Mar 26 Birx joins air-cleaning industry amid land grab for billions in federal COVID relief By Christina Jewett, Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News The former top White House coronavirus adviser under President Donald Trump, Dr. Deborah Birx, has joined an air-cleaning company that built its business, in part, on technology that is now banned in California due to health hazards. Continue reading
Feb 25 Feds OK’d export of millions of N95 masks even as U.S. workers needed more By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News In the hours before President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the Federal Emergency Management Agency allowed a Texas mask maker to ship the high-quality masks overseas. Continue reading
Feb 17 How fears driven by years of anti-immigrant rhetoric are complicating vaccine rollout By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News The confluence of aggressive attitudes and a highly contagious virus has prompted concerns in some states that lackluster vaccination of people in the country without legal permission will short-circuit efforts to achieve herd immunity for the broader community. Continue reading
Feb 16 Uninsured in the pandemic? Here’s how to navigate the newly reopened ACA marketplace By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News In January, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to open up the federal health insurance marketplace for three months as of Feb. 15 so uninsured people can buy a plan and those who want to change their marketplace coverage… Continue reading
Feb 11 Why the U.S. is underestimating COVID reinfection By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News As millions of Americans struggle to recover from COVID and millions more scramble for the protection offered by vaccines, U.S. health officials may be overlooking an unsettling subgroup of survivors: those who get infected more than once. Continue reading
Feb 09 Native Americans use technology to keep traditions, language alive during pandemic By Sara Reardon, Kaiser Health News Tribes across the U.S. have turned to social media and the internet as leaders worry about COVID-19’s threat to their culture and elders. Continue reading
Feb 01 Older adults without family or friends lag in race to get vaccines By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Seniors with family members or friends to help them are getting vaccine appointments, even if it takes days to secure them. Those without reliable social supports are missing out. Continue reading
Jan 26 Vaccine ramp-up squeezes COVID testing and tracing By Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News Balancing vaccinations with testing and other COVID-related tasks is a significant challenge for public health officials across California and the nation, because those functions draw on many of the same resources. Continue reading
Jan 22 Trump’s pardons included health care execs behind massive frauds By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News The list of some 200 Trump pardons or commutations, most issued as he vacated the White House this week, included at least seven doctors or health care entrepreneurs who ran discredited health care enterprises, from nursing homes to pain clinics. Continue reading
Jan 19 Black Americans are getting vaccinated at lower rates than white Americans By Hannah Recht, Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News 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. Continue reading