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The mysterious clotting in covid-19 patients Apr 27, 2020

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Two doctors on the mysterious blood-clotting complication killing coronavirus patients. Heather Long explains why the economy won’t just bounce back in a “V-shaped” recovery. Plus, Lindsey Sitz on why washing your hands a lot doesn’t mean you’re “so OCD.”
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Doctors say that a blood-clotting complication is killing coronavirus patients.
What is a W-shaped economic recovery? (Hint: It’s scary.)
If you wash your hands a lot, it doesn’t mean you’re “so OCD.” Here’s what it’s really like to have it.
If you want to learn more about OCD, there are helpful resources at iocdf.org.
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The history of American antipathy toward masks Apr 25, 2020

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Even as governors, mayors and the federal government urge or require Americans to wear masks to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, the nation is divided about whether to comply.
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Will Americans wear masks to prevent coronavirus spread? Politics, history, race and crime factor into tough decisions.
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A coronavirus crisis in the Navy Apr 24, 2020

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Dan Lamothe explains how the Navy tried and failed to control a coronavirus outbreak -- and a crisis of confidence -- on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Plus, child psychiatrist Matthew Biel on how to talk to kids about the global pandemic.
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How an outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt became a defining moment for the U.S. military.
Parents are the filter for how kids understand the pandemic. Tips on how to talk to them about the coronavirus.
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Why reopening states is a ‘deadly mistake’ Apr 23, 2020

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Georgia will begin reopening businesses Friday, against the advice of experts and the White House. William Wan reports on what will happen next. For survivors of AIDS, an eerie deja vu, from reporter Jada Yuan. And, what Trump’s new immigration policy actually means, from Nick Miroff.
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States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn.
They survived the HIV crisis. Now New York’s aging gay population is confronting another plague.
Trump signs order pausing immigration for 60 days, with exceptions.
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Can we all be better Earthlings? Apr 22, 2020

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On Earth Day, Sarah Kaplan asks how we can be better Earthlings. Seung Min Kim analyzes the new coronavirus response bill working its way through Congress. And Monica Hesse explains why we’re all having extra-weird dreams.
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What does it mean to be a good Earthling?
The Senate has passed a $484 billion bill that would expand small-business aid and boost money for hospitals and testing. Will it be enough?
You’re not the only one having weird dreams. Being trapped in our homes has made our subconsciouses run wild.
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What’s slowing down coronavirus testing Apr 21, 2020

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Juliet Eilperin explains the delays in widespread testing. Young people aren’t as vulnerable to the coronavirus, but the crisis is affirming their political frustrations, Hannah Knowles reports. And Michelle Lee on campaign fundraising in a pandemic.
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Why is it taking so long to ramp up coronavirus testing?
Generation Z is fed up with the status quo. Coronavirus could affirm their beliefs.
Joe Biden posted the biggest monthly fundraising haul of his campaign in March. Will the pandemic slow him down?
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Why shelves are empty at the grocery store Apr 20, 2020

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Laura Reiley explains the kinks in the food supply chain leaving grocery shelves bare. Grocery workers share their well-founded fears with Abha Bhattarai. Erin Patrick O’Connor hears from sanitation workers on the pandemic’s front line.
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The industry says we have enough food. Here’s why some grocery store shelves are empty anyway.
The grocery workers on the front line of the pandemic never thought of their jobs as risky. Now, they’re scared to go to work.
Sanitation workers are exposed to the coronavirus every day they go to work.
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Finding solace in paintings of parties Apr 18, 2020

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Over the past few weeks, many people have said they feel like figures in an Edward Hopper painting. On this bonus episode of Post Reports, art critic Sebastian Smee has a reminder from Renoir and Manet that the good times will return.
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We’re all alone. So let’s get lost in these paintings of parties.
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Life for a medical worker in a pandemic Apr 17, 2020

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Alaa Daghlas, a physician assistant at a Bronx hospital, grapples with her decision to return to work after recovering from covid-19. And Jon Gerberg reports from an ICU in Brooklyn scrambling to keep up with the influx of coronavirus patients.
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Alaa Daghlas prepares for her first day back on the front lines of a Bronx hospital after contracting covid-19.
Inside a Brooklyn ICU, health-care workers risk their lives to care for coronavirus patients in critical condition.
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The coronavirus is killing Americans under age 50 Apr 16, 2020

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Chris Mooney reports on the science of why some younger people are getting better, while others are dying of covid-19. Griff Witte reports on how parties and gatherings became clusters. And Annie Gowen on coronavirus deniers.
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The medical mystery of why some people under age 50 are dying of covid-19.
The coronavirus had already reached the United States, but the parties went on. Experts say the inconsistent manner that social gatherings shut down across states gave the illness a head start.
Some people deny the seriousness of the global pandemic as a plot to get President Trump.
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