Desperate for Home Care, Seniors Often Wait Months With Workers in Short Supply
CASTINE, Maine — For years, Louise Shackett has had trouble walking or standing for long periods, making it difficult for
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States Step Up Push to Regulate Pharmacy Drug Brokers
Under pressure to rein in skyrocketing prescription drug costs, states are targeting companies that serve as conduits for drug manufacturers,
Read moreAnalysis: Why We’ll Likely Never Know Whether a Covid Lab Leak Happened in China
Early in this century, post-SARS, and in a period when China started allowing more students and scientists to study abroad,
Read moreWithout Enough Boots on the Ground, California’s Vaccination Efforts Falter
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom routinely boasts that California has “one of the highest vaccination rates in the United States
Read moreCovid’s Lingering Effects Can Put the Brakes on Elective Surgeries
The week before Brian Colvin was scheduled for shoulder surgery in November, he tested positive for covid-19. What he thought
Read moreDoctors’ Lobby Scores ‘Major Victory’ on Bill to Hold Physicians Accountable
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The board that licenses and disciplines doctors in California is failing to hold bad actors accountable, endangering
Read moreA Hospital Charged $722.50 to Push Medicine Through an IV. Twice.
Claire Lang-Ree was in a lab coat taking a college chemistry class remotely in the kitchen of her Colorado Springs,
Read moreChildren and Covid: Journalists Explore Grief and Vaccine Side Effects
KHN senior correspondent JoNel Aleccia discussed grief among the estimated 46,000 children in the U.S. who lost a parent to
Read moreA Break From Breathlessness: How Singing Helped Me Through Long Covid
Listen to this story: (If you can’t see the audio player, click here to listen on SoundCloud.) Singing was the
Read moreNo Vacancy: How a Shortage of Mental Health Beds Keeps Kids Trapped Inside ERs
One evening in late March, a mom called 911. Her daughter, she said, was threatening to kill herself. EMTs arrived
Read moreThe WHO Didn’t Reverse Its Position on Kids and Covid Vaccines
“The WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION recently reversed its stance on children getting the Covid vaccine.” Instagram post, June 22, 2021 A
Read moreDiscretamente, Biden está transformando la red de seguridad de Medicaid
La administración Biden está diseñando en silencio una serie de expansiones de Medicaid que pueden reforzar las protecciones para millones
Read moreLa esperanza de vida de los hispanos y afroamericanos ha sufrido la peor baja desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Aunque James Toussaint nunca ha tenido covid, la pandemia está afectando profundamente su salud. Primero, en la primavera de 2020,
Read moreKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: How to Expand Health Coverage
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Read moreBlack and Hispanic Americans Suffer Most in Biggest US Decline in Life Expectancy Since WWII
Although James Toussaint has never had covid, the pandemic is taking a profound toll on his health. First, the 57-year-old
Read moreCalming Computer Jitters: Help for Seniors Who Aren’t Tech-Savvy
Six months ago, Cindy Sanders, 68, bought a computer so she could learn how to email and have Zoom chats
Read moreBiden Quietly Transforms Medicaid Safety Net
The Biden administration is quietly engineering a series of expansions to Medicaid that may bolster protections for millions of low-income
Read moreMiles de niños perdieron a sus padres por covid. ¿Adónde está la ayuda?
Cinco meses después de que su esposo muriera por covid-19, Valerie Villegas puede ver cómo el duelo ha marcado a
Read moreThousands of Young Children Lost Parents to Covid. Where’s Help for Them?
Five months after her husband died of covid-19, Valerie Villegas can see how grief has wounded her children. Nicholas, the
Read moreAt Texas Border, Pandemic’s High Toll Lays Bare Gaps in Health and Insurance
EL PASO, Texas — Alfredo “Freddy” Valles was an accomplished trumpeter and a beloved music teacher for nearly four decades
Read moreIn a Murky Sea of Mental Health Apps, Consumers Left Adrift
In the eyes of the tech industry, mental health treatment is an area ripe for disruption. In any given year,
Read moreHospitals, Insurers Invest Big Dollars to Tackle Patients’ Social Needs
PHILADELPHIA — When doctors at a primary care clinic here noticed many of its poorest patients were failing to show
Read moreHemmed In at Home, Nonprofit Hospitals Look for Profits Abroad
Across the street from the Buckingham Palace Garden and an ocean away from its Ohio headquarters, Cleveland Clinic is making
Read moreIs Rand Paul Mixing Up the Vaccine Message for Covid Survivors?
Last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) posted a Twitter thread asserting that people who have survived a covid-19 infection were
Read moreUna misión: voluntarios ofrecen atención médica a refugiados hacinados en la frontera
TIJUANA, México.- El Chaparral Plaza alguna vez estuvo repleto de turistas, vendedores ambulantes y taxis esperando clientes. Pero este lugar
Read moreWhat It Means When Celebrities Stay Coy About Their Vaccine Status
When two St. Louis Blues hockey players were sidelined because of covid-19 just days before this year’s NHL playoffs, the
Read more‘It’s a Mission’: Volunteers Treat Refugees Massing at the Border
TIJUANA, Mexico — El Chaparral Plaza once teemed with tourists, street vendors and idling taxis. But the plaza, just outside
Read moreMontana Tribe Welcomes Back Tourists After Risky Shutdown Pays Off
Millions of people will flock to Montana’s Glacier National Park this summer after last year’s pandemic-caused tourism skid, and they
Read moreNurses and Docs at Long Beach Center ‘Consider It an Honor’ to Care for Migrant Children
The 5-year-old had nodded off while waiting for her 10-year-old brother to be treated for scabies at the clinic in
Read moreJournalists Follow Up on Unused Vaccines and For-Profit Medical Schools
KHN correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed the politics of unused Johnson & Johnson covid vaccines and the FDA’s potential announcement that
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