Hospitals’ Rocky Rollout of Covid Vaccine Sparks Questions of Fairness
Last week, after finishing inoculations of some front-line hospital staff, Jupiter Medical Center was left with 40 doses of precious...
Year: 2021
California Budget Reflects ‘Pandemic-Induced Reality,’ Governor Says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The coronavirus pandemic doomed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious plans last year to combat homelessness, expand behavioral health...
Only a Smokescreen? Big Tobacco Stands Down as Colorado and Oregon Hike Cigarette Taxes
Big Tobacco did something unusual in Marlboro Country last fall: It stood aside while Colorado voters approved the state’s first...
Is Your Covid Vaccine Venue Prepared to Handle Rare, Life-Threatening Reactions?
As the rollout of covid-19 vaccines picks up across the U.S., moving from hospital distribution to pharmacies, pop-up sites and...
As the Vulnerable Wait, Some Political Leaders’ Spouses Get Covid VaccinesKaiser Health News
With supplies of covid-19 vaccines scarce, a federal advisory panel recommends first putting shots into the arms of health care...
Do-It-Yourself Contact Tracing Is a ‘Last Resort’ in Communities Besieged by Covid
Brett Dahlberg The contact tracers of Washtenaw County in Michigan have been deluged with work and, to cope, the overburdened...
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Georgia Turns the Senate Blue
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Surprise Democratic victories in Georgia’s two runoff elections this week...
San Francisco Wrestles With Drug Approach as Death and Chaos Engulf Tenderloin
SAN FRANCISCO — In early 2019, Tom Wolf posted a thank-you on Twitter to the cop who had arrested him...
In Los Angeles and Beyond, Oxygen Is the Latest Covid Bottleneck
As Los Angeles hospitals give record numbers of covid patients oxygen, the systems and equipment needed to deliver the life-sustaining...
Black Women Find Healing (But Sometimes Racism, Too) in the Outdoors
It would be the last hike of the season, Jessica Newton had excitedly posted on her social media platforms. With...
Covid ‘Decimated Our Staff’ as the Pandemic Ravages Health Workers of Color in US
Danielle Renwick, The Guardian This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. Last spring, New...
‘Last Responders’ Brace for Surge in Covid Deaths Across US
Funeral director Kevin Spitzer has been overwhelmed with covid-related deaths in the small city of Aberdeen, South Dakota. He and...
