Journalists Dissect Covid Vaccines and Variants
KHN correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed vaccine production and supply chains on KERA’s “Think” with host Krys Boyd, C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” and PBS’ “NewsHour Weekend.” She […]
States
California’s Vaccine Appointment Website Has Glitches. No Surprise?
This story also ran on San Diego Union Tribune. It can be republished for free. California rolled out a statewide covid vaccination website this week […]
Firefighters — ‘Health Care Providers on a Truck’ — Signal Pandemic Burnout
This story also ran on KCUR. It can be republished for free. Tim Dupin thought — or at least hoped — that Missouri firefighters, paramedics […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Good and Not-So-Good News on Covid
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. There’s good news and bad news on covid-19 this week. On the one hand, several […]
To Help Farmworkers Get Covid Tests and Vaccine, Build Trust and a Safety Net
This story is part of a reporting partnership that includes NPR, Illinois Public Media and KHN. It can be republished for free. With more than 20 million acres […]
Accidentally Trashed, Thawed or Expired: Reports of Covid Vaccine Spoilage
As the speed of covid vaccinations picks up, so do the reports of doses going to waste. And it’s more than just a handful at […]
Rural Americans in Pharmacy Deserts Hurting for Covid Vaccines
This story also ran on CNN. It can be republished for free. As the Biden administration accelerates a plan to use pharmacies to distribute covid-19 […]
States Aim to Chip Away at Abortion Rights With Supreme Court in Mind
This story also ran on USA Today and GateHouse Media. It can be republished for free. When Rep. Lola Sheldon-Galloway introduced a bill in the […]
Sorting Out How Politics, Policies Figure in Flap Over New York Nursing Home Covid Death Rates
The plaudits have faded for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Once hailed as a paragon of pandemic governing, he’s since come under scorching criticism for […]
Becerra Has Long Backed Single-Payer. That Doesn’t Mean It Will Happen if He’s HHS Secretary.
“Becerra supports Bernie’s government takeover of your health care, eliminating your employer-provided coverage.” — TV ad funded by Cotton for Senate, Feb. 22 This story […]
Looking to Kentucky’s Past to Understand Montana Health Nominee’s Future
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. The nominee to be Montana’s next health director faced an unwieldy disease outbreak and pushed Medicaid […]
Black Churches Fill a Unique Role in Combating Vaccine Fears
This story also ran on The Mercury News. It can be republished for free. In the hospital with covid-19 in December, Lavina Wafer tired of […]
Connecticut Is Doling Out Vaccines Based Strictly on Age. It’s Simpler, but Is it Fair?
With covid vaccines expected to remain scarce into early spring, Connecticut has scrapped its complicated plans to prioritize immunizations for people under 65 with certain […]
Learning to Live Again: A Lazarus Tale From the Covid Front Lines
This story also ran on LAist. It can be republished for free. The twinkle in his eyes, the delight in his smile, the joyous way […]
New California Law Makes It Easier to Get Care for Mental Health and Substance Abuse
USE OUR CONTENT It can be republished for free. Karen Bailey’s 20-year-old daughter has struggled with depression and anxiety for years. Since 2017, she’s been […]
Biden’s Straight-Talking CDC Director Has Long Used Data to Save Lives
This story is part of a partnership that includes WBUR, NPR and KHN. It can be republished for free. In early December, Dr. Katy Stephenson […]
With GOP Back at Helm, Montana Renews Push to Sniff Out Welfare Fraud
Montana is considering becoming the latest state to intensify its hunt for welfare overpayments and fraud, a move expected to remove more than 1,500 enrollees […]
Have a Case of a Covid Variant? No One Is Going to Tell You
This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. Covid-19 infections from variant strains are quickly spreading across the U.S., but […]
DeSantis Advances Questionable Link Between Lockdowns and Despair
The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair […]
‘It Doesn’t Feel Worth It’: Covid Is Pushing New York’s EMTs to the Brink
This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. In his 17 years as an emergency medical provider, Anthony Almojera thought […]
After Billions of Dollars and Dozens of Wartime Declarations, Why Are Vaccines Still in Short Supply?
This story also ran on Fortune. It can be republished for free. The U.S. government has invested billions of dollars in manufacturing, used a wartime […]
Paciente de transplante muere después de recibir pulmones infectados con covid
Médicos dicen que una mujer en Michigan desarrolló covid-19 y murió el otoño pasado, dos meses después de recibir un trasplante doble de pulmón de […]
Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving Covid-Infected Lungs
This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. Doctors say a woman in Michigan contracted covid-19 and died last fall […]
New Single-Payer Bill Intensifies Newsom’s Political Peril
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. SACRAMENTO — A group of Democratic state lawmakers introduced legislation Friday to create a single-payer health […]
Medicare Cuts Payment to 774 Hospitals Over Patient Complications
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. The federal government has penalized 774 hospitals for having the highest rates of patient infections or […]
Spurred by Pandemic, Little Shell Tribe Fast-Tracks Its Health Service Debut
This story also ran on Time. It can be republished for free. Linda Watson draped a sweater with the words “Little Shell Chippewa Tribe” over […]
To Vaccinate Veterans, Health Care Workers Must Cross Mountains, Plains and Tundra
This story also ran on Time. It can be republished for free. A Learjet 31 took off before daybreak from Helena Regional Airport in Montana, […]
Companies Pan for Marketing Gold in Vaccines
This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. For a decade, Jennifer Crow has taken care of her elderly parents, […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Open Enrollment, One More Time
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. An estimated 9 million Americans eligible for free or reduced premium health insurance under the […]
Montana’s Health Policy MVP Takes Her Playbook on the Road
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Marilyn Bartlett might be the closest thing health policy has to a folk hero. A certified […]
Why Biden Has a Chance to Cut Deals With Red State Holdouts on Medicaid
President Joe Biden has an unexpected opening to cut deals with red states to expand Medicaid, raising the prospect that the new administration could extend […]
Rural Hospital Remains Entrenched in Covid ‘War’ Even Amid Vaccine Rollout
Editor’s note: KHN wrote about St. James Parish Hospital in April, when it was experiencing its first surge of covid-19 patients. Ten months later, we […]
El discurso anti inmigrante complica la vacunación contra covid en estados del sur
En el este de Tennessee, los médicos han visto de primera mano cómo una política de inmigración dura puede afectar la salud y el bienestar […]
Vaccines Go Mobile to Keep Seniors From Slipping Through the Cracks
USE OUR CONTENT It can be republished for free. ANTIOCH, Calif. — A mobile “strike team” is bringing vaccines to some of Northern California’s most […]
Anti-Immigrant Vitriol Complicates Vaccine Rollout in Southern States
This story also ran on Daily Beast. It can be republished for free. In eastern Tennessee, doctors have seen firsthand how a hard-line immigration policy […]
In Search of the Shot
Too little covid vaccine and too great a demand: That’s what KHN readers from around the country detail in their often exasperating quest to snag […]
S.D. Governor Gives State High Marks in Handling the Pandemic. Are They Deserved?
