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KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Trump Twists on Virus Response

President Donald Trump has, for now at least, become a realist on the extent of the COVID-19 crisis around the country, and he is urging Americans to socially distance and wear masks. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Republicans facing a July 31 deadline are scrambling to come together on their version of the next COVID relief bill. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Tami Luhby of CNN join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews NPR’s Pam Fessler, author of the new book “Carville’s Cure,” which traces the history of the United States’ only federal leprosarium.

July 23, 2020

Lost On The Frontline

COVID Runs Amok in 3 Detroit-Area Jails, Killing At Least 2 Doctors

Amid overcrowding and a shortage of personal protective equipment, at least 208 workers and 83 inmates in the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office jail system have been infected with the coronavirus.

By Natalia Megas, The Guardian

July 23, 2020

COVID-19

As Long Waits for Results Render COVID Tests ‘Useless,’ States Seek Workarounds

With COVID-19 tests bogged down in backlogs, some states that relied on private laboratories, such as Quest Diagnostics, are trying to adapt as caseloads rise.

By Matt Volz and Phil Galewitz

July 23, 2020

Picture Of Health

Medicaid Mystery: Millions of Enrollees Haven’t Materialized in California

State officials had projected that 2 million Californians would join Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for low-income people, by July because of the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19. Yet enrollment has barely budged, and why is unclear.

By Rachel Bluth and Angela Hart

July 23, 2020

COVID-19

Adjunct Professors: Jobs Are Low on Pay and Health Benefits With High COVID Risk

As colleges and universities develop plans for the fall semester amid the coronavirus pandemic, these non-tenured, often part-time instructors find themselves in an especially precarious position.

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez

July 23, 2020

KHN On Air

Listen: How the Pandemic Further Politicized Public Health

KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber joined Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies on “The Source” show to talk about the politicization of public health during the COVID pandemic.

July 22, 2020

COVID-19

Bingeing on Doom: Expert on the ‘Black Death’ Attracts Cult Following

A 2016 series on the 14th-century plague became must-see TV during spring’s COVID-19 outbreak — and flooded Purdue medievalist Dorsey Armstrong with questions about parallels between that pandemic and the current crisis.

By JoNel Aleccia

July 22, 2020

Underfunded and Under Threat

Essential and in Danger: Coronavirus Sickens, Even Kills Public Health Workers

As the coronavirus threatens the nation’s public health army, an outbreak in Maryland reflects the tension between serving the community and protecting workers from a deadly disease.

By Laura Ungar

July 22, 2020

COVID-19

Scientists Want to Know More About Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19 Spread

'Germicidal' ultraviolet light technology has a proven track record against indoor transmission of tuberculosis and other airborne microbes. It's now being used in some restaurants and on subways.

By Will Stone

July 22, 2020

HealthBent

Another Problem on the Health Horizon: Medicare Is Running Out of Money

With millions out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, fewer payroll taxes are coming in to help keep Medicare’s trust fund intact.

By Julie Rovner

July 22, 2020

COVID-19

NIH Project Homes In on COVID Racial Disparities

The pandemic has given the National Institutes of Health an opportunity to show the value of its $1.5 billion “All of Us” research program. A major effort to make the platform’s database representative of America resulted in minorities making up more than half of its more than 270,000 volunteers.

By Ashley Gold

July 21, 2020

COVID-19

Pandemic-Inspired Food Labeling Raises Alarms for Those With Food Allergies

The Food and Drug Administration released new “temporary guidance” for manufacturers facing supply chain shortages that allows them to make some ingredient substitutions without changing food labels. The pandemic had already made finding trusted foods difficult for some people with allergies. Now they're worrying about what's actually in their go-to products.

By Sandy West

July 21, 2020

COVID-19

Administration Eases Rules to Give Laid-Off Workers More Time to Sign Up for COBRA

Under the federal COBRA law, people who lose health coverage because of a layoff or a reduction in their hours generally have 60 days to decide whether to pay to maintain that coverage. But under new regulations, the clock won’t start ticking until the government says the coronavirus national emergency is over, and then consumers will have 120 days to act.

By Michelle Andrews

July 20, 2020

COVID-19

For COVID Tests, the Question of Who Pays Comes Down to Interpretation

Additional guidance issued late last month by the Trump administration added to the confusion. Some consumers may find themselves unexpectedly on the hook for the cost of a test.

By Julie Appleby

July 20, 2020

Picture Of Health

As Coronavirus Patients Skew Younger, Tracing Task Seems All But Impossible

Although younger people are hospitalized and die less frequently than their elders when infected with COVID-19, their cases are harder to trace. As a result, the virus is spreading uncontrollably throughout much of Southern California. Even hospital staffs are affected by community spread.

By Anna Almendrala

July 20, 2020

The Friday Breeze

Must-Reads of the Week

KHN's Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber drills through the vital health care policy stories of the week, so you don't have to.

By Lauren Weber

July 17, 2020

COVID-19

Trump Administration’s Sudden Shift on COVID Data Leaves States in the Lurch

Missouri Hospital Association says the switch of data collection from the CDC to a new HHS contractor is "a major disruption." In Kansas, the move likely will delay hospitalization data.

By Alex Smith, KCUR

July 17, 2020

COVID-19

Montana Rodeo Goes On, Bucking Fears on Fort Peck Reservation

Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes initially opposed the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede this year, worrying about hundreds of people coming to their reservation for the rodeo amid coronavirus concerns. But the annual event was on private land and went ahead, highlighting the reopening tensions between resuming normal economic activities and protecting the vulnerable.

By Katheryn Houghton

July 17, 2020

Underfunded And Under Threat

Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Fly Free as Health Departments Focus on Coronavirus

Health departments and other public agencies tasked with protecting the nation from disease-carrying mosquitoes are overstretched amid the coronavirus pandemic — even as the nation is told it’s safest to be outside.

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Lauren Weber

July 16, 2020

Podcast

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Trump Administration’s War on Fauci

Case counts for COVID-19 are rising in nearly every state, yet a major campaign by the Trump administration this past week was an attempt to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci, a trusted voice in public health. Meanwhile, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s surprise decision to protect abortion rights, there’s been a flurry of activity on reproductive health issues in lower federal courts. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Erin Mershon of Stat News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more.

July 16, 2020

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