January 9, 2021 16:30 ET
Ming Kuo helped a Covid-19 patient at Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center in Southern California, as the crowded emergency room spread out down the hall. “It’s a desperate time,” said Dr. Eric Toner, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Safety. “That’s what we’ve been warning you about for a year.” The increase in coronavirus cases is filling large metropolitan hospitals with Covid-19 patients, pushing the occupation against the limits of space and overwhelming nurses and doctors. See More information.
“I’m six feet tall and, unfortunately, I don’t fit in many cars,” said Roy Piscitello in his Bentley Continental GTC Speed 2010, with his grandchildren Matthew, 6, and John, 4, who have toy Bentleys. See More information.
Marc Epstein at his Milk Street Café in Boston, which he plans to reopen with the help of a Main Street loan when workers return to downtown offices. The Main Street Loan Program allowed banks to sell 95% of each loan granted to the government, but some declined because potential borrowers had lost too much business. See More information.