Don’t Fall for This Video: Hydroxychloroquine Is Not a COVID-19 Cure
Millions of people, including the president of the United States, have seen or shared a video in which a doctor falsely claims...
Month: July 2020
Avoiding Care During the Pandemic Could Mean Life or Death
These days, Los Angeles acting teacher Deryn Warren balances her pain with her fear. She’s a bladder cancer patient who...
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Republicans in COVID Disarray
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. President Donald Trump’s pivot to a more serious view of...
Get the Data: Hollowed-Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus
There is no comprehensive data on government public health spending and staffing in the U.S., and KHN and the Associated...
Namaste Noir: Yoga Co-Op Seeks to Diversify Yoga to Heal Racialized Trauma
DENVER — Beverly Grant spent years juggling many roles before yoga helped her restore her balance. When not doting over...
Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on Vaccine
The vaccine trial that Vice President Mike Pence kicked off in Miami on Monday gives the United States the tiniest...
Analysis: When Is a Coronavirus Test Not a Coronavirus Test?
Desperate to continue the tradition of a family beach week, I hatched a plan that would allow some mask- and...
Where Mask-Wearing Isn’t Gospel: Colorado Churches Grapple With Reopening
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The lights dimmed. Guitars thrummed. And a nine-piece band kicked off what amounted to a rock...
In Texas, More People Are Losing Their Health Insurance as COVID Cases Climb
Steve Alvarez started feeling sick around Father’s Day weekend this year. His symptoms started as mild, but developed into a...
The COVID-19 Downturn Triggers Jump in Medicaid Enrollment
Reversing a three-year decline, the number of people covered by Medicaid nationwide rose markedly this spring as the impact of...
Dental and Doctors’ Offices Still Struggling with COVID Job Loss
California’s outpatient health care practices largely shrugged off two recessions, adding more than 400,000 jobs during a two-decade climb from...
Biden Is Right. Pay for Home Health Workers Is Paltry.
In a speech this month, former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, offered the third installment of a...
