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Will Stone

Will is an independent journalist and audio producer who has worked in the broadcast media industry on a local and national level. He graduated from Haverford College with a degree in English and has worked at NPR stations around the country, most recently in Phoenix, AZ.

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Why the Virus Is Less Likely to Spread In Gyms Than in a Bar

Will Stone Sep 12, 2020

In the first months of the coronavirus outbreak, most public health leaders advised closing gyms, erring on the side of caution. As infections exploded across the country, states ordered gyms and fitness centers closed, along with…

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Scientists Want to Know More About Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19; Could Emerge As Attractive…

Will Stone Jul 22, 2020

As science continues to evolve, UV light could emerge as an attractive safeguard against airborne transmission, one with a track record against pathogens, that can be deployed to reduce the risk of infectious aerosols accumulating in…

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Health Experts Link Rise In Arizona COVID Cases To End Of Stay-At-Home Order

Will Stone Jun 16, 2020

Arizona has emerged as one of the country’s newest coronavirus hot spots, with the weekly average of daily cases more than doubling from two weeks ago. The total number of people hospitalized is climbing, too. Photo credit: Chris Curtis /…

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Tear-Gassing Protesters During An Infectious Outbreak ‘A Recipe For Disaster’

Will Stone Jun 7, 2020

Tear gas rises as protesters face off with police during a demonstration on May 31 outside the White House over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police. Photo credit: Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com,…

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Eerie Emptiness Of ERs Worry Doctors As Heart Attack And Stroke Patients Delay Care; “Numbers…

Will Stone May 7, 2020

Across the U.S., doctors call the drop-off staggering, unlike anything they’ve seen. And they worry a new wave of patients is headed their way — people who have delayed care and will be sicker and whose injuries will be exacerbated by the…

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Palliative Care Helped Family Face ‘The Awful, Awful Truth’

Will Stone May 5, 2020

Doctors and nurses trained in palliative and supportive care are in high demand as hospitals treat thousands of terribly ill patients who may end up on life support with only a small chance of survival. Photo credit Shutterstock.com…

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Coronavirus Nurses Ask An Ebola Veteran: Is It OK To Be Afraid?

Will Stone Apr 16, 2020

In 2014, Martha Phillips, an American nurse, traveled to West Africa during the Ebola crisis to provide medical care. Treating Ebola not only taught her how to stay safe around a deadly virus but also how to manage the stress and sadness…

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‘It’s Like Walking Into Chernobyl,’ One Doctor Says Of Her Emergency Room

Will Stone Apr 10, 2020

Nearly a month into the declared pandemic, some health care workers say they’re exhausted and burning out from the stress of treating a stream of critically ill patients in an increasingly overstretched health care system. Image…

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When Waiting Is Not An Option: Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays And Uncertainty As Coronavirus…

Will Stone Apr 7, 2020

Two days before Christine Rayburn of Olympia, Washington, was scheduled to have a cancerous tumor removed, the hospital cancelled the surgery, part of a wave of cancellations of "elective" surgeries during the coronavirus pandemic. But…

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Seattle Nurses Scrounge For Masks To Stay Safe On Pandemic’s Front Lines

Will Stone Mar 23, 2020

Mary Mills, longtime intensive care nurse, feels the response to coronavirus at her Seattle hospital has been haphazard. She worries the growing number of patients will overwhelm the ICUs in the coming days. Photo credit: Will Stone. …

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As States With Legal Weed Embrace Vaping Bans, Black-Market Risks Linger

Will Stone Nov 6, 2019

In September, Charles Wilcoxen was hospitalized for three days with a severe respiratory illness after vaping cannabis cartridges he bought at a legal shop. Photo credit: Will Stone. SEATTLE, WA- Cannabis shops around Washington state…

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MDMA, Club Drug Known As “Ecstasy” or “Molly”, Shows Promise As PTSD Treatment; Pure Dose in…

Will Stone Nov 6, 2019

“When you have PTSD, you are living in this constantly triggered environment,” says patient Lori Tipton. More than a year after getting MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in a clinical trial, Tipton no longer qualifies as having PTSD. Photo…