Bruce Alpert

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Live Performers Find Red State Rules a Tough Act to Follow

Theater companies and musical ensembles are restarting live performances after a crippling pandemic pause. In some conservative states, artists find creative ways to get around state laws that go against public health recommendations.

Pandemic Leads Doctors to Rethink Unnecessary Treatment

Covid-caused delays in medical treatments and surgeries are producing data for health care providers to take another look at what’s needed and what isn’t.

Covid-19 forces physician to rethink treatments that are overdone or unnecessary

Since pandemic, medical professionals now have a large database they can examine to compare patients who received a particular test or treatment with those who didn’t.

From Rotten Teeth to Advanced Cancer, Patients Feel the Effects of Treatment Delays

Health providers are seeing the consequences of pandemic-delayed preventive and emergency care, from longer hospital stays to more root canals.

After a year of pandemic-delayed medical treatments, doctors are seeing more cases of advanced illnesses.

Physicians and other health experts say they are now dealing with advanced cancers, rotting teeth, eye problems and mental health issues.

Covid Strikes Clergy as They Comfort Pandemic’s Sick and Dying

Spiritual leaders risk their own lives and health to tend to covid’s victims and their loved ones.