Sanders: In Coronavirus Relief Effort, Congress Fell Short On Paid Sick Leave
The pressure is building for Congress to pass a fourth coronavirus relief bill, beyond the roughly $2.2 trillion already approved...
Month: April 2020
Analysis: The Real Tragedy Of Not Having Enough COVID-19 Tests
President Donald Trump said late last month that he hadn’t “heard about testing in weeks.” But today — let’s face...
Battling A Pandemic Across 4,750 Square Miles And 10 Million People
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). LOS ANGELES — Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles County’s top...
How Do We Exit The Shutdown? Hire An Army Of Public Health Workers
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Last month, facing the prospect of overwhelmed hospitals and...
Readers And Tweeters Stay At Home And Stay In Touch With KHN
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and...
Furor Erupts: Billions Going To Hospitals Based On Medicare Billings, Not COVID-19
Probably few hospital systems need the emergency federal grants announced this week to handle the coronavirus crisis as badly as...
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Hello! It’s Friday again and when looking back on the stories from the week I can’t believe some of them...
‘It’s Like Walking Into Chernobyl,’ One Doctor Says Of Her Emergency Room
This story is part of a partnership that includes NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details)....
A Colorado Ski Community Planned To Test Everyone For COVID-19. Here’s What Happened.
In late March, residents of the Colorado town of Telluride and surrounding San Miguel County stood in line, along marked...
Comic Relief From COVID-19: Leaders Really Meme It When They Say Stay Home
CHICAGO — As their city confronts a wave of COVID-19 patients, Chicagoans are managing to get some belly laughs. The...
Millennial Zeitgeist: Attitudes About COVID-19 Shift As Cases Among Young Adults Rise
When Laura Mae, 27, first heard about the coronavirus, it didn’t seem like a big deal. “I’m in college, and...
‘Baby, I Can’t Breathe’: America’s First ER Doctor To Die In Heat Of COVID-19 Battle
At about 5 a.m. on March 19, a New York City ER physician named Frank Gabrin texted a friend about...
