Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites
Rural Americans are dying of covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that...
Month: September 2021
Wildfire Smoke Is Here to Stay. Here’s How to Clean the Air Inside Your Home.
The fierce wildfires that broke out across much of the western United States this summer, spreading smoke across hundreds of...
The ‘Burn Scars’ of Wildfires Threaten the West’s Drinking Water
Colorado saw its worst fire season last year, with the three largest fires in state history and more than 600,000...
Who Qualifies for a Covid Booster? The List Is Growing Longer
On Friday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said people whose jobs put them at risk of...
Firefighters on Front Lines, No Strangers to Risk, Push Back Against Covid Vaccine Mandates
Sandy West Kentucky firefighter Jimmy Adams saw the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic when he served as a medic who...
Mounting Covid Deaths Fuel School Bus Drivers’ Fears
Andy Miller and Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News GRIFFIN, Ga. — Natalia D’Angelo got sick right after school started in...
Low Wages and Pandemic Gut Staffing Support for Those With Disabilities
Ernestine “Erma” Bryant likes her job, but the pay is a problem. She works in a caregiver role as a...
California Moves on Climate Change, but Rejects Aggressive Cuts to Greenhouse Emissions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California trudges into another autumn marred by toxic wildfire smoke and drought-parched reservoirs, state lawmakers have...
The Checkup Is in the Mail? Soliciting Letter Carriers to Help Deliver Health Care
Two of America’s toughest problems can be tempered with one solution. The baby boom generation is graying, creating an ever-larger...
Public Health Experts ‘Flabbergasted’ That Biden Still Hasn’t Picked an FDA Chief
President Joe Biden’s failure to name someone to lead the Food and Drug Administration, more than 10 months after the...
At an Overrun ICU, ‘the Problem Is We Are Running Out of Hallways’
BILLINGS, Mont. — Nurses fill the hospital room to turn a patient from his stomach to his back. The ventilator...
Will ‘Dr. Disinformation’ Ever Face the Music?
Earlier this month, Dr. Rashid Buttar posted on Twitter that covid-19 “was a planned operation” and shared an article alleging...
