Here's some free advice for Joe Biden: Not Elizabeth Warren. Not Kamala Harris. Not Amy Klobuchar. A vice president needs to offer you something that you don't already have.
The medical community, our patients, their families and legislators need to have all the information the require to understand the spirit and the specifics of an ethical approach to rationing during this critical time.
The allocation must be standardized—ideally, on a state level—and we must make sure the ones who weren't prioritized for life-saving treatment still get the best possible emotional support and pain control.
Only a small minority of students chose to return to campus—many of them international students with nowhere else to go—and they too are studying online.
In both cases there is a curve that must be flattened in order to avoid the worst outcomes, and in both cases disinformation is readily ramped up and must be countered.
If you need to wash your hands many times a day, it helps to have a tap close by. And how do you self-isolate sharing a shack with multiple generations of your family?
We don't like to think about dying. But the responsible thing to do is to consider those we will leave if we do—and settle issues like custody and inheritance instead of letting the burden fall on them.
The new coronavirus has created turbulent times, in Iran as throughout the world. But Christian converts from Islam like Mary Mohammadi find hope in their newfound faith.
The bar for testing royals and politicians for coronavirus seems to be much lower than the bar for medical staff—like my mom—despite the risk to patients and to themselves. This can't be right.
What do two Americans who are classical musicians do while quarantined in their newly adopted home in Italy? Play a nightly concert on their balcony, of course. It's a gift for their Italian neighbors, but they also have a strong message for Americans, too.
Most every Democrat and progressive will support Biden, regardless of who is selected #2. But the real Democratic imperative is to win back the large number of blue collar voters who abandoned Hillary in 2016.
Anti-Chinese propaganda and economic punishments might feel cathartic in a frightening time, but lawmakers need to focus on what is actually in U.S. interests.
