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After their brother died, two sisters faced a barrage of misinformation, pandemic denialism and blaming questions. Grief experts say that makes covid-19 the newest kind of "disenfranchising death."
With real-time data streaming in from highly specialized researchers in the U.S. and abroad, NIH scientists became convinced that boosting the covid-19 vaccine was needed to save lives, prompting the president to announce a plan with a Sept. 20 start date. Scientists at the regulatory agencies werenât yet convinced. A meeting Friday will determine what happens next. Hereâs the story from behind the scenes.
At least 26 states have passed laws to permanently limit public health powers, a KHN investigation has found, weakening the countryâs ability to fight not only the current resurgence of the pandemic but other health crises to come.
Thereâs agreement that the plan includes important action items but also elements that will trigger political opposition.
Unvaccinated people are filling intensive care beds and dying of covid in record numbers in Tennessee and other Southern states. Many tell their nurses and doctors they regret the decision not to get the vaccine when they could.
A hospital in Bozeman, Montana, is considering whether to add inpatient psychiatric care after a concerted push from mental health advocates. But even if it adds beds, hospitals across Montana provide a cautionary tale: finding enough workers to staff such beds is its own challenge, and some behavioral health units routinely reach capacity.
Germans pay less than $1 per test. Brits get them free. Why do Americans pay so much more? Because companies can still demand it.
Those seeking to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Tuesdayâs recall election disagree with him on more than mask and vaccine mandates. The conservative candidates tend to favor free-market solutions over Newsomâs expansion of publicly funded health coverage.
Many more people could benefit from the lifesaving treatment than are receiving it, which has made for messy triaging as the delta variant surges across the South and in rural communities with low covid vaccination rates.
The covid pandemic has spotlighted the often-unseen role of public health in Americansâ daily lives. And the picture has not all been pretty. What is public health and why is it so important â and controversial? Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, explains the basics. Then, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Lauren Weber of KHN join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss what could happen next.
As students return to campus, schools across the country are taking steps to enforce public health advice to keep people safe from covid. In deeply conservative South Carolina when elected officials tried to stop that, a professor took on the establishment and won.
No major religionâs teachings denounce vaccination, but that hasnât kept individual churches and others from providing religious âcoverâ for people to avoid submitting to vaccination as a workplace requirement.
Medical-legal partnerships in Montana, Colorado and elsewhere across the nation operate on the notion that fixing patientsâ legal ills is a vital part of their health care.
Studies have shown that better ventilation and air circulation can greatly reduce covid-19 transmission. But rather than stocking up on HEPA filters, some school districts are turning to high-tech air purification strategies.
California is embarking on a five-year experiment to infuse its health insurance program for low-income people with billions of dollars in nonmedical services spanning housing, food delivery and addiction care. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the goal is to improve care for the programâs sickest and costliest members and save money, but will it work?
V-safe is a new safety monitoring system that lets anyone who has been vaccinated against covid-19 report possible side effects directly to federal health officials. Experts believe the smartphone tool has so far helped demonstrate the vaccines are safe.
As the delta variant overtakes Mississippi and other undervaccinated parts of the country, one 13-year-old girlâs experience with covid and MIS-C shows a communityâs reluctance to embrace public health precautions and continued vulnerability to the pandemic.
A change in FDA rules during the pandemic has let women receive the drugs needed for a medical abortion by mail after a telemedicine appointment. While some abortion rights advocates hail the move, others note that these services, which are often cheaper than going to a clinic, could siphon away patients needed to keep those brick-and-mortar facilities operating.
Fall and football go hand in hand. But with covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths soaring from the delta variant, is it safe to go to the stadium? KHN asks the experts.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsomâs pandemic policies are effectively on Californiaâs Sept. 14 recall ballot â and the electorate views them with a mix of resentment, gratitude and disillusionment.
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