• 4/4/2020, 7:43 PM
    Cybersecurity
    secure the virtual classroom without turning every student into a surveillance subject
    meeting passwords and host controls are necessary, but schools should not answer intrusions by collecting more data than education requires.
    elena mitchell
  • 4/4/2020, 7:21 PM
    Healthcare
    a thousand military clinicians is not a capacity plan until every skill has a shift and a destination
    new york needs federal medical help urgently, but deployment announcements should be translated into specialties, assignments, protection and measurable relief.
    vanessa richardson
  • 4/4/2020, 7:02 PM
    Global Organizations
    one million confirmed cases is a warning, not a contest among national scoreboards
    the global threshold matters, but rankings built from unequal testing and death-reporting systems can reward opacity and punish detection.
    audrey sullivan
  • 4/4/2020, 6:41 PM
    Global Organizations
    state department says more than 40,000 americans have returned on coordinated flights from 75 countries
    the repatriation effort has used more than 400 flights, while travelers still abroad need country-specific schedules, eligibility rules and health instructions.
    camille turner
  • 4/4/2020, 6:23 PM
    Music
    bill withers, writer and voice of lean on me and lovely day, dies at 81
    the family of the plainspoken soul singer announces his death from heart complications, recalling a catalog built around intimacy, endurance and communal care.
    nathaniel brooks
  • 4/4/2020, 6:02 PM
    Basketball
    bryant, duncan and garnett headline a nine-member basketball hall of fame class
    the 2020 group also recognizes tamika catchings, kim mulkey, barbara stevens, eddie sutton, rudy tomjanovich and international contributor patrick baumann.
    adrian hayes
  • 4/4/2020, 5:36 PM
    Cybersecurity
    fbi warning turns disrupted classrooms and meetings into a checklist for safer video conferences
    reported intrusions involving pornography, hate imagery and personal information expose how public links and permissive screen-sharing settings can endanger users.
    marcus bennett
  • 4/4/2020, 5:14 PM
    Finance
    paycheck protection lenders process more than 28,000 loans in the program’s first 24 hours
    the white house reports rapid initial volume and confirms eligibility for faith-based organizations, while disbursement and access data remain limited.
    julian foster
  • 4/4/2020, 4:51 PM
    Medicine
    fda leads national access effort for convalescent plasma while evidence remains investigational
    the agency expects a coordinated protocol to move thousands of plasma units, but says collection and treatment must also generate reliable safety and efficacy information.
    sophia lawson
  • 4/4/2020, 4:28 PM
    Defense And Security
    more than 1,000 military medical personnel are ordered to new york as hospitals confront a staffing emergency
    the deployment includes doctors, nurses, respiratory specialists and support staff, but hospitals still need precise assignments and arrival schedules.
    natalie morgan
  • 4/4/2020, 9:07 AM
    Policy
    labor department adds paid-leave guidance as emergency benefits move from statute to workplace decisions
    new questions and answers address small-business exemptions, documentation and the interaction between paid sick leave and expanded family leave.
    ethan caldwell
  • 4/4/2020, 8:18 AM
    Global Organizations
    who count passes one million confirmed cases as reporting gaps keep the total below the pandemic’s reach
    the april 4 situation report records 1,051,697 confirmed infections and 56,986 deaths worldwide, while uneven testing limits comparisons among countries.
    ethan caldwell
  • 4/3/2020, 7:22 PM
    Public Health
    changing mask guidance requires candor, not the fiction that public-health advice never changes
    a credible recommendation should explain what evidence shifted, what cloth coverings can and cannot do, and why medical respirators remain different.
    sophia lawson
  • 4/3/2020, 6:26 PM
    Healthcare
    administration says federal funds will reimburse hospitals for uninsured covid-19 treatment
    providers would receive medicare rates and be barred from balance billing participating patients, while eligibility, claims and oversight details remain forthcoming.
    natalie morgan
  • 4/3/2020, 5:48 PM
    Public Health
    cdc recommends cloth face coverings where distancing is difficult, while reserving medical masks for clinicians
    the voluntary guidance responds to transmission before symptoms and adds source control without replacing distance, hand hygiene or staying home.
    audrey sullivan
  • 4/3/2020, 5:42 PM
    Finance
    a forgivable loan is not accessible if the doorway is an existing bank relationship
    the paycheck protection program begins with an urgent purpose, but lender discretion and uneven readiness risk rationing relief by financial familiarity.
    julian foster
  • 4/3/2020, 5:34 PM
    Law And Justice
    supreme court postpones april arguments while considering alternatives for unfinished cases
    the justices continue conferences, orders and opinions, but six scheduled argument days are removed as the building remains closed to the public.
    camille turner
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  • 4/4/2020, 7:02 PM
    Global Organizations
    one million confirmed cases is a warning, not a contest among national scoreboards
    the global threshold matters, but rankings built from unequal testing and death-reporting systems can reward opacity and punish detection.
    audrey sullivan
  • 4/4/2020, 6:41 PM
    Global Organizations
    state department says more than 40,000 americans have returned on coordinated flights from 75 countries
    the repatriation effort has used more than 400 flights, while travelers still abroad need country-specific schedules, eligibility rules and health instructions.
