“WELL, I’M SCARED to drive to the appointment,” my patient Henry finally admitted over the phone. I heard him catch his breath and hold it. He hadn’t been in for a medical checkup in years. He had been pushed out of Chelsea when his rent was raised, and now lives a 45-minute drive from the […]
Juliana Morris
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Ending mask mandate won’t bring us back to normal
“I FEEL LIKE my throat is closing,” said a 9-year-old boy, between raspy breaths and a barking cough. He was admitted to the hospital with COVID croup, a condition where the upper airway closes due to inflammation from a respiratory virus. Like most children admitted during the Omicron surge, he had no medical risk factors […]