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COVID causation could confound courts

September 14, 2020 Comments Off on COVID causation could confound courts

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Coronaviruses, including the newest one, are named for the spikes that cover their outer surface like a crown, or corona in Latin. Using those club-shaped spikes, the virus latches on to the outer wall of a human cell, invades it and replicates, creating viruses to hijack more cells. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Welcome to Monday, the 206th anniversary of Maryland lawyer Francis Scott Key‘s writing of “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” a poem better known as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Causation may ...

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Diagnosis for doctors: Less money, greater hardship, more video

September 8, 2020 Comments Off on Diagnosis for doctors: Less money, greater hardship, more video

Dr. James McNabb interviews a patient before her routine physical . MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Logan Cyrus

The wedding band is gone. So are his class ring, his wristwatch, the neckties he has worn for decades – even the white coat with his name embroidered in blue. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, James McNabb has ...

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Business owners tap into savings to withstand pandemic

September 2, 2020 Comments Off on Business owners tap into savings to withstand pandemic

Chicago Alderman Tom Tunney poses inside his main Ann Sather restaurant, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, in Chicago. Tunney estimates he's put $250,000 of his own money into running his three Ann Sather restaurants. Social distancing requirements have curtailed revenue and the PPP loan Tunney got was quickly spent paying staff at the restaurants that are neighborhood breakfast and brunch stalwarts. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

When the coronavirus outbreak forced cruise lines to cancel trips to Alaska, it wiped out Midgi Moore’s tour business, leaving her with thousands of dollars in deposits to refund.

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Health agencies’ credibility at risk after week of blunders

August 28, 2020 Comments Off on Health agencies’ credibility at risk after week of blunders

Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn speaks during an Aug. 23 media briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Hahn was forced to apologize for using an erroneous, misleading statistic describing the effectiveness of a blood plasma therapy granted emergency use for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

WASHINGTON — The credibility of two of the nation’s leading public health agencies is under fire this week after controversial decisions that outside experts say smack of political pressure from President Donald Trump as he attempts to move past the ...

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Fannie-Freddie foreclosure suspension extended to year’s end

August 27, 2020 Comments Off on Fannie-Freddie foreclosure suspension extended to year’s end

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will extend their suspension of mortgage foreclosures through at least the end of the year, providing more relief for homeowners who are grappling with the economic pain of the coronavirus. Fannie and Freddie, which backstop ...

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Md. jobless claims dip; more than 1 million Americans file again

August 27, 2020 Comments Off on Md. jobless claims dip; more than 1 million Americans file again

In this photo taken Thursday, June 4, 2020, a customer walks out of a U.S. Post Office branch and under a banner advertising a job opening, in Seattle. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May, and 2.5 million jobs were added — a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy and depressed the job market in the wake of the viral pandemic (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other segments of the economy rebound from a springtime collapse. In ...

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New virus cases decline in the US, and experts credit more use of masks

August 25, 2020 Comments Off on New virus cases decline in the US, and experts credit more use of masks

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2020, file photo, a child rests on a subway car while riders wear protective masks due to COVID-19 concerns in New York. The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling — a development experts credit at least partly to increased wearing of masks — even as the outbreak continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in the U.S. each day. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling — a development experts credit at least partly to increased wearing of masks — even as the outbreak continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in the U.S. each day. ...

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Md. health insurance exchange reopens special enrollment

August 7, 2020 Comments Off on Md. health insurance exchange reopens special enrollment

The "Enroll MHC" from the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange. (Image from MHBE).

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland officials are reopening a coronavirus special enrollment period for people to enlist in the state’s health insurance exchange. Officials said Friday that the special enrollment period will run through Dec. 15. More than 54,000 Maryland residents enrolled ...

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Baltimore restaurants to reopen to indoor dining with limited capacity

August 6, 2020 Comments Off on Baltimore restaurants to reopen to indoor dining with limited capacity

Interior and Exteriors of the Gertrudes Restaurant at the BMA. MF-D 1/16/07.

Restaurants in Baltimore will once again be allowed to reopen for indoor dining under a new executive order signed by Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young. The order, which takes effect Friday at 5 p.m., will allow for indoor dining capped ...

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Hogan: Don’t blame bars, restaurants for Md.’s virus uptick

July 28, 2020 2 Comments

Gov. Larry Hogan speaks Wednesday, June 4, in Annapolis. (The Daily Record / Bryan P. Sears)

Gov. Larry Hogan said it is not fair to place the blame on the uptick of some measurements of the spread of the novel coronavirus on bars and restaurants.

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