Jha, Ashish (1970- )
Like the Rest of Us, Biden Learns to Live With the Risks of the Virus
WASHINGTON — One after another, President Biden hugged and kissed them. At a packed ceremony in the East Room of the White House on July 7, Mr. Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, on 16 Americans, some in their 80s or 90s. After reaching around to hang the medal […]
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As Covid Threat Grows, Officials Say Americans Should Consider Masks
Dr. Jha said the current incidence of severe disease would be worse if not for Paxlovid, an oral treatment developed by Pfizer that helps prevent severe illness if taken soon after symptoms develop. Doctors are prescribing Paxlovid pills to about 20,000 patients a day, he said. That may help explain why the rates of hospitalization […]
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Can Ashish Jha, ‘a Comforting Voice,’ Tamp Down Covid’s Political Divide?
Dr. Jha was born in Bihar, a state in eastern India that is among the poorest in that country. When he was nine, his parents moved their family to Toronto. He showed up, he told The Providence Journal in an interview last year, “not speaking a word of English.” The family later moved to New […]
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Bosses Have a New Headache: How Long Should Sick Workers Isolate?
Barbara Sibley’s four New York restaurants had already weathered the city’s initial Covid-19 wave, the prevaccine surge last winter and this summer’s Delta spike when last weekend it finally happened: Fearing an outbreak and struggling with staffing after one of her workers got sick with Covid, she temporarily shut down one of her locations. That […]
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