Why At-Home Rapid Covid Tests Cost So Much, Even After Biden’s Push for Lower Prices
Rapid at-home covid tests are flying off store shelves across the nation and are largely sold out online as the...
Month: September 2021
It’s Not Just Covid: Recall Candidates Represent Markedly Different Choices on Health Care
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s covid-19 rules have been a lightning rod in California’s recall election. But there’s a...
ECMO Life Support Is a Last Resort for Covid, and in Short Supply in South
Hospital discharge day for Phoua Yang was more like a pep rally. On her way rolling out of TriStar Centennial...
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Future of Public Health
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‘Religious’ Exemptions Add Legal Thorns to Looming Vaccine Mandates
In Northern California, the pastor of a megachurch hands out religious exemption forms to the faithful. A New Mexico state...
Even in Red States, Colleges Gravitate to Requiring Vaccines and Masks
As students head to college this fall, hundreds of schools are requiring employees and students to be vaccinated against covid,...
Innovative bariatric surgeries – 3 significant changes
Considering surgical weight-loss treatment? During the last decade, a few changes made various bariatric operations even more popular. Professionals reveal...
California Set to Spend Billions on Curing Homelessness and Caring for ‘Whole Body’ Politic
OAKLAND, Calif. — Living unmedicated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, Eugenia Hunter has a hard time recalling how long she’s...
Listen: Many Schools Are Buying High-Tech Air Purifiers. What Should Parents Know?
September 8, 2021 This is a collaboration between KHN and “Science Friday.” Listen to the conversation between KHN senior correspondent...
Colorado Clinic’s Prescription for Healthier Patients? Lawyers
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — In her 19 years of living with cerebral palsy, scoliosis and other ailments, Cynthia Enriquez De...
The Pandemic Almost Killed Allie. Her Community’s Vaccination Rate Is 45%.
The Allie Henderson who stepped out of her mother’s car to a driveway full of cheering friends and family holding...
V-Safe: How Everyday People Help the CDC Track Covid Vaccine Safety With Their Phones
Of the 203 million people who have received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine, more than 9 million...
