 1995, yet he features only fleetingly in the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.
Fears of Ventilator Shortage Unleash a Wave of Innovations
As the coronavirus rages across the globe, ventilators that pump oxygen into the lungs of critically ill patients have been embraced as the best hope for saving lives.
Beryl Bernay, Children's TV Host with a Varied Career, Dies at 94
(Those We've Lost)
Henry Graff, Columbia Historian of Presidents, Dies at 98
(Those We've Lost)
Class Is in Session Everywhere Now
Sometime in mid- to late March, it seemed as if the whole world suddenly shut down and moved online in a matter of days as the coronavirus crisis intensified.
Testing Falls Woefully Short as Trump Seeks to Lift Stay-at-Home Orders
As President Donald Trump pushes to reopen the economy, most of the country is not conducting nearly enough testing to track the path and penetration of the coronavirus in a way that would allow Americans to safely return to work, public health officials and political leaders say.
Surprising Poll Results: People Are Now Happy to Pick Up the Phone
It was a straightforward telephone survey of New Yorkers, a series of questions about the effects of the coronavirus crisis, and it was meant to take just a few minutes. But a strange thing kept happening. Many of the people who answered the phone wanted to keep talking — about their loneliness, about their sadness, about their fears for the future — even after the questions had stopped.
Ketty Herawati Sultana, Tireless Indonesian Physician, Dies at 60
(Those We've Lost)
A Coronavirus Death in Early February Was 'Probably the Tip of an Iceberg'
SAN FRANCISCO — Weeks before there was evidence that the coronavirus was spreading in U.S. communities, a 57-year-old woman developed flulike symptoms and abruptly died in her San Jose kitchen, triggering a search for what had killed her. Flu tests were negative. The coroner was baffled. It appeared that the woman had suffered a massive heart attack.
Abba Kyari, Nigerian President's Right-Hand Man, Dies
(Those We’ve Lost)
'Turn Around, Go Back': Summer Islands Don't Want Coronavirus, or You
NEW YORK — Visitors to the western end of Fire Island are greeted by a large sign telling them to “Stop, turn around, go back.”
Imagine Online School in a Language You Don't Understand
OAKLAND, Calif. — Like many parents, Zainab Alomari has spent the last month trying to help her children learn at home. But unlike most, she has been talking to teachers and working through lessons in a language she barely understands.
Food Workers Say CDC Guidelines Put Them at Greater Risk for Infection
(On the Front Lines)
Amid Signs the Virus Came Earlier, Americans Ask: Did I Already Have It?
(The Prepandemic Era)
The Cold Calculations America's Leaders Will Have to Make Before Reopening
WASHINGTON — How many deaths are acceptable to reopen the country before the coronavirus is completely eradicated? “One is too many,” President Donald Trump insists, a politically safe formulation that any leader would instinctively articulate.
Schools Transform Into 'Relief' Kitchens but Federal Aid Fails to Keep Up
BALTIMORE — On the first day of the coronavirus school closure at Sinclair Lane Elementary School, Janet Bailey, the cafeteria manager, showed up to the school’s kitchen like any other day, ready to do her job. She began fixing the favorites of the 250 or so children who relied on her to feed them daily — chicken patties, a fruit and vegetable, and flavored milk.
