Delta Cutting ‘Like a Buzzsaw’ Through Oregon-California Border Counties
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Telehealth’s Limits: Battle Over State Lines and Licensing Threatens Patients’ Options
If you live in one state, does it matter that the doctor treating you online is in another? Surprisingly, the
Read MoreLack of a Vaccine Mandate Becomes Competitive Advantage in Hospital Staffing Wars
In the rural northeastern corner of Missouri, Scotland County Hospital has been so low on staff that it sometimes had
Read More‘My Time to Live’: Through Novel Program, Kidney Patients Get Palliative Care, Dialysis ’Til the End
After a decade of living with chronic kidney disease, Vonita McGee knows her body is wearing out. At 63, McGee
Read MoreConcert Venues Are Banking on Proof of Vaccines or Negative Tests to Woo Back Fans
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — Fans of the band Wilco could have reasonably interpreted frontman Jeff Tweedy singing “I Am Trying
Read MoreJournalists Give Rundown on Vaccine Mandates and FDA’s Official Approval of the Pfizer Shot
KHN correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed covid vaccine mandates and the Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
Read MoreBeneficiarios de Medicaid se vacunan mucho menos contra covid
Los beneficiarios de Medicaid se están vacunando contra covid-19 a tasas mucho más bajas que la población general, mientras los
Read MoreStates Pull Back on Covid Data Even Amid Delta Surge
Two state government websites in Georgia recently stopped posting updates on covid-19 cases in prisons and long-term care facilities, just
Read MoreJaw Surgery Takes a $27,119 Bite out of One Man’s Budget
For years, Ely Bair dealt with migraine headaches, jaw pain and high blood pressure, until a dentist recommended surgery to
Read MoreMedicaid Vaccination Rates Founder as States Struggle to Immunize Their Poorest Residents
Medicaid enrollees are getting vaccinated against covid-19 at far lower rates than the general population as states search for the
Read MoreDemocrats Say Abortion Is on the Line in Recall Election. But Rolling Back Rights Wouldn’t Be Easy.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As the election to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom approaches, abortion-rights groups are warning that Californians’ right
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Vaccine Approval Moves the Needle on Covid
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Read MoreNew Montana Law Sows Confusion, Defiance Over School Quarantines
As classes get underway this week and next, Montana school and county health officials are grappling with how a new
Read MoreWhat Missouri Learned the Hard Way About Rapid Covid Testing in Schools
Early in the tumultuous 2020-21 school year, Missouri officials made a big gamble: set aside roughly 1 million rapid covid
Read MoreApple, Bose and Others Pump Up the Volume on Hearing Aid Options, Filling Void Left by FDA
Spurred by decades of complaints about the high cost of hearing aids, Congress passed a law in 2017 to allow
Read MorePandemia revela una creciente crisis de suicidios en comunidades de color
Rafiah Maxie ha sido trabajadora social clínica en el área de Chicago durante una década. En todo ese tiempo, vio
Read MoreThese Governors Push Experimental Antibody Therapy — But Shun Vaccine and Mask Mandates
For months, Joelle Ruppert was among the millions of Americans who are covid vaccine holdouts. Her reluctance, she said, was
Read MoreHot Spots Where Covid Vaccination Lags Push Experimental Antibody Treatment
For months, Joelle Ruppert was among the millions of Americans who are covid vaccine holdouts. Her reluctance, she said, was
Read MoreMicrobiome Startups Promise to Improve Your Gut Health, but Is the Science Solid?
After Russell Jordan sent a stool sample through the mail to the microbiome company Viome, his idea of what he
Read MoreFrom Uber Vouchers to Patient Advocates: What It Takes to Increase ER Addiction Treatment
For years, Kayla West watched the opioid epidemic tear through her eastern Tennessee community. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she
Read MoreHeaded Away to School? Here’s What Students With Health Issues Need to Know
College is a time of transition, but for those managing chronic medical conditions, it may also be the first time
Read MoreMission and Money Clash in Nonprofit Hospitals’ Venture Capital Ambitions
Cone Health, a small not-for-profit health care network in North Carolina, spent several years developing a smartphone-based system called Wellsmith
Read More‘An Arm and a Leg’: Meet the Mississippi Lawyer Who Helped Start the Fight for Charity Care
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, famous for taking on Big Tobacco in the ’90s
Read MoreTemperaturas extremas aumentan los riesgos de salud de los trabajadores agrícolas
COACHELLA, California. — Leoncio Antonio Trejo Galdamez, de 58 años, murió en brazos de su hijo el 29 de junio
Read MoreReaders and Tweeters Ponder Vaccines and Points of Fairness
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Read MoreAs Temperatures Rise, So Do the Health Risks for California’s Farmworkers
COACHELLA, Calif. — Leoncio Antonio Trejo Galdamez, 58, died in his son’s arms on June 29 after spending the day
Read MorePandemic Unveils Growing Suicide Crisis for Communities of Color
This story is a collaboration between KHN and “Science Friday.” Listen to the conversation between KHN national correspondent Aneri Pattani and
Read More¿Escuela o “ruleta rusa”? Entre delta y no exigir máscaras, algunos padres no ven ninguna diferencia
El niño acababa de empezar el jardín de infantes. O, como lo llamaba su madre, “la ruleta rusa”. Eso se
Read MoreJournalists Investigate Vaccine Mandates and Health Worker Burnout
KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed how public health workers are struggling to deal with the pandemic on the “Healthy
Read MoreAfter Pandemic Ravaged Nursing Homes, New State Laws Protect Residents
When the coronavirus hit Martha Leland’s Connecticut nursing home last year, she and dozens of other residents contracted the disease
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