KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: SCOTUS Decides An ACA Case. No, Not THAT Case.
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The Supreme Court this week rejected the efforts of a
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Free Clinics Try To Fill Gaps As COVID Sweeps Away Job-Based Insurance
TUPELO, Mississippi — Joe Delbert hadn’t needed the Tree of Life Free Clinic in three years. The 55-year-old man, who
Read more‘An Arm And A Leg’: If Insurer Bills You For COVID Testing, Talk — And Maybe Tweet — It Out
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Read moreHealth Insurers Prosper As COVID-19 Deflates Demand For Elective Treatments
As doctors and consumers are forced to put most nonemergency procedures on hold, many health insurers foresee strong profits. So
Read moreAs Coronavirus Strikes, Crucial Data In Electronic Health Records Hard To Harvest
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Read moreFear Of Coronavirus Propels Some Smokers To Quit
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Read moreEl miedo al coronavirus motiva a fumadores a dejar el hábito
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Read moreTrump Says N95 Masks Can Be Sterilized For Reuse. Only In A Pinch, Experts Warn.
“We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask.
Read moreCOVID Tests Are Free, Except When They’re Not
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Read moreThe Challenges Of Keeping Young Adults Safe During The Pandemic
About Asking Never Hurts A series of columns addressing the challenges consumers face in California’s health care landscape. Send questions
Read moreUso masivo de máscaras quirúrgicas pone en grave riesgo a los trabajadores de salud
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Read moreWidely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers At Serious Risk
With medical supplies in high demand, federal authorities say health workers can wear surgical masks for protection while treating COVID-19
Read moreAmid Coronavirus Distress, Wealthy Hospitals Hoard Millions
Inova Health System, with campuses in some of the wealthiest suburbs of Washington, D.C., and Truman Medical Centers, a safety-net
Read moreLawmaker Pushing Mental Health Reform: It’s ‘More Needed Than Ever’
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). SACRAMENTO — During the first week of school closures
Read moreConsumer Beware: Coronavirus Antibody Tests Are Still A Work In Progress
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). After hearing for months about serious access issues involving
Read more‘An Arm And A Leg’: What A Fleet Of Firetrucks Can Teach About Public Health
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Read moreTelehealth Will Be Free, No Copays, They Said. But Angry Patients Are Getting Billed.
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). Karen Taylor had been coughing for
Read moreNacer en medio de la pandemia: COVID-19 complica los partos y la relación mamá-bebé
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Read moreBorn Into A Pandemic: Virus Complicates Births For Moms And Babies
Mallory Pease’s contractions grew stronger as her husband, Mitchell, drove her to Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall, Michigan, to give birth
Read moreVaping, Opioid Addiction Accelerate Coronavirus Risks, Says NIDA Director
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). In 2018, opioid overdoses claimed about 47,000 American lives.
Read moreSeniors With COVID-19 Show Unusual Symptoms, Doctors Say
This story also ran on CNN. This story can be republished for free (details). Older adults with COVID-19, the illness
Read moreAnti-Vaccine Activists Latch Onto Coronavirus To Bolster Their Movement
While most of the world hungers for a vaccine to put an end to the death and economic destruction wrought
Read moreAbbott’s Fast COVID Test Poses Safety Issues, Lab Workers Say
Lab personnel say worries are mounting over the safety of a rapid coronavirus test by Abbott Laboratories that President Donald
Read moreKHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Whom Do We Trust For COVID Info?
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Congress is approving still more money to address the health
Read morePerspectives: Responsible Public Health Plans Need To Follow Governors’ Decisions To Reopen States; Who Is Really Pushing The Reopen Protests?
Editorial pages focus on these pandemic issues and others. The Washington Post: Georgia Leads The Race To Become America’s No.
Read more‘Uncharted Territory’: Pandemic Set To Push Millions More To Brink Of Starvation In Poor Nations, UN Food Agency Reports
Global news is from Kenya, India, Colombia, Iraq, China, North Korea, and France. The New York Times: ‘Instead Of Coronavirus,
Read moreNearly Half Of Primary Care Physicians Expect Pay Cuts This Month
Many health systems report revenue declines of 40% to 50%, and even pay for front-line workers is expected to be
Read moreTreatment Experts Question Penalties For Opioid Overdose Victims Breaking Stay-At-Home Orders
Among those being cited by police for violating the Ohio governor’s orders are those struggling with addiction. They aren’t being
Read moreHospitals Plan To Restart Non-Coronavirus Procedures, But Risk Of Infections Hovers Like A Dark Cloud
Opening up for surgeries will be a welcome decision for anxious patients who waited weeks for procedures that are important.
Read moreFor Weeks, VA Told Public And Veterans That Agency Didn’t Face Shortages And Wasn’t Rationing Equipment
“It’s easy to be wise after the event,” VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said in defense of the agency’s slow acknowledgment
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