Biden’s Straight-Talking CDC Director Has Long Used Data to Save Lives
Carey Goldberg, WBUR This story is part of a partnership that includes WBUR, NPR and KHN. It can be republished...
Month: February 2021
Why AstraZeneca and J&J’s Vaccines, In Use the World Over, Are Still on Hold in America
The World Health Organization greenlighted emergency use of AstraZeneca and Oxford’s covid-19 vaccine this month, following in the steps of...
College Tuition Sparked a Mental Health Crisis. Then the Hefty Hospital Bill Arrived.
Despite a lifelong struggle with panic attacks, Divya Singh made a brave move across the world last fall from her...
Learning to Live Again: A Lazarus Tale From the Covid Front Lines
The twinkle in his eyes, the delight in his smile, the joyous way he moved his disease-withered frame. They all...
As Covid Surged, Vaccines Came Too Late for at Least 400 Medical Workers
Erin McCormick, The Guardian This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. As health care...
Have a Case of a Covid Variant? No One Is Going to Tell You
Covid-19 infections from variant strains are quickly spreading across the U.S., but there’s one big problem: Lab officials say they...
With GOP Back at Helm, Montana Renews Push to Sniff Out Welfare Fraud
Montana is considering becoming the latest state to intensify its hunt for welfare overpayments and fraud, a move expected to...
Covid Vaccine Websites Violate Disability Laws, Create Inequity for the Blind
Many covid vaccination registration and information websites at the federal, state and local levels violate disability rights laws, hindering the...
Lessons From California Prison Where Covid ‘Spread Like Wildfire’
When news of the pandemic first reached the men incarcerated at Avenal State Prison in central California, inmate Ed Welker...
DeSantis Advances Questionable Link Between Lockdowns and Despair
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as...
‘It Doesn’t Feel Worth It’: Covid Is Pushing New York’s EMTs to the Brink
Martha Pskowski, The Guardian This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. In his 17...
After Billions of Dollars and Dozens of Wartime Declarations, Why Are Vaccines Still in Short Supply?
The U.S. government has invested billions of dollars in manufacturing, used a wartime act dozens of times to boost supplies...