“We did have tragedies and we did have losses. But we also got through it better than virtually every other state.” South Dakota Gov. Kristi […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: All About Budget Reconciliation
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. President Joe Biden has said he still wants a bipartisan bill to provide the next […]
Vaccine Equity Is ‘North Star,’ Feds Say, and Clinics Are Key to Fair Distribution
This story is from a partnership that includes NPR, Nashville Public Radio and KHN. It can be republished for free. Mary Barnett is one of […]
Health Workers and Hospitals Grapple With Millions of Counterfeit N95 Masks
This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. Thousands of counterfeit 3M respirators have slipped past U.S. investigators in recent […]
Farmworker Camps to Urban Tent Cities: Tailoring Vaccine Info to Where It’s Most Needed
This story also ran on The Charlotte Observer. It can be republished for free. Kim Wagenaar has been preparing to bring covid-19 vaccines to western […]
Vaccine Hesitancy vs. Vaccine Refusal: Nursing Home Staffers Say There’s a Difference
This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. CONCORD, N.C. — It had been months since Tremellia Hobbs had an excuse […]
California’s Smallest County Makes Big Vaccination Gains
This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. It can be republished for free. WOODFORDS, Calif. — In the winter, the roughly three-hour drive from […]
Schools Walk the Tightrope Between Ideal Safety and the Reality of Covid
California mom Megan Bacigalupi has had enough. She wants her kindergartner and second grader back in their Oakland classrooms. This story also ran on USA […]
After Nearly 60 Years of Marriage, This Missouri Couple Stayed Together to the End
This story also ran on St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It can be republished for free. Arthur Kelley could barely raise his voice above a whisper last […]
Journalists Explore Inefficiency and Inequities of Vaccine Rollout
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber spoke about the covid-19 vaccine rollout for WAMU’s “1A” on Jan. 29. Click here to hear Weber on WAMU KHN […]
As Demand for Mental Health Care Spikes, Budget Ax Set to Strike
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. HELENA, Mont. — When the pandemic hit, health officials in Montana’s Beaverhead County had barely begun […]
The State of Vaccine Supply: ‘Opaque.’ Unpredictable. ‘Hard to Pin Down.’
Even as the pace of vaccination against covid-19 has steadily accelerated — hitting an average of 1.3 million doses a day in the last days […]
California’s Rural Counties Endure a Deadly Covid Winter
Covid-19’s fierce winter resurgence in California is notable not only for the explosion in overall cases and deaths in the state’s sprawling urban centers. This […]
Covid-Certified Businesses Try to Woo Leery Patrons
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — On a sunny Saturday this month, Ruth Hatfield was sitting with a friend’s dog on a sidewalk bench in downtown Grand […]
In Austin, Some Try to Address Vaccine Inequity, but a Broad Plan Is Elusive
Communities of color have been among the hardest hit during the pandemic. But advocates in Texas say those communities are likely to have a harder […]
In Philadelphia, a Scandal Erupts Over Vaccination Startup Led by 22-Year-Old
It started as a group of college friends who wanted to help during the pandemic. They had tech skills, so they used 3D printers to […]
Head-Scratching Over Newsom’s Choice of Blue Shield to Lead Vaccination Push
USE OUR CONTENT It can be republished for free. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, struggling to salvage a once-bright political future dimmed by his mishandling of […]
How a Bounty of Vaccines Flooded a Small Hospital and Its Nearby College
This story also ran on Daily Beast. It can be republished for free. When administrators at Hillsdale College, a conservative liberal-arts school in Michigan, heard […]
Tampa’s Mayor vs. a Covid-Era Super Bowl
With its lively music scene and Ybor City historical district full of bars and restaurants, Tampa has a nightlife hard to beat anywhere in Florida. […]
Journalists Stay on Top of Rocky Vaccine Rollout
California Healthline senior correspondent Anna Maria Barry-Jester discussed California’s rocky covid-19 vaccine rollout with KALW’s “Your Call” on Wednesday. Click here to hear Barry-Jester on […]
As Vaccine Rollout Expands, Black Americans Still Left Behind
Black Americans are still receiving covid vaccinations at dramatically lower rates than white Americans even as the chaotic rollout reaches more people, according to a […]
Pandemic Sends a Couple Into Indefinite Long Distance Though Just Miles Apart
Every Sunday afternoon, Suzan Mubarak keeps an eye on her phone. That is when her boyfriend will call to let her know he’s outside her […]
If This Self-Sufficient Hospital Cannot Stand Alone, Can Any Public Hospital Survive?
