The ER Charged Him $6,500 for Six Stitches. No Wonder His Critically Ill Wife Avoided the ER.
Jason and DeeAnn Dean recently relocated to her hometown of Dellrose, Tennessee, where she grew up on a farm. Both
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Worn-Out Nurses Hit the Road for Better Pay, Stressing Hospital Budgets — and Morale
In parts of the country where covid-19 continues to fill hospitals, a rotating cast of traveling nurses helps keep intensive
Read MoreICUs Are Filled With Covid — And Regret
It’s a struggle for Joe Gammon to talk. Lying in his bed in the intensive care unit at Ascension Saint Thomas
Read MoreECMO Life Support Is a Last Resort for Covid, and in Short Supply in South
Hospital discharge day for Phoua Yang was more like a pep rally. On her way rolling out of TriStar Centennial
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 MoreLong Drives, Air Travel, Exhausting Waits: What Abortion Requires in the South
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Just a quick walk through the parking lot of Choices-Memphis Center for Reproductive Health in this legendary
Read MoreA Health Care Giant Sold Off Dozens of Hospitals — But Continued Suing Patients
Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon doesn’t exist anymore as a hospital. But it still sued Hope Cantwell. A knock came on the door
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Hot Covid Summer
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Read MoreMientras baja la vacunación contra covid, partes de EE.UU. están lejos de la meta del 70%
El 4 de julio no fue la celebración que esperaba el presidente Joe Biden. La nación no alcanzó el objetivo
Read MoreAs Covid Vaccinations Slow, Parts of the US Remain Far Behind 70% Goal
July Fourth was not the celebration President Joe Biden had hoped for, as far as protecting more Americans with a
Read MoreFor Kurdish Americans in Nashville, a Beloved Leader’s Death Prompts Vaccine Push
On a sloppy spring day in mid-March, hundreds of Kurdish Americans gathered in a field outside Nashville, Tennessee, under a
Read MoreExpertos en salud pública temen que los fondos desaparezcan cuando termine la pandemia
En respuesta a la pandemia de covid-19, el Congreso ha invertido decenas de miles de millones de dólares en los
Read MorePublic Health Experts Worry About Boom-Bust Cycle of Support
Congress has poured tens of billions of dollars into state and local public health departments in response to the covid-19
Read MoreDramática baja de enfermedades por virus comunes, ¿significa máscaras para siempre?
Las máscaras y el distanciamiento físico están demostrando tener importantes beneficios extra, evitando que las personas contraigan todo tipo de
Read MoreDramatic Drop in Common Viruses Raises Question: Masks Forever?
Masks and physical distancing are proving to have major fringe benefits, keeping people from getting all kinds of illnesses —
Read MoreThe Great Undoing: Which of Trump’s Policies Will Biden Reverse?
KHN has put together an interactive tool of significant health policies implemented by the Trump administration using its own authority
Read MoreAccidentally Trashed, Thawed or Expired: Reports of Covid Vaccine Spoilage
As the speed of covid vaccinations picks up, so do the reports of doses going to waste. And it’s more
Read MoreEl discurso anti inmigrante complica la vacunación contra covid en estados del sur
En el este de Tennessee, los médicos han visto de primera mano cómo una política de inmigración dura puede afectar
Read MoreAnti-Immigrant Vitriol Complicates Vaccine Rollout in Southern States
This story also ran on Daily Beast. It can be republished for free. In eastern Tennessee, doctors have seen firsthand
Read MoreVaccine Equity Is ‘North Star,’ Feds Say, and Clinics Are Key to Fair Distribution
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Read MoreAre You Old Enough to Get Vaccinated? In Tennessee, They’re Using the Honor System
In December, all states began vaccinating only health care workers and residents and staffers of nursing homes in the “phase
Read MoreTrump Administration Approves First Medicaid Block Grant, in Tennessee
With just a dozen days left in power, the Trump administration on Friday approved a radically different Medicaid financing system
Read MoreCon récord de internaciones por COVID, la crisis ahora es la falta de personal médico
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Read MoreAs Hospitals Fill With COVID Patients, Medical Reinforcements Are Hard to Find
This story is from a reporting partnership that includes WPLN, NPR and KHN. This story can be republished for free (details). Hospitals in much
Read MoreLack of Antigen Test Reporting Leaves Country ‘Blind to the Pandemic’
This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished for free (details). More than 20 states either
Read More¿Puede este fin de semana de vacaciones disparar otra ola de casos de COVID?
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Read MoreWill Labor Day Weekend Bring Another Holiday COVID Surge?
Hopefully, summer won’t end the way it began. Memorial Day celebrations helped set off a wave of coronavirus infections across
Read MoreTrabajadores agrícolas en alto riesgo de contraer coronavirus y sin protección federal
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Read MoreAs Crisis Grows, Farms Try to Balance Health of Field Workers and Food Supply
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It’s a busy
Read MoreEl Congreso dijo que los tests de COVID-19 debían ser gratuitos, pero ¿quién paga?
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