31 Jan 2020

China put 46 million people on lockdown to contain the Wuhan coronavirus. But quarantines throughout history have been riddled with mishaps.

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Street view after the Chinese government banned non-essential vehicles in the downtown area to contain the coronavirus outbreak, on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Reuters In an attempt to contain the Wuhan coronavirus, China has issued the … Read More
21 Dec 2017

Boston-area paramedics on front lines of U.S. opioid crisis

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(Reuters) – The paramedics find them everywhere – slumped over car steering wheels, barely breathing in doughnut shop bathrooms or dead in derelict apartments and expensive mansions. For the Cataldo Ambulance Service crews outside Boston on the front lines of … Read More