In America’s health care system, dominated by hospital chain leviathans, New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, is an anomaly. It is a […]
States Move Ahead With Canada Drug Importation While Awaiting Signal From Biden
Florida, Colorado and several New England states are moving ahead with efforts to import prescription drugs from Canada, a politically popular strategy greenlighted last year […]
Nuevos casos de Covid caen un 25% o más a medida que cambian conductas
Una docena de estados están reportando caídas del 25% o más en nuevos casos de covid-19, y más de 1,200 condados también observan esta baja, […]
Can the US Keep Covid Variants in Check? Here’s What It Takes
The covid-19 variants that have emerged in the United Kingdom, Brazil, South Africa and now Southern California are eliciting two notably distinct responses from U.S. […]
4 Vital Health Issues — Not Tied to Covid — That Congress Addressed in Massive Spending Bill
This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. Late last month, before President Joe Biden took office and proposed his pandemic […]
New Covid Cases Plunge 25% or More As Behavior Changes
A dozen states are reporting drops of 25% or more in new covid-19 cases and more than 1,200 counties have seen the same, federal data […]
At Colorado’s Rural Edges, Vaccines Help Assisted Living Homes Crack Open the Doors
Bingo is back in the dining room. In-person visits have returned, too, though with masks and plexiglass. The Haven Assisted Living Facility’s residents are even […]
Huge Gaps in Vaccine Data Make It Next to Impossible to Know Who Got the Shots
As they rush to vaccinate millions of Americans, health officials are struggling to collect critically important information — such as race, ethnicity and occupation — […]
Baby Blues: First-Time Parents Blindsided by ‘the Birthday Rule’ and a $207,455 NICU Bill
In the nine months leading up to her due date, Kayla Kjelshus and her husband, Mikkel, meticulously planned for their daughter’s arrival. This story also […]
Big Business Boosts Vaccine Effort, but It’s ‘Complex Choreography’ to Get Shots in Arms
This story is part of a partnership that includes NPR and KHN. It can be republished for free. As states await the promise of a renewed […]
‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US
Computer science teacher Suzy Lebo saw covid-19 dangers frequently in her Indiana high school: classes with about 30 students sitting less than 18 inches apart. […]
California’s Top Hospital Lobbyist Cements Influence in Covid Crisis
SACRAMENTO — As intensive care units filled and coronavirus cases surged over the holidays, Carmela Coyle invoked a World War II-era quote attributed to British […]
Estados permiten contratar profesionales de salud extranjeros por la pandemia
Cuando los hospitales de todo el país luchan contra la nueva ola de la pandemia, no son camas ni ventiladores lo que escasean. Son las […]
Amid Covid Health Worker Shortage, Foreign-Trained Professionals Sit on Sidelines
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. As hospitals nationwide struggle with the latest covid-19 surge, it’s not so much beds or ventilators […]
Vaccine Ramp-Up Squeezes Covid Testing and Tracing
This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. It can be republished for free. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, under growing pressure to jump-start a faltering […]
Yurts, Igloos and Pop-Up Domes: How Safe Is ‘Outside’ Restaurant Dining This Winter?
With the arrival of winter and the U.S. coronavirus outbreak in full swing, the restaurant industry — looking at losses of $235 billion in 2020 — is […]
Door to Door in Miami’s Little Havana to Build Trust in Testing, Vaccination
This story is part of a partnership that includes NPR, WLRN and KHN. It can be republished for free. Little Havana is a neighborhood in Miami that, […]
Biden Takes the Reins, Calls for a United Front Against Covid and Other Threats
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Joe Biden on Wednesday took the oath to become the 46th president of the United States, […]
Biden prometió 100 millones de vacunas de covid en 100 días. No será fácil de cumplir
Está en la naturaleza de los candidatos presidenciales y de los flamantes presidentes: prometer grandes cosas. Apenas unos meses antes de su juramentación en 1961, […]
Biden’s Covid Challenge: 100 Million Vaccinations in the First 100 Days. It Won’t Be Easy.
This story also ran on PolitiFact. It can be republished for free. It’s in the nature of presidential candidates and new presidents to promise big […]
Advocates View Health Care as Key to Driving LGBTQ Rights Conversation
When Allison Scott came out as a trans woman in 2013, she told not only family and friends, but also her primary care physician. She […]
Patients Fend for Themselves to Access Highly Touted Covid Antibody Treatments
By the time he tested positive for covid-19 on Jan. 12, Gary Herritz was feeling pretty sick. He suspects he was infected a week earlier, […]
On Trump’s Last Full Day, Nation Records 400,000 Covid Deaths
While millions wait for a lifesaving shot, the U.S. death count from covid-19 continues to soar upward with horrifying speed. On Tuesday, the last full […]
Are Public Health Ads Worth the Price? Not if They’re All About Fear
ST. LOUIS — The public service announcement showed a mother finding her teenage son lifeless, juxtaposed with the sound of a ukulele and a woman […]
Black Americans Are Getting Vaccinated at Lower Rates Than White Americans
Black Americans are receiving covid vaccinations at dramatically lower rates than white Americans in the first weeks of the chaotic rollout, according to a new […]
CVS and Walgreens Under Fire for Slow Pace of Vaccination in Nursing Homes
The effort to vaccinate some of the country’s most vulnerable residents against covid-19 has been slowed by a federal program that sends retail pharmacists into […]
Geography Is Destiny: Dentists’ Access to Covid Shots Depends on Where They Live
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Dr. Monte Junker, an Oregon dentist, is waiting for his turn to get vaccinated for covid […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: On Capitol Hill, Actions Have Consequences
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The reverberations from the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President […]
Delicate Covid Vaccines Slow Rollout — Leading to Shots Given Out of Turn or, Worse, Wasted
For Heather Suri, a registered nurse in Virginia, the race to vaccinate Americans against covid has thrown up some unprecedented obstacles. The vaccines themselves are […]
California Counties ‘Flying the Plane as We Build It’ in a Plodding Vaccine Rollout
USE OUR CONTENT It can be republished for free. In these first lumbering weeks of the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history, Dr. Julie Vaishampayan […]
Hospitals’ Rocky Rollout of Covid Vaccine Sparks Questions of Fairness
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. Last week, after finishing inoculations of some front-line hospital staff, Jupiter Medical Center was left with […]
Are You Old Enough to Get Vaccinated? In Tennessee, They’re Using the Honor System
In December, all states began vaccinating only health care workers and residents and staffers of nursing homes in the “phase 1A” priority group. But, since […]
Only a Smokescreen? Big Tobacco Stands Down as Colorado and Oregon Hike Cigarette Taxes
This story also ran on Fortune. It can be republished for free. Big Tobacco did something unusual in Marlboro Country last fall: It stood aside […]
An Urban Hospital on the Brink Vs. the Officials Sworn to Save It
