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His death leaves only one family physician in Greenfield, Mo. He died of complications of Covid-19. This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. For the past 15 years, there were only two family physicians in Greenfield, Mo., …

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Photo by Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock.com Look around, and you may notice more people donning two masks rather than just one. Slipping an extra mask over a primary face covering may be a tough sell for those of us who find masks a nuisance. But experts say doubling up can …

A nurse in Oregon who mocked the state’s pandemic protocols in a video that circulated on TikTok by saying she does not wear a mask in public has been placed on administrative leave, her employer said. The nurse, who was not named, is an employee at Salem Health, which operates …

Listen to This Article Audio Recording by Audm To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. In his 30 years as a doctor, Andrew Artenstein had never worried about N95 respirators. The chief physician executive of Baystate Health, he ran …

Mayor Brandon Whipple of Wichita, Kan., said he often gets “goofy” threats, like the time someone said they wanted to attack him with a Goodyear blimp. But those threats took a serious turn on Friday after someone reported to the police that they had received text messages threatening to kidnap …

As theaters look to see how they might reopen with safety accommodations including mask use, Dr. Anthony Fauci says it will likely be more than a year before people feel comfortable returning to theaters without masks. “If we get a really good vaccine and just about everybody gets vaccinated,” he …

Face shields and valved masks — two options many people find more comfortable than cloth face coverings — appear to be less effective at blocking viral particles than regular masks, a new study shows. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had already stated that clear plastic face shields and …

Researchers have long known that masks can prevent people from spreading airway germs to others — findings that have driven much of the conversation around these crucial accessories during the coronavirus pandemic. But now, as cases continue to rise across the country, experts are pointing to an array of evidence …