It’s Time to Get Back to Normal? Not According to Science.
Victoria Knight The science says “open the schools, stop wearing masks outside, and everyone at low risk should start living...
Month: February 2021
Calling All Vaccinators: Closing the Next Gap in Covid Supply and Demand
Beating back covid right now comes down to balancing supply and demand. With hopes pinned to vaccines, demand has far...
Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving Covid-Infected Lungs
Doctors say a woman in Michigan contracted covid-19 and died last fall two months after receiving a tainted double-lung transplant...
The Do’s and Don’ts on Social Media for Vaccine Haves and Have-Nots
Posting about their day is a regular practice for Generations Y and Z, especially when they have something novel or...
Feds OK’d Export of Millions of N95 Masks as U.S. Workers Cried for More
In the midst of a national shortage of N95 masks, the U.S. government quietly granted an exception to its export...
Companies Pan for Marketing Gold in Vaccines
For a decade, Jennifer Crow has taken care of her elderly parents, who have multiple sclerosis. After her father had...
To Vaccinate Veterans, Health Care Workers Must Cross Mountains, Plains and Tundra
A Learjet 31 took off before daybreak from Helena Regional Airport in Montana, carrying six Veterans Affairs medical providers and...
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Open Enrollment, One More Time
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. An estimated 9 million Americans eligible for free or reduced...
Prominent Scientists Call on CDC to Better Protect Workers From Covid
A prominent group of academics is pressing the Biden administration to move faster and take stronger action to protect high-risk...
Rural Hospital Remains Entrenched in Covid ‘War’ Even Amid Vaccine Rollout
Lauren Weber Editor’s note: KHN wrote about St. James Parish Hospital in April, when it was experiencing its first surge...
Bay Area Cities Go to War Over Gas Stoves in Homes and Restaurants
San Francisco restaurant owners, already simmering over covid-19 restrictions, are ready to boil over because of a city ban on...
Vaccines Go Mobile to Keep Seniors From Slipping Through the Cracks
ANTIOCH, Calif. — A mobile “strike team” is bringing vaccines to some of Northern California’s most vulnerable residents along with...
