Why Medicare Doesn’t Pay for Rapid At-Home Covid Tests
What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of covid-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? Seniors. And who will...
Month: January 2022
Patient, Beware: Some States Still Pushing Ineffective Covid Antibody Treatments
As the omicron variant completes its sweep across the U.S., states with scarce supplies of monoclonal antibody therapies continue to...
Biden Administration’s Rapid-Test Rollout Doesn’t Easily Reach Those Who Need It Most
In the past week, the Biden administration launched two programs that aim to get rapid covid tests into the hands...
Wildfires and Omicron Prompt a Special Health Insurance Enrollment Period in Colorado
A wildfire displaced thousands of Coloradans just as the omicron surge began sweeping through the state, so health insurance was...
5 Things You Should Know About ‘Free’ At-Home Covid Tests
Americans keep hearing that it is important to test frequently for covid-19 at home. But just try to find an...
With No End in Sight to Pandemic Life, Parents Find Disruption Is the New Normal
Katharine Gammon As my kindergartner fumbled with his shoes, I stood at our door sifting through the mental parenting checklist...
As Omicron Surges, Effort to Vaccinate Young Children Stalls
Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht Two months after Pfizer’s covid vaccine was authorized for children ages 5 to 11, just...
‘American Diagnosis’ Episode 1: On the Navajo Nation, Root Causes Complicated the Covid Fight
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Funcionarios advierten sobre sitios de pruebas para covid de dudosa calidad
NUEVA YORK, NY.- En los últimos meses, los sitios para pruebas de covid en carpas y camiones se han multiplicado...
Justices Block Broad Worker Vaccine Requirement, Allow Health Worker Mandate to Proceed
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a key Biden administration covid-19 initiative — putting a stop, for now, to a...
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Dealing With Drug Prices
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What Patients Can Learn With Confidence From One Negative Rapid Test (Hint: Very Little)
Julie Ann Justo, an infectious disease clinical pharmacist for a South Carolina hospital system, hoped Christmas week would finally be...