    camille turner
  • 4/4/2020, 4:28 PM
    Defense And Security
    more than 1,000 military medical personnel are ordered to new york as hospitals confront a staffing emergency
    the deployment includes doctors, nurses, respiratory specialists and support staff, but hospitals still need precise assignments and arrival schedules.
    natalie morgan
  • 4/4/2020, 6:23 PM
    Music
    bill withers, writer and voice of lean on me and lovely day, dies at 81
    the family of the plainspoken soul singer announces his death from heart complications, recalling a catalog built around intimacy, endurance and communal care.
    nathaniel brooks
  • 3/29/2020, 12:38 PM
    Music
    elton john’s living-room benefit will put home-recorded performances in a prime-time slot
    the commercial-free special replaces an awards broadcast with remote music and appeals for two charities, testing how entertainment can gather an audience without gathering performers.
    adrian hayes
  • 3/27/2020, 8:23 AM
    Music
    bob dylan releases a 17-minute meditation on kennedy, memory and american music
    the surprise arrival of “murder most foul,” dylan’s first newly released original song in eight years, asks listeners to sit with history rather than consume another quick distraction.
    adrian hayes
  • 4/4/2020, 5:14 PM
    Finance
    paycheck protection lenders process more than 28,000 loans in the program’s first 24 hours
    the white house reports rapid initial volume and confirms eligibility for faith-based organizations, while disbursement and access data remain limited.
    julian foster
  • 4/3/2020, 5:42 PM
    Finance
    a forgivable loan is not accessible if the doorway is an existing bank relationship
    the paycheck protection program begins with an urgent purpose, but lender discretion and uneven readiness risk rationing relief by financial familiarity.
    julian foster
  • 4/3/2020, 2:01 PM
    Economy
    the jobs report is a rear-view mirror; policy cannot wait for the crash to fill the frame
    march’s official numbers already show historic damage, yet their reference dates and classifications leave policymakers with a dangerously partial picture.
    ethan caldwell
  • 4/1/2020, 7:38 PM
    Climate
    postponing cop26 is responsible; postponing climate decisions is not
    protecting delegates and glasgow residents requires delaying a mass gathering, while recovery budgets and national climate plans make the months before a new summit more consequential, not less.
    jasmine collins
  • 4/1/2020, 5:10 PM
    Climate
    cop26 climate summit is postponed as glasgow prepares for pandemic response
    the united nations, britain and italy delay november negotiations until 2021, leaving governments to continue national climate plans without a confirmed replacement date.
    jasmine collins
  • 3/31/2020, 6:46 PM
    Climate
    a public-health emergency is no excuse for quiet environmental arithmetic
    the final vehicle rule may be lawful or unwise on its merits, but releasing a consequential long-term standard during crisis heightens the duty to expose every assumption to scrutiny.
    isabella foster
  • 4/4/2020, 6:02 PM
    Basketball
    bryant, duncan and garnett headline a nine-member basketball hall of fame class
    the 2020 group also recognizes tamika catchings, kim mulkey, barbara stevens, eddie sutton, rudy tomjanovich and international contributor patrick baumann.
    adrian hayes
  • 4/1/2020, 10:11 AM
    Tennis
    wimbledon cancels its 2020 championships and tennis extends the tour shutdown
    the grass-court major will not be played for the first time since world war ii, while the men’s and women’s tours suspend events through mid-july.
    vanessa richardson
  • 3/31/2020, 12:02 PM
    Tennis
    new york begins turning national tennis center courts into a 350-bed hospital
    twelve indoor courts near elmhurst hospital are being converted into nearly 100,000 square feet of supplemental medical space as queens confront mounting demand.
    vanessa richardson
  • 4/4/2020, 7:43 PM
    Cybersecurity
    secure the virtual classroom without turning every student into a surveillance subject
    meeting passwords and host controls are necessary, but schools should not answer intrusions by collecting more data than education requires.
    elena mitchell
  • 4/4/2020, 5:36 PM
    Cybersecurity
    fbi warning turns disrupted classrooms and meetings into a checklist for safer video conferences
    reported intrusions involving pornography, hate imagery and personal information expose how public links and permissive screen-sharing settings can endanger users.
    marcus bennett
  • 3/31/2020, 5:09 PM
    Networking
    telehealth funding must reach the patient who cannot simply log on
    buying devices and connections can preserve care during isolation, but a program that ignores affordability, disability, language and technical support will reproduce the access gap online.
    olivia carter
  • 4/4/2020, 7:21 PM
    Healthcare
    a thousand military clinicians is not a capacity plan until every skill has a shift and a destination
    new york needs federal medical help urgently, but deployment announcements should be translated into specialties, assignments, protection and measurable relief.
    vanessa richardson
  • 4/4/2020, 4:51 PM
    Medicine
    fda leads national access effort for convalescent plasma while evidence remains investigational
    the agency expects a coordinated protocol to move thousands of plasma units, but says collection and treatment must also generate reliable safety and efficacy information.
    sophia lawson
  • 4/3/2020, 7:22 PM
    Public Health
    changing mask guidance requires candor, not the fiction that public-health advice never changes
    a credible recommendation should explain what evidence shifted, what cloth coverings can and cannot do, and why medical respirators remain different.
    sophia lawson