Illinois and Chicago officials are trying to figure out how to stop a private company from closing a money-losing urban hospital in a poor, underserved […]
Trump Administration Approves First Medicaid Block Grant, in Tennessee
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. With just a dozen days left in power, the Trump administration on Friday approved a radically […]
Mientras los vulnerables esperan, cónyuges de polٌíticos reciben la vacuna contra covid
Los suministros de vacunas contra covid-19 son escasos, por eso un panel asesor federal recomienda primero administrarlas a los trabajadores de salud, que mantienen en […]
Do-It-Yourself Contact Tracing Is a ‘Last Resort’ in Communities Besieged by Covid
The contact tracers of Washtenaw County in Michigan have been deluged with work and, to cope, the overburdened health department has a new tactic: It […]
As the Vulnerable Wait, Some Political Leaders’ Spouses Get Covid Vaccines
With supplies of covid-19 vaccines scarce, a federal advisory panel recommends first putting shots into the arms of health care workers, who keep the nation’s […]
In Los Angeles and Beyond, Oxygen Is the Latest Covid Bottleneck
As Los Angeles hospitals give record numbers of covid patients oxygen, the systems and equipment needed to deliver the life-sustaining gas are faltering. It’s gotten […]
States threaten to crackdown on providers amid Covid-19 vaccine distribution
In an effort to ensure the efficient and orderly distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, governors from New York, California and Florida are warning that they […]
Black Women Find Healing (But Sometimes Racism, Too) in the Outdoors
It would be the last hike of the season, Jessica Newton had excitedly posted on her social media platforms. With mild weather forecast and Colorado’s […]
La pandemia de covid-19 está devastando a los profesionales de salud de color
La primavera pasada, Maritza Beniquez, enfermera de una sala de emergencias de Nueva Jersey, fue testigo de “una oleada tras otra” de pacientes enfermos, cada […]
Covid ‘Decimated Our Staff’ as the Pandemic Ravages Health Workers of Color in US
This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. Last spring, New Jersey emergency room nurse Maritza Beniquez saw “wave after […]
Video: The Healthy Nurse Who Died at 40 on the COVID Frontline: ‘She Was the Best Mom I Ever Had’
Yolanda Coar was 40 when she died of COVID-19 in August 2020 in Augusta, Georgia. She was also a nurse manager, and one of nearly […]
Live Free or Die if You Must, Say Colorado Urbanites — But Not in My Hospital
ERIE, Colo. — Whenever Larry Kelderman looks up from the car he’s fixing and peers across the street, he’s looking across a border. His town […]
In Fast-Moving Pandemic, Health Officials Try to Change Minds at Warp Speed
Nine months into the pandemic that has killed more than 320,000 people in the U.S., Kim Larson is still trying to convince others in her […]
Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right.
This story also ran on The New York Times. It can be republished for free. WASHINGTON — Even before there was a vaccine, some seasoned […]
More Than 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year — And the Government Barely Kept Track
This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. More than 2,900 U.S. health care workers have died in the COVID-19 […]
As the Terror of COVID Struck, Health Care Workers Struggled to Survive. Thousands Lost the Fight.
This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. Workers at Garfield Medical Center in suburban Los Angeles were on edge […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: 2020 in Review — It Wasn’t All COVID
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. COVID-19 was the dominant — but not the only — health policy story of 2020. […]
At Risk of Extinction, Black-Footed Ferrets Get Experimental COVID Vaccine
In late summer, as researchers accelerated the first clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines for humans, a group of scientists in Colorado worked to inoculate a […]
Health Officials Fear Pandemic-Related Suicide Spike Among Native Youth
WOLF POINT, Mont. — Fallen pine cones covered 16-year-old Leslie Keiser’s fresh grave at the edge of Wolf Point, a small community on the Fort […]
Surprise! Congress Takes Steps to Curb Unexpected Medical Bills
Most Americans tell pollsters they’re worried about being able to afford an unexpected medical bill. Late Monday, Congress passed a bill to allay some of […]
California’s COVID Enforcement Strategy: Education Over Citations
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly six months since Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to target businesses that are […]
Democrats Are Running Hard on Health Care in Georgia’s Senate Runoffs. Republicans? Not So Much.
This story is from a reporting partnership that includes WABE, NPR and KHN. It can be republished for free. Vice President Mike Pence was the […]
Inside the First Chaotic Days of the Effort to Vaccinate America
One tray of COVID-19 vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer contains 975 doses — way too many for a rural hospital in Arkansas. But with the […]
‘Nine Months Into It, the Adrenaline Is Gone and It’s Just Exhausting’
USE OUR CONTENT It can be republished for free. In March, during the first week of the San Francisco Bay Area’s first-in-the-nation stay-at-home order, KHN […]
Montana’s Mask Mandate in Doubt With Incoming Governor
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. HELENA, Mont. — Incoming Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signaled he won’t continue a statewide mask mandate […]
No More ICU Beds at the Main Public Hospital in the Nation’s Largest County as COVID Surges
USE OUR CONTENT It can be republished for free. She lay behind a glass barrier, heavily sedated, kept alive by a machine that blew oxygen […]
Ski Resorts Work to Stay Open as COVID Cases Snowball
TELLURIDE, Colo. — The day after Thanksgiving, Dr. Jana Eller and Dr. Shiraz Naqvi were seated beside an outdoor fire pit at the base of […]
Pandemic-Related Paid Sick Days and Leave to Expire Dec. 31 — With No Extension in Sight
Like tens of millions of other parents nationwide, Jonathan and Sara Sadowski struggle to assist their four children, ages 5 to 11, with their online […]
Voces confiables ayudan a inmigrantes a superar el temor a la vacuna contra COVID
MINNEAPOLIS.- Gloria Torres-Herbeck se aplica la vacuna contra la gripe cada temporada. Pero la maestra de 53 años de Rochester, Minnesota, aún no está convencida […]
Trusted Messengers May Help Disenfranchised Communities Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. MINNEAPOLIS — Gloria Torres-Herbeck gets the flu vaccine every year, but the 53-year-old teacher in Rochester, […]
As Congress Bickers Over Pandemic Relief, Flight Attendant’s Life Is in a Holding Pattern
Troy Muenzer has seen the damage that COVID can do. A flight attendant who was diagnosed with a “suspected” case of the deadly virus, Muenzer, […]
Ataques a la salud pública generan éxodo de funcionarios en medio de la pandemia
Tisha Coleman ha vivido en el muy unido condado de Linn, Kansas, por 42 años. Y nunca se ha sentido tan sola. Como administradora de […]
Behind Each of More Than 300,000 Lives Lost: A Name, a Caregiver, a Family, a Story
More than 300,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. It is the latest sign of a generational tragedy — one still unfolding […]
High-Poverty Neighborhoods Bear the Brunt of COVID’s Scourge
Over the course of the pandemic, COVID-19 infections have battered high-poverty neighborhoods in California on a staggeringly different scale than more affluent areas, a trend […]
Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders
This story also ran on The Associated Press. It can be republished for free. Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Linn County, Kansas, for 42 […]
Agrícolas, bomberos y azafatas buscan estar entre los primeros en recibir la vacuna
Se espera que los trabajadores de salud de primera línea, así como los residentes y el personal de los hogares de adultos mayores, reciban las […]
This Health Care Magnate Wants to Fix Democracy, Starting in Colorado
In the final weeks before the Nov. 3 election, supporters of a down-in-the-weeds effort to overturn a tax law in Colorado received a cascade of […]
Supply Is Limited and Distribution Uncertain as COVID Vaccine Rolls Out
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. High stakes and big challenges await as the U.S. prepares to roll out vaccines against COVID-19, […]
Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority
With front-line health workers and nursing home residents and staff expected to get the initial doses of COVID vaccines, the thornier question is figuring out […]
A Battle-Weary Seattle Hospital Fights the Latest COVID Surge
As hospitals across the country weather a surge of COVID-19 patients, in Seattle — an early epicenter of the outbreak — nurses, respiratory therapists and […]
Dialysis Industry Spends Millions, Emerges as Power Player in California Politics
SACRAMENTO — The nation’s dialysis industry has poured $233 million into California campaigns over the past four years, establishing its leading companies as a formidable […]
As More Red States Legalize Marijuana, Some Officials Try to Nip It in the Bud
With his state reeling amid one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the nation, the last thing South Dakota Speaker of the House Steven Haugaard […]
It’s Time to Scare People About COVID
I still remember exactly where I was sitting decades ago, during the short film shown in class: For a few painful minutes, we watched a […]
With Pandemic Surging, Ohio Gov. DeWine Dials Back His Aggressive Response
Eric Shanteau didn’t know he was about to create a viral pandemic meme when he made a cutout of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s head with […]
Becerra, un candidato para el HHS con habilidad política pero sin experiencia en salud
Xavier Becerra, elegido por el presidente electo Joe Biden para dirigir el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS), será un secretario de la era […]
In Becerra, an HHS Nominee With Political Skill But No Front-Line Health Experience
Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, is set to be a pandemic-era secretary with no public […]
Tracking COVID’s Spread Inside a Tight-Knit Latino Community
Early in the pandemic, Ximena Rebolledo León, a registered nurse at Telluride Regional Medical Center in southwestern Colorado, needed to find everyone who’d been in […]
A Child’s Death in the Heartland Changes Community Views About COVID
WASHINGTON, Mo. — In August, local officials in this small city an hour west of St. Louis voted against requiring residents to wear masks to […]
Xavier Becerra en sus propias palabras: “La atención de salud es un derecho”
El presidente electo Joe Biden nombró al fiscal general de California, Xavier Becerra, para dirigir el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) de los […]
Xavier Becerra in His Own Words: ‘Health Care Is a Right’
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Becerra, who would be the […]
California Lawmakers to Newsom: Give All Immigrants Health Coverage
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. SACRAMENTO — California Democratic lawmakers so far have failed to convince Gov. Gavin Newsom that the […]
Last Call for COVID: To Avoid Bar Shutdowns, States Serve Up Curfews
As states and cities around the country enact curfews on bars and restaurants to limit the spread of COVID-19, many different calls are being made […]
What Happened When the Only ER Doctor in a Rural Town Got COVID
Kurt Papenfus, a doctor in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, started to feel sick around Halloween. He developed a scary cough, intestinal symptoms and a headache. In […]
After a Deadly COVID Outbreak, Maryland County Takes Steps to Protect Health Workers
This story also ran on The Associated Press. It can be republished for free. A Maryland health department is taking new steps to protect its […]
NYC Hospital Workers, Knowing How Bad It Can Get, Brace for COVID 2nd Wave
No single municipality in the country suffered more in the first wave of the pandemic than New York City, which saw more than 24,000 deaths, […]
As LA County Sets New Infection Record, State Leaders’ Behavior Sends Mixed Messages
California, like the rest of the nation, is seeing a dramatic rise in COVID infections and deaths — and Los Angeles County has some of […]
During ACA Open Enrollment, Picking a Plan Invites New COVID Complications
People buying their own health insurance have even more to think about this year, particularly those post-COVID-19 patients with lingering health concerns, the “long haulers,” […]
Con récord de internaciones por COVID, la crisis ahora es la falta de personal médico
Los hospitales en gran parte del país están tratando de hacer frente a un número sin precedentes de pacientes con COVID-19. El lunes 30 de […]
As Hospitals Fill With COVID Patients, Medical Reinforcements Are Hard to Find
Hospitals in much of the country are trying to cope with unprecedented numbers of COVID-19 patients. As of Monday, 96,039 were hospitalized, an alarming record […]
OSHA Let Employers Decide Whether to Report Health Care Worker Deaths. Many Didn’t.
As Walter Veal cared for residents at the Ludeman Developmental Center in suburban Chicago, he saw the potential future of his grandson, who has autism. […]
Thousands of Doctors’ Offices Buckle Under Financial Stress of COVID
Cormay Caine misses a full day of work and drives more than 130 miles round trip to take five of her children to their pediatrician. […]
Why Employers Find It So Hard to Test for COVID
Brandon Hudgins works the main floor at Fleet Feet, a running-shoe store chain, for more than 30 hours a week. He chats with customers, measuring […]
Rural Areas Send Their Sickest Patients to Cities, Straining Hospitals
Registered nurse Pascaline Muhindura has spent the past eight months treating COVID patients at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. But when she returns home […]
New Legal Push Aims to Speed Magic Mushrooms to Dying Patients
Back in March, just as anxiety over COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S., Erinn Baldeschwiler of La Conner, Washington, found herself facing her own private […]
Need a COVID-19 Nurse? That’ll Be $8,000 a Week
DENVER — In March, Claire Tripeny was watching her dream job fall apart. She’d been working as an intensive care nurse at St. Anthony Hospital […]
Surging LA
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. On a Monday afternoon in March, four days after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the nation’s first […]
KHN on the Air This Week
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed COVID-19 surges in Wisconsin with Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” on Nov. 13. Click here to hear Weber on […]
Florida’s New Hospital Industry Head Ran Medicaid in State and Fought Expansion
With its choice of a new leader, the Florida Hospital Association has signaled that seeking legislative approval to expand Medicaid to nearly 850,000 uninsured adults […]
These Front-Line Workers Could Have Retired. They Risked Their Lives Instead.
