KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Much Ado About Drug Prices
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Year: 2021
How Fauci and the NIH Got Ahead of the FDA and CDC in Backing Boosters
In January — long before the first jabs of covid-19 vaccine were even available to most Americans — scientists working...
When Covid Deaths Are Dismissed or Stigmatized, Grief Is Mixed With Shame and Anger
Months after Kyle Dixon died, his old house in Lanse, Pennsylvania, is full of reminders of a life cut short....
Biden Releases a New Plan to Combat Covid, but Experts Say There’s Still a Ways to Go
Promise: “I’m never going to raise the white flag and surrender. We’re going to beat this virus. We’re going to...
Over Half of States Have Rolled Back Public Health Powers in Pandemic
Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are...
Under Pressure, Montana Hospital Considers Adding Psych Beds Amid a Shortage
Gary Popiel had to drive more than 200 miles round trip to visit his adult daughters in separate behavioral health...
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...
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,...
