KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: FDA Takes Center Stage
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West Virginia Sen. Manchin Takes the Teeth Out of Democrats’ Plan for Seniors’ Dental Care
Sharon Marchio misses having teeth for eating, speaking and smiling. For the past few years, after the last of her...
It Takes a Team: A Doctor With Terminal Cancer Relies on a Close-Knit Group in Her Final Days
The decisions have been gut-wrenching. Should she try another round of chemotherapy, even though she barely tolerated the last one?...
From Uber Vouchers to Patient Advocates: What It Takes to Increase ER Addiction Treatment
For years, Kayla West watched the opioid epidemic tear through her eastern Tennessee community. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she...
In Rural America, Twisting Arms to Take a Covid Vaccine First Takes Trust
CAIRO, Ill. — Lee Wright was hard at work, constructing a nail salon near the city’s abandoned hospital, when Jody...
‘The Vaccination Queen’: Nurse Practitioner Takes Covid Shots House to House in Puerto Rico
MAYAGÜEZ, PUERTO RICO — Abigail Matos-Pagán entered a bright-blue house in Mayagüez earlier this summer and was met by Beatriz...
California Takes a Nibble at Offering Food Stamps to Undocumented Immigrants
Anna Almendrala SANTA ANA, Calif. — One week the food pantry had frozen crabmeat; other weeks, deli meat or plant-based...
Can the US Keep Covid Variants in Check? Here’s What It Takes
The covid-19 variants that have emerged in the United Kingdom, Brazil, South Africa and now Southern California are eliciting two...
Biden Takes the Reins, Calls for a United Front Against Covid and Other Threats
Joe Biden on Wednesday took the oath to become the 46th president of the United States, vowing to bring the...
With Few Takers for COVID Vaccine, DC Hospital CEO Takes ‘One for the Team’
Administrators at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., were thrilled to be among the city’s first hospitals to get a...
COVID Vaccine Trials Move at Warp Speed, But Recruiting Black Volunteers Takes Time
Participation in clinical trials among Black people is low, according to Food and Drug Administration statistics. Still, including them in...