Sonia Brown’s husband died on June 10. Two weeks later, the 65-year-old registered nurse was back at work. Her husband’s medical bills and a car […]
Family Mourns Man With Mental Illness Killed by Police, Calls for Change
Rulennis Muñoz remembers the phone ringing on Sept. 13. Her mother was calling from the car, frustrated. Rulennis could also hear her brother Ricardo shouting […]
People Proving to Be Weakest Link for Apps Tracking COVID Exposure
The app builders had planned for pranksters, ensuring that only people with verified COVID-19 cases could trigger an alert. They’d planned for heavy criticism about […]
States’ Face-Covering Mandates Leave Gaps in Protection
BOULDER, Colo. — Brady Bowman, a 19-year-old student at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and two friends strolled down 11th Street, all sporting matching neck gaiters […]
Pfizer Launches US Pilot Programme for Delivery and Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine, BNT162b2
Shots: Pfizer launched a pilot program to support the state’s planning, deployment & administration of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate, to build on coordination with the […]
Push Is On in US to Figure Out South Asians’ High Heart Risks
For years, Sharad Acharya’s frequent hikes in the mountains outside Denver would leave him short of breath. But a real wake-up call came three years […]
As Broad Shutdowns Return, Weary Californians Ask ‘Is This the Best We Can Do?’
Use Our Content It can be republished for free. SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — For Tom Davis, being told by the state this week that he […]
Anger After North Dakota Governor Asks COVID-Positive Health Staff to Stay on Job
Nurse Leslie McKamey has gotten used to the 16-hour shifts, to skipping lunch, to the nightly ritual of throwing all her clothes in the laundry […]
Public Health Programs See Surge in Students Amid Pandemic
As the novel coronavirus emerged in the news in January, Sarah Keeley was working as a medical scribe and considering what to do with her […]
Patients Struggle to Find Prescription Opioids After NY Tax Drives Out Suppliers
NEW YORK — Mike Angevine lives in constant pain. For a decade the 37-year-old has relied on opioids to manage his chronic pancreatitis, a disease […]
Homeless Shelters Grapple With COVID Safety as Cold Creeps In
CHICAGO — Ben Barnes has slept in abandoned buildings, hallways and alleys. For the past year or so, he’s been staying at the city’s largest […]
Workers Who Lost Jobs Due to COVID May Need Help Getting Coverage This Fall
Michelina Moen lost her job and health insurance in April. Only weeks earlier she had begun to feel ill and not her usual energetic self […]
Nursing Homes Still See Dangerously Long Waits for COVID Test Results
This story also ran on CNN. It can be republished for free. Nursing homes are still taking days to get back COVID-19 test results as […]
When False Information Goes Viral, COVID-19 Patient Groups Fight Back
For decades, people struggling with illnesses of all kinds have sought help in online support groups. This year, such groups have been in high demand […]
Listen: COVID Stresses Rural Hospitals Already ‘Teetering on the Brink’
When KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal heard a sample of the voices that correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble brought back from her reporting trip to rural Kansas, […]
California Stands to Lose Big if US Supreme Court Cancels Obamacare
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Of any state, California has the most to lose if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the Affordable Care Act. Health care coverage […]
Fiscal general de California: los jueces deben ver que ACA es “indispensable”
Sacramento.- Cuando la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos esté escuchando el martes 10 un caso que podría decidir el destino de la Ley de […]
‘No Mercy’ Chapter 7: After a Rural Town Loses Hospital, Is a Health Clinic Enough?
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Family physician Maxwell Self is doing his same old job for a new employer. For two decades […]
Orange County Struggles With Health Equity — And Battles State Restrictions
California’s most popular amusement park has become the focal point of a struggle over how best to contain COVID-19 while keeping the economy afloat. California’s […]
Justices Bound to See ACA as ‘Indispensable,’ Says Californian Leading Defense
SACRAMENTO — When the U.S. Supreme Court hears a case Tuesday that could decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act, California will be leading […]
What Will Shape Joe Biden’s Health Care Agenda?
I’m thrilled to have health futurist Jeff Goldsmith back on THCB, and given Biden was only confirmed as President-elect this morning, his article on what […]
Biden Wins, but His Health Agenda Dims With GOP Likely to Hold Senate
Former Vice President Joe Biden secured the 270 electoral votes needed to capture the White House on Saturday, major news organizations projected, after election officials […]
How Escalating COVID Cases Forced One State to Change Its Masking Strategy
In Montana’s conservative Flathead County, prosecutors and local leaders were turning a blind eye to businesses that flouted state mask and social distancing mandates, even […]
Longtime Health Advocate Donna Shalala Loses House Reelection Race
Rep. Donna E. Shalala of Florida, the first-term Democratic member of Congress and former Health and Human Services secretary in the Clinton administration, lost her […]
Coming Abortion Fight Could Threaten Birth Control, Too
Abortion opponents were among those most excited by the addition of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. And they had good reason to […]
Behind The Byline: How Do You Say …?
