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
Jan 15 5 reasons to wear a mask even after you’re vaccinated By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Health experts say the best hope for ending the pandemic isn’t to choose between masks, physical distancing and vaccines, but to combine them. Continue reading
Jan 12 Health workers unions see surge in interest amid COVID-19 By Aneri Pattani, Kaiser Health News Labor experts say it’s too soon to know if the outrage over working conditions will translate into an increase in union membership, but early indications suggest a small uptick. Continue reading
Jan 11 Illinois is first in the nation to extend health coverage to undocumented seniors By Giles Bruce, Kaiser Health News Under federal law, undocumented people are generally not eligible for Medicare, nonemergency Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace. The states that do cover this population get around that by using only state funds. Continue reading
Sep 29 Why health experts say ‘we can’t count on natural herd immunity’ to curb COVID-19 By Aneri Pattani, Kaiser Health News The term “herd immunity” has found its way into politicized discussions about how to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. But what does it actually mean? And does it work?… Continue reading
Sep 15 As threat of valley fever grows beyond the Southwest, push is on for vaccine By Jim Robbins, Kaiser Health News Valley fever is diagnosed in the range of 10,000 to 15,000 cases a year in the U.S. with 160 fatalities, though both numbers are likely several times higher in reality because many cases are never identified. Continue reading
Aug 27 Pence speech praised Trump’s ‘seamless’ COVID response, but left out his state feuds By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact, Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News After declaring a national emergency over the health crisis on March 13, President Donald Trump directed governors to order their own ventilators, respirators and supplies, saying the federal government is “not a shipping clerk.”… Continue reading
Aug 27 RNC Day 3 fact check: Trump adminstration’s pandemic response By By the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact Vice President Mike Pence’s claims about the Trump administration, as well as his attacks on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, were sometimes misleading, incomplete or wrong. Continue reading