Some patients “were asked to get off their cell phone because they had to be intubated,” he added. “He” is Marcus Schultz of Amsterdam University Medical Centers, who runs an experimental intestive care unit in the Netherlands, speaking to StatNews.com. He also co-wrote a paper this week suggesting intensive care [Keep reading]
Most of us have settled into our new stay-at-home lives, though I hope none of this ever really feels normal to us. Still, the business of business carries on, best as it can. So we must all try to do the same. I’ve spent the past couple of years contributing [Keep reading]
Images of voters crowded together on long lines at ballot places in Wisconsin this week had a lot of Americans wondering about alternative, safe election procedures. Some states, such as Washington State, have embraced mail-in voting during recent elections. Might that be a safer way to exercise our democratic rights [Keep reading]
As U.S. small businesses crumble, their employees overload unemployment websites, and the software used to hand out loans crashes, it’s important to know there are alternatives. Like this one, from Switzerland: “I’ve never experienced anything like it,” Alberto Belloli, head of Belloli, a family engineering business in the canton of [Keep reading]
The unusual should seem normal right now, and so I’m doing something unusual. Our “So, Bob” podcast about the unintended consequences of technology is usually heavy on outrage and dark topics like privacy and election hacking. But ever since co-host Alia Tavakolian and I have been stuck at home because [Keep reading]
Consumers impacted by the coronavirus — virtually everyone in America at this point — might have trouble paying their bills this month. What will that do to their credit reports? Unfortunately, trouble lies ahead, and neither Congress nor the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau seem ready to stop it. I wrote [Keep reading]
“Do you realize this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to stay home and practice all day?” That’s the message a musician friend posted today, and it stopped me in my tracks. June. I think we are all staring June in the face right now. The reality is, if [Keep reading]
You’ve been “hearing” a lot of yelling lately on social media — about the president, about the virus, or if you’re lucky, about sports. You’ve probably read thousands of comments and wasted countless hours on some of these round-and-round-we-go discussions. Have you ever witnessed anyone change their mind? Not often. [Keep reading]
Whenever disaster strikes, there’s almost always two waves of pain: First, There’s the immediate human cost, which deserves top priority. Then there’s the financial cost. Lost jobs, credit card “maxing,” unpaid bills, lost homes. Unfortunately, America has a fine-tuned way of keeping score in the credit world: Credit reports. And [Keep reading]
The gig economy is complicated and it’s about to get a lot more complicated. Gig workers are helped by the enormous coronavirus relief bill that’s expected to be signed into law soon, but like all things gig economy, the law is likely to raise more questions than it answers. Self-employed [Keep reading]
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