https://khn.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/VK-BTB-final.mp4 Journalists and producers from across KHN’s newsrooms take you behind the scenes in these bite-size videos to show the ways they are following the […]
Sin presidente todavía, el futuro de la salud también sigue siendo incierto
Sin un ganador y sin saber todavía qué partido controlará el Senado, el futuro del sistema de salud de la nación también sigue siendo incierto. […]
It’s Open Enrollment. Here’s What You Need to Know
California’s annual health insurance enrollment season for individuals and families kicks off this week against a dramatic backdrop: the hotly contested presidential election; a pandemic […]
Lions and Tigers and Anteaters? US Scientists Scan the Menagerie for COVID
As COVID-19 cases surge in the U.S., one Texas veterinarian has been quietly tracking the spread of the disease — not in people, but in […]
‘Is This Worth My Life?’: Traveling Health Workers Decry COVID Care Conditions
This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. David Joel Perea called from Maine, Vermont, Minnesota and, ultimately, Nevada, always […]
‘No Mercy’ Chapter 6: Trickle-Down Heartache Reaches the Next Generation in a Rural Town With No Hospital
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Josh is 17. He said he smokes marijuana. He struggles with anger. He’s also juggling some extraordinary […]
Feds Approve Fractious Georgia Plan to Change ACA Marketplace
With the Trump administration announcing two days before Election Day that Georgia’s healthcare.gov website will no longer provide options for residents shopping for plans starting […]
The Best COVID Warning System? Poop and Pooled Spit, Says One Colorado School
Carol Wilusz’s mornings now often start at 4 a.m., scanning the contents of undergraduates’ feces. Specifically, scanning the data on how much coronavirus they flushed […]
¿Estás internado? Todavía puedes votar en gran parte del país
Johnathon Talamantes se rompió la cadera en un accidente de auto el 22 de octubre y se sometió a una cirugía cinco días después en […]
‘His Lies are Killing my Neighbors’: Swing-state Health Workers Try to Defeat Trump
Dr. Chris Kapsner intubated his first COVID-19 patient — a 47-year-old man who arrived short of breath at an emergency room in Minnesota’s Twin Cities […]
They Work in Several Nursing Homes to Eke Out a Living, Possibly Spreading the Virus
To make ends meet, Martha Tapia works 64 hours a week at two Orange County, California, nursing homes. She is one of thousands of certified […]
Hospitalized? You Can Still Vote in Most Parts of the Country
Johnathon Talamantes, of South-Central Los Angeles, broke his hip in a car accident on Oct. 22 and underwent surgery five days later at a public […]
‘It’s Science, Stupid’: A School Subject Emerges as a Hot-Button Political Issue
At the top of Dr. Hiral Tipirneni’s to-do list if she wins her congressional race: work with other elected officials to encourage mask mandates and […]
Why State Mask Stockpiling Orders Are Hurting Nursing Homes, Small Providers
Nursing homes, small physician offices and rural clinics are being left behind in the rush for N95 masks and other protective gear, exposing some of […]
Democrats Link GOP Challengers to Trump’s COVID Record, Efforts to Undo Obamacare
In a tweet to his 78,000 followers Sunday, U.S. Rep. Harley Rouda, a Democrat from Orange County, California, described his Republican opponent Michelle Steel’s attendance […]
Sen. Graham Complains That 3 Blue States Get a Third of ACA Funding
Sen. Lindsey Graham has never been a fan of the Affordable Care Act — even though it’s helped dramatically lower the number of uninsured people […]
Hospital Bills for Uninsured COVID Patients Are Covered, but No One Tells Them
When Darius Settles died from COVID-19 on the Fourth of July, his family and the city of Nashville, Tennessee, were shocked. Even the mayor noted […]
Despite COVID Concerns, Teams Venture Into Nursing Homes to Get Out the Vote
RALEIGH, N.C. — Each time Beverly Tucker visited a nursing home or long-term care facility this fall, she brought along a rolling tote bag packed […]
‘No Mercy’ Chapter 5: In Rural America, Cancer Care Is Often Far From Home
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Sixty-five-year-old Karen Endicott-Coyan is living with a blood cancer. Her chemotherapy takes less than 30 minutes. Before […]
For People With Visual Impairments, Truly Secret Ballots Are Elusive
Norma Crosby remembers when she relied on blind faith to cast her vote. The 64-year-old Texan was born virtually without sight, a side effect of […]
Verily’s COVID Testing Program Halted in San Francisco and Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. — Amid fanfare in March, California officials celebrated the launch of a multimillion-dollar contract with Verily — Google’s health-focused sister company — that […]
North Carolina Treasurer Took On the Hospitals. Now He’s Paying Political Price.
Cartel is a term frequently associated with illegal narcotics syndicates. In North Carolina, it has become the favored word of State Treasurer Dale Folwell to […]
Florida Fails to Attract Bidders for Canada Drug Importation Program
Florida’s plan to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada — designed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and endorsed by President Donald Trump — has tasted its […]
COVID Spikes Exacerbate Health Worker Shortages in Rocky Mountains, Great Plains
COVID-19 cases are surging in rural places across the Mountain States and Midwest, and when it hits health care workers, ready reinforcements aren’t easy to […]
Colorado Initiative Would Further Limit Access in Middle America’s ‘Abortion Desert’
Colorado voters are deciding a ballot question that seeks to limit how far into pregnancy an abortion can be legally performed. While the measure would […]
Déjà Vu for California Voters on Dialysis
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The survival of California’s dialysis clinics is in the hands of its voters this November. Sound familiar? Voters heard the same dire […]
¿Viajas para el Día de Acción de Gracias? Deberás atravesar la barrera de COVID
Molly Wiese estaba perpleja. Sus padres y hermanos viven en el sur de California, y Wiese, abogada de 35 años, ha viajado cada Navidad desde […]
COVID Spikes Exacerbate Health Worker Shortages in Rocky Mountains, Great Plains
COVID-19 cases are surging in rural places across the Mountain States and Midwest, and when it hits health care workers, ready reinforcements aren’t easy to […]
Travel on Thanksgiving? Pass the COVID
Molly Wiese was truly stumped. Her parents and siblings live in Southern California, and Wiese, a 35-year-old lawyer, has returned home every Christmas since she […]
Workers Fired, Penalized for Reporting COVID Safety Violations
When COVID-19 began making headlines in March, Charles Collins pulled out a protective face mask from the supply at the manufacturing company in Rockaway, New […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A Little Good News and Some Bad on COVID-19
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. For the first time in a long time, there is some good news about the […]
Californians Asked to Pony Up for Stem Cell Research — Again
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In an election year dominated by a chaotic presidential race and splashy statewide ballot initiative campaigns, Californians are being asked to weigh […]
‘All You Want Is to Be Believed’: The Impacts of Unconscious Bias in Health Care
In mid-March, Karla Monterroso flew home to Alameda, California, after a hiking trip in Utah’s Zion National Park. Four days later, she began to develop […]
Despite Pandemic Threat, Gubernatorial Hopefuls Avoid COVID Nitty-Gritty
Just 15 days ahead of the election, Montana Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney laid out his ideas on how he’d handle the COVID-19 pandemic if elected […]
‘No Mercy’ Chapter 4: So, 2 Nuns Step Off a Train in Kansas … A Hospital’s Origin Story
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Ever since Mercy Hospital went “corporate,” things just haven’t been the same — that’s what lots of […]
UVA Health Still Squeezing Money From Patients — By Seizing Their Home Equity
Doris Hutchinson wanted to use money from the sale of her late mother’s house to help her grandchildren go to college. Then she learned the […]
COVID Crackdowns at Work Have Saved Black and Latino Lives, LA Officials Say
Los Angeles County officials attribute a dramatic decline in COVID-19 death and case rates among Blacks and Latinos over the past two months to aggressive […]
Aunque preferiría cerrar, la cadena de tiendas COVID-19 Essentials se expande
Lone Tree, Colorado.- Darcy Velásquez, de 42 años, y su madre, Roberta Truax, caminaban recientemente por el centro comercial Park Meadows, 15 millas al sur […]
KHN on the Air This Week
KHN reporter Victoria Knight discussed this week’s vice presidential debate with Newsy’s “Morning Rush” on Thursday. Click here to watch Knight on Newsy Read “In […]
Pandemic Erects Barriers for Prized Bloc of Voters in Nursing Homes, Senior Facilities
The convergence of the coronavirus pandemic and election season has complicated this year’s voting for residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term […]
Young Doctor Succumbs to COVID, One of the South’s Many Health Workers Lost
It took Carrie Wanamaker several days to connect the face she saw on GoFundMe with the young woman she had met a few years before. […]
Hard Lives Made Harder by COVID: Homeless Endure a ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck’
CALEXICO, Calif. — The message wasn’t lost on Daniel Gonzalez. Early in the pandemic, one of the first things Imperial County did to ward off […]
Distrusting Trump, States Plan to Vet COVID Vaccines Themselves. Bad Idea, Say Experts.
