What’s Scarier Than Covid? Halloween Health Haikus
Boo that we couldn’t treat all the readers participating in our third annual KHN Halloween Haiku Contest to their moment...
Month: October 2021
ERs Are Swamped With Seriously Ill Patients, Although Many Don’t Have Covid
Inside the emergency department at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, staff members are struggling to care for patients showing up...
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden Social-Spending ‘Framework’ Pulls Back on Key Health Pledges
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher,...
Medicare Plans’ ‘Free’ Dental, Vision, Hearing Benefits Come at a Cost
When Teresa Nolan Barensfeld turned 65 last year, she quickly decided on a private Medicare Advantage plan to cover her...
Understaffed State Psychiatric Facilities Leave Mental Health Patients in Limbo
Andy Miller Many patients dealing with mental health crises are having to wait several days in an ER until a...
In Maine, Vaccine Mandate for EMTs Stresses Small-Town Ambulance Crews
On a recent morning, Jerrad Dinsmore and Kevin LeCaptain of Waldoboro EMS in rural Maine drove their ambulance to a...
Meet the New Bosses Fighting CovidKaiser Health News
VIRGINIA CITY, Mont. — Emilie Sayler’s roots run deep in southwestern Montana. She serves on a nearby town council and...
‘Down to My Last Diaper’: The Anxiety of Parenting in Poverty
For parents living in poverty, “diaper math” is a familiar and distressingly pressing daily calculation. Babies in the U.S. go...
Montana Tribes Want to Stop Jailing People for Suicide Attempts but Lack a Safer Alternative
POPLAR, Mont. — When Maria Vega was a senior in high school in 2015, she found the body of one...
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Dems Agree to Agree, But Not on What to Agree On
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher,...
The Yelp of Covid: Vigilantes Crowdsource Pandemic Safety Tips for Consumers
ATHENS, Ga. — Melissa Lee had more to deal with than funeral planning when her husband, Dan Lee, died by...
DC’s Harllee Harper Is Using Public Health Tools to Prevent Gun Violence. Will It Work?
After four people were murdered in one week in early September — all in the same Washington, D.C., neighborhood —...
