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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Manchin Blows Up Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) dealt a blow to congressional efforts to pass President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda bill, forcing Democrats to regroup starting in 2022. Meanwhile, the omicron covid variant spreads rapidly in the U.S., threatening the stability of the nation’s health care system. Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Rachel Cohrs of Stat and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more, plus a look back at the year in health policy. Also this week, Rovner interviews Ceci Connolly, president and CEO of the Alliance of Community Health Plans.

Dec. 22, 2021

Postcard From Utah

As Pandemic Wears Down Hospital Staff, One Town Offers Groceries to Say Thanks

To help relieve the stress and time strains on employees at a Park City, Utah, hospital, community leaders created a pop-up grocery store, where workers can get complimentary meals and staples to take home.

By Daryl Austin

Dec. 22, 2021

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‘An Arm and a Leg’: The Rapid-Test Edition: Who’s Making a Buck?

In this episode, host Dan Weissmann talks to reporters who investigated the shortage of tests and traced the U.S. rapid-testing problem back to government agencies.

By Dan Weissmann

Dec. 22, 2021

COVID-19

Pandemic Poses Short- and Long-Term Risks to Babies, Especially Boys

A mother’s immune response to covid can be a greater danger to the fetus than the virus itself.

By Liz Szabo

Dec. 21, 2021

COVID-19

Some Groups Are Left Out of Montana Covid Test Giveaway Program

Public health officials and policymakers alike see rapid antigen tests as a strong tool to keep businesses open and parents working. But a look at Montana’s distribution of the tests shows a patchwork system with limited access for many.

By Mara Silvers, Montana Free Press and Katheryn Houghton

Dec. 21, 2021

2021 COVID Year in Review

The Vaccine Rollout Was a Success. But Events Within and Beyond Biden’s Control Stymied Progress.

There were variants, vaccine hesitancy and messaging mix-ups. And, despite campaign promises, Biden and his administration sometimes took actions or made statements without waiting for full scientific evidence to back them up.

By Victoria Knight

Dec. 20, 2021

Postcard From Coachella

Vaccine Promoters Struggle to Get People Boosted in California’s Fields

Stressed vaccine communicators battle anti-vaccine propaganda while seeking to persuade Latino farmworkers to get covid boosters.

By Heidi de Marco

Dec. 20, 2021

KHN On Air

Journalists Review Public Views on Vaccines and the Arc of Covid Testing

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Dec. 18, 2021

Podcast

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Oh, Oh, Omicron

Even before the omicron variant of covid starts to spread widely in the U.S., hospitals are filling up with post-holiday delta cases. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court signals — loudly — that 2022 will be the year it rolls back abortion rights in a big way. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

Dec. 16, 2021

After ‘Truly Appalling’ Death Toll in Nursing Homes, California Rethinks Their Funding

California wants to hold nursing homes accountable for the quality of care they provide by tying Medicaid funding more directly to performance. But the nursing home industry, an influential player in the Capitol, is gearing up for a fight.

By Samantha Young

Dec. 16, 2021

COVID-19

Covid Shots for Kids Are Scarce — And Demand Is Mixed — In Rural Montana

Although covid vaccines have been available to children as young as 5 for more than a month, they’re not being offered in some rural Montana counties, and parents don’t know where to find them in others.

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR

Dec. 16, 2021

COVID-19

Colorado Hospitals in ‘Critical Condition’ as State Weathers Another Surge

Patients with other ailments are frustrated, and nurses and doctors are stressed and burned out, as unvaccinated covid-19 patients fill ICU and acute care beds.

By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio

Dec. 15, 2021

With Overdose Deaths Surging, Advocates on the Ground Push for Over-the-Counter Naloxone

Harm-reduction groups say that requiring a doctor to sign off on their orders of the overdose reversal drug is one of the biggest barriers they face in obtaining the lifesaving medication.

By Aneri Pattani

Dec. 14, 2021

Perspective

How LA, Calling the Shots on School Vaccine Mandates, Can Lead the Way on Covid Rules

In the middle of a measles outbreak in 1977, the Los Angeles school system required students to be inoculated or stay out of class. Other school systems followed the practice. Will it work again now that the county is insisting that teens have their shots against covid?

By Arthur Allen

Dec. 13, 2021

KHN On Air

Journalists Discuss Omicron, Public Health, Culturally Competent Care

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Dec. 11, 2021

Split Supreme Court Leaves Texas Abortion Law in Effect, but Says Providers May Sue

The decision does not address the fate of abortion rights nationally, but the justices took up those arguments in a separate case earlier this month that will likely be decided in the summer.

By Julie Rovner

Dec. 10, 2021

West Virginia Sen. Manchin Takes the Teeth Out of Democrats’ Plan for Seniors’ Dental Care

In West Virginia, older residents often go without dental care, and a quarter of people 65 and older have no natural teeth, the highest rate of any state in the country. But a powerful senator from West Virginia, Joe Manchin, has rebuffed efforts to add a dental benefit to Medicare.

By Phil Galewitz

Dec. 10, 2021

Sex Apps for Gay Men Join Forces to Fight Online Insults

A San Francisco-area group that pushes for healthier internet behavior aims to show that being mean isn’t sexy and can lead to mental anguish and unsafe sexual encounters.

By David Tuller

Dec. 10, 2021

Podcast

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Much Ado About (Vaccine) Mandates

The fight over covid vaccines continues to intensify, with Republicans on Capitol Hill pushing — with some success — to cancel President Joe Biden’s “test regularly or vaccinate” requirement for private employers. Meanwhile, abortion is not the only health issue before the Supreme Court this term. Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet and Rachel Cohrs of Stat News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

Dec. 9, 2021