As trust in the Food and Drug Administration wavers, several states have vowed to conduct independent reviews of any COVID-19 vaccine the federal agency authorizes. […]
Fighting for Patient Protections While Attacking ACA — Hard to Have It Both Ways
Throughout the 2020 election cycle, candidates’ positions on health care have been particularly important for voters with underlying and often expensive medical needs — in […]
One School, Two Choices: A Study in Classroom vs. Distance Learning
Cozbi Mazariegos stays in shape these days by running room to room inside her Marin City apartment to answer questions from her kids, ages 7, […]
‘No Mercy’ Chapter 2: Unimaginable, After a Century, That Their Hospital Would Close
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Closing a hospital hurts. In Fort Scott, Kansas, no one was a bigger symbol for that loss […]
Easier-to-Use Coronavirus Saliva Tests Start to Catch On
As the coronavirus pandemic broke out across the country, health care providers and scientists relied on the standard method for detecting respiratory viruses: sticking a […]
Not Pandemic-Proof: Insulin Copay Caps Fall Short, Fueling Underground Exchanges
DENVER — D.j. Mattern had her Type 1 diabetes under control until COVID’s economic upheaval cost her husband his hotel maintenance job and their health […]
Wear a Mask. If Only It Were That Simple.
Nils Hase, a retiree who lives in Tarpon Springs, Florida, is wearing a mask and loading his Home Depot haul into his car on a […]
Evictions Damage Public Health. The CDC Aims to Curb Them ― For Now.
In August, Robert Pettigrew was working a series of odd jobs. While washing the windows of a cellphone store he saw a sign, one that […]
KHN on the Air This Week
KHN senior correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble appeared on Newsy’s “Morning Rush” on Thursday to discuss rural hospital closures and KHN’s brand-new “Where It Hurts” podcast. […]
Thousands of Minks Dead as COVID Outbreak Escalates on Utah Farms
Thousands of minks at Utah fur farms have died because of the coronavirus in the past 10 days, forcing nine sites in three counties to […]
Biden’s in the Ballpark on How Many People Have Preexisting Conditions
The first minutes of Tuesday’s presidential debate immediately turned to how President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could undo […]
How to Weigh Evacuation Options With Both Wildfires and COVID at Your Door
As the smoke thickened near her home in Santa Cruz, California, last week, Amanda Smith kept asking herself the same questions: Should we leave? And […]
Opposition to Obamacare Becomes Political Liability for GOP Incumbents
In the 2014 elections, Republicans rode a wave of anti-Affordable Care Act sentiment to pick up nine Senate seats, the largest gain for either party […]
Pence Praises Trump’s ‘Seamless’ COVID Response, Leaves Out His State Feuds
Vice President Mike Pence portrayed his boss, President Donald Trump, as a leader who has reached out across the aisle to help during the coronavirus […]
Another COVID Mystery: Patients Survive Ventilator, But Linger in a Coma
Leslie Cutitta said yes, twice, when clinicians from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston called asking whether she wanted them to take — and then continue […]
They Cared for Some of New York’s Most Vulnerable Communities. Then 12 Died.
Dr. Reza Chowdhury didn’t charge copays when his patients were low on cash. He gave them his home phone number and answered their medical questions […]
Republican Convention, Day 2: Pomp, the Pandemic and Planned Parenthood
The Republican National Convention offered Americans a picture Tuesday night of a compassionate White House in action. But not a lot was said about the […]
Feeling Anxious and Depressed? You’re Right at Home in California.
It’s official, California: COVID-19 has left us sick with worry and increasingly despondent. And our youngest adults — ages 18 to 29 — are feeling […]
LA Hospital Seeks Vaccine Trial Participants Among Its Own High-Risk Patients
The patients at Dr. Eric Daar’s hospital are at high risk for serious illness from COVID-19, and he’s determined to make sure they’re part of […]
Wildfires Provide Another Reason to Mask Up
If you have declined to wear a face mask during the COVID-19 crisis, you might want to reconsider, as the smoke from over 300 wildfires […]
Veteran’s Appendectomy Launches Excruciating Months-Long Battle Over Bill
In late August 2019, Shannon Harness awoke to serious pain in the lower right side of his abdomen — a telltale sign of appendicitis. He […]
Is Cuomo Directive to Blame for Nursing Home COVID Deaths, as US Official Claims?
On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was among the first in a weeklong parade of speakers to […]
Florida’s Cautionary Tale: How Gutting and Muzzling Public Health Fueled COVID Fire
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On a sweltering July morning, Rose Wilson struggled to breathe as she sat in her bed, the light from her computer illuminating […]
One College’s Pop-Up COVID Test: Stop and ‘Smell the Roses’ (Or the Coffee)
If all goes according to plan, Penn State University students who opt for an on-campus experience this fall will start in-person classes on Aug. 24 […]
