Quarantine and Tracing Rules Are All Over the Map for Students
At this point in the pandemic, most parents are familiar with “covid notification” letters. But the letters’ instruction on whether...
Month: November 2021
Live Performers Find Red State Rules a Tough Act to Follow
MISSOULA, Mont. — There was something a little different on stage at a recent performance of the musical “Sister Amnesia’s...
Readers and Tweeters Find Disadvantages in Medicare Advantage
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity...
How Low Can They Go? Rural Hospitals Weigh Keeping Obstetric Units When Births Decline
As rural hospitals struggle to stay financially stable, their leaders watch other small facilities close obstetrics units to cut costs....
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Why Health Care Is So Expensive, Chapter $22K
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How One Health Center Is Leading Chicago on Kid Covid Shots
CHICAGO — As the medical assistant put on rubber gloves and readied the syringe, 5-year-old Victoria Macias, wearing a pink...
Western Boom Cities See Spike in Harmful Ozone
The reduction of harmful ground-level ozone across most of the U.S. over the past several decades has been an air...
As Overdose Deaths Soar, DEA-Wary Pharmacies Shy From Dispensing Addiction Medication
When Martin Njoku saw opioid addiction devastate his West Virginia community, he felt compelled to help. This was the place...
As Constituents Clamor for Ivermectin, Republican Politicians Embrace the Cause
When state senators in South Carolina held two hearings in September about covid-19 treatments, they got an earful on the...
Texas Providers See Increased Interest in Birth Control Since Near-Total Abortion Ban
In September, when Texas’ near-total abortion ban took effect, Planned Parenthood clinics in the Lone Star State started offering every...
Pacientes graves abarrotan las salas de emergencias, pero muchos no tienen covid
En el Hospital Sparrow de Lansing, Michigan, el personal de emergencias se esfuerza por atender a pacientes que llegan mucho...
Patients Went Into the Hospital for Care. After Testing Positive There for Covid, Some Never Came Out.
Christina Jewett They went into hospitals with heart attacks, kidney failure or in a psychiatric crisis. They left with covid-19...
