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Calls Mount for Biden to Track US Health Care Worker Deaths from Covid

Calls are mounting for the Biden administration to set up a national tracking system of covid-19 deaths among front-line health care workers to honor the thousands of nurses, doctors and support staffers who have died and ensure that future generations are not forced to make the same ultimate — and, in many cases, needless —… Read More »

Mount Sinai using Google Nest to monitor patients, reducing in-person contact

New York City’s Mount Sinai Health System has installed more than 100 Google Nest cameras in hospitals to observe and communicate with COVID-19 patients. WHY IT MATTERS Health officials have reported more than 189,000 confirmed and probable coronavirus cases in New York City, making it one of the country’s biggest hotspots.  The ensuing flood of… Read More »

This Guy Just Recreated the Climb to Mount Everest’s Base Camp in His House

Stuck indoors during quarantine and short on ideas for his next fitness challenge, YouTuber Will Tennyson took some inspiration from his dad, who climbed Mount Everest, and decided to stage his own ascent — without leaving the house. Mapping out the distance to Base Camp, Tennyson calculated that he would have to climb the stairs… Read More »