Health Dec 18

Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. But the government plans to stop footing the bill within months, and millions of people who are at the highest risk of severe illness and are…

Health Jan 21

Two rapid-testing initiatives the Biden administration released in the past week are inaccessible to some residents of multifamily housing, people who don’t speak English well, or those without internet.

Health May 21

Black Americans’ vaccination rates still trail all other groups, while Hispanics show improvement.

Health Feb 25

Many COVID vaccination registration and information websites at the federal, state and local levels violate disability rights laws, hindering the ability of blind people to sign up for a potentially lifesaving vaccine, a KHN investigation has found.

Health Jan 19

In 16 states that have released data by race, white residents are being vaccinated at significantly higher rates than Black residents, according to a new Kaiser Health News analysis — in many cases two to three times higher.

Health Dec 17

At least 181 state and local public health leaders in 38 states have resigned, retired or been fired since April 1, according to an ongoing investigation by The Associated Press and Kaiser Health News.

Politics Aug 17

Since the pandemic began, Congress has set aside trillions of dollars to ease the crisis. A joint Kaiser Health News and Associated Press investigation finds that many communities with big outbreaks have spent little of that federal money on local…