Recent Scientific Research Raises Concerns About Antibiotic Tolerance to COVID-19

People building tolerance to prescribed antibiotics can make way for “superbugs” more harmful than COVID-19 in the future.   More than 35,000 people in the United States have died due to antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in 2019. The cost to treat these antibiotic-resistant infections is estimated to be more than $4.6 billion. Yet, the bigger challenge…

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Focus on a Different Future Instead?

By Jacqueline Blyudoy The semester began with a discussion in my Macaulay “Future of NYC” class about the pandemic’s effect on dining and entertainment spaces. While NYC restaurants were allowed to operate with outdoor seating areas beginning June 22nd, Cuomo did not allow indoor dining to reopen until September 9th. Even so, the reopening plan…

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