KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Transition Troubles Mount as COVID Spreads
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. President-elect Joe Biden is still being blocked from launching his...
Day: December 2, 2020
What Biden Can Do to Combat COVID Right Now
When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, the country was in the midst of a dire economic crisis. Twelve...
Surging LA | Kaiser Health News
March 2020 (Heidi de Marco/KHN) November 2020: Cars wait at the corner of Hollywood and Highland, a bustling intersection that...
Parents Complain That Pediatricians, Wary of COVID, Shift Sick Kids to Urgent Care
A mom of eight boys, Kim Gudgeon was at her wits’ end when she called her family doctor in suburban...
California Law Banning Toxic Chemicals in Cosmetics Will Transform Industry
A toxic chemical ban signed into law in California will change the composition of cosmetics, shampoos, hair straighteners and other...
Need a COVID-19 Nurse? That’ll Be $8,000 a Week
DENVER — In March, Claire Tripeny was watching her dream job fall apart. She’d been working as an intensive care...
For Nurses Feeling the Strain of the Pandemic, Virus Resurgence Is ‘Paralyzing’
For Christina Nester, the pandemic lull in Massachusetts lasted about three months through summer into early fall. In late June,...
Rural Areas Send Their Sickest Patients to Cities, Straining Hospitals
Registered nurse Pascaline Muhindura has spent the past eight months treating COVID patients at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri....
California Businesses Go From Simmer to Boil Over Newsom’s Fine Dining
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s maskless dinner with medical industry lobbyists and others at a Napa County restaurant where meals cost...
Why Employers Find It So Hard to Test for COVID
Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News Brandon Hudgins works the main floor at Fleet Feet, a running-shoe store chain, for more...
After Kid’s Minor Bike Accident, Major Bill Sets Legal Wheels in Motion
Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Adam Woodrum was out for a bike ride with his wife and kids on July...
How Pharma Money Colors Operation Warp Speed’s Quest to Defeat COVID
Rachana Pradhan April 16 was a big day for Moderna, a Massachusetts biotech company on the verge of becoming a...
