When Covid Deaths Aren’t Counted, Families Pay the Price
On Sundays, Bishop Bruce Davis preached love. Through his Pentecostal ministry, he organized youth parades and gave computers, bicycles and...
Month: January 2021
In Search of a Baby, I Got Covid Instead
As a health care journalist in Los Angeles reporting on the pandemic, I knew exactly what I needed to do...
Are You Old Enough to Get Vaccinated? In Tennessee, They’re Using the Honor System
Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio In December, all states began vaccinating only health care workers and residents and staffers of...
Feeling Left Out: Private Practice Doctors, Patients Wonder When It’s Their Turn for Vaccine
Dr. Andrew Carroll — a family doctor in Chandler, Arizona — wants to help his patients get immunized against covid,...
Hospitals’ Rocky Rollout of Covid Vaccine Sparks Questions of Fairness
Last week, after finishing inoculations of some front-line hospital staff, Jupiter Medical Center was left with 40 doses of precious...
California Budget Reflects ‘Pandemic-Induced Reality,’ Governor Says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The coronavirus pandemic doomed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious plans last year to combat homelessness, expand behavioral health...
Only a Smokescreen? Big Tobacco Stands Down as Colorado and Oregon Hike Cigarette Taxes
Big Tobacco did something unusual in Marlboro Country last fall: It stood aside while Colorado voters approved the state’s first...
Is Your Covid Vaccine Venue Prepared to Handle Rare, Life-Threatening Reactions?
As the rollout of covid-19 vaccines picks up across the U.S., moving from hospital distribution to pharmacies, pop-up sites and...
As the Vulnerable Wait, Some Political Leaders’ Spouses Get Covid VaccinesKaiser Health News
With supplies of covid-19 vaccines scarce, a federal advisory panel recommends first putting shots into the arms of health care...
Do-It-Yourself Contact Tracing Is a ‘Last Resort’ in Communities Besieged by Covid
Brett Dahlberg The contact tracers of Washtenaw County in Michigan have been deluged with work and, to cope, the overburdened...
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Georgia Turns the Senate Blue
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Surprise Democratic victories in Georgia’s two runoff elections this week...
San Francisco Wrestles With Drug Approach as Death and Chaos Engulf Tenderloin
SAN FRANCISCO — In early 2019, Tom Wolf posted a thank-you on Twitter to the cop who had arrested him...
