High Obesity Rates in Southern States Magnify Covid Threat
In the American South ā home to nine of the nationās 12 heaviest states ā obesity is playing a role not only in covid outcomes, but in the calculus of the vaccination rollout.
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Vaccine Altruists Find Appointments for Those Who Canāt
An army of volunteers help people who otherwise would have had difficulty securing a covid vaccination because of cumbersome computer or telephone registration systems.
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Meet the Retired Nurse Who Could Give Covid Shots But Couldnāt Get One
She followed up on every possible avenue that would allow her to register for a vaccination appointment. Ultimately, it took a 40-minute drive and someone elseās cancellation to make it happen.
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Pfizerās Newest Vaccine Plant Has Persistent Mold Issues, History of Recalls
After nearly a decadeās worth of federal inspections, reprimands and corrective action plans, has Pfizer fixed the facility that will be filling vials of its covid vaccine?
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For Covid āLong Haulers,ā Battling for Disability Benefits Adds Aggravation to Exhaustion
Early in the pandemic, many patients couldnāt be tested. The lack of a covid diagnosis complicates disability insurance for those whose illness continues.
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What Childhood Vaccine Rates Can, and Canāt, Teach Us About Covid Vaccines
Hesitancy toward routine childhood vaccines doesnāt necessarily predict hesitancy toward a covid shot.
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In Alabama, South Carolina and Louisiana, CVS Vaccine Appointments Go Unfilled
Dozens of open appointment slots in the three Southern states last week stood in sharp contrast to states such as Delaware, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, where spots generally were claimed by midmorning or earlier.
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Pandemic Aid Package Includes Relief From High Premiums
Experts say the two-year expansion of subsidies for most people who buy insurance through the government exchanges would be among the most significant changes to the affordability of private insurance since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
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Behind The Byline: Reporting Road Trip
Check out KHNās video series ā Behind The Byline: How the Story Got Made. Come along as journalists and producers offer an insiderās view of health care coverage that does not quit.
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Without a Pandemic Safety Net, Immigrants Living Illegally in US Fall Through the Cracks
Many undocumented immigrants are essential workers at high risk of exposure to the virus ā and the pandemicās economic crash ā with no direct access to federal financial lifelines available to U.S. citizens.
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Ouch! Needle-Phobic People Scarred by So Many Images of Covid Shots
The pictures are on the nightly news, on billboards, bus stop posters and all over social media. How can people who fear needles manage to get their covid shots?
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Bidenās Criticism of Trump Teamās Vaccine Contracts Is a Stretch
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. had agreed to buy at least 1 billion doses of covid vaccine, enough to vaccinate 550 million people. Those agreements, though, applied to vaccines that were authorized as well as those still in development. And the Biden team had the advantage of 20/20, experts say.
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On Vacci-Dating: Singles Seem Enamored of Sharing Vaccination Status Online. Is That Wise?
When considering whether to meet up with someone who is vaccinated versus unvaccinated, vaccinated sounds somewhat safer. But before you give pandemic dating a shot, heed these warnings from experts.
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Journalists Dissect Covid Vaccines and Variants
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
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Californiaās Vaccine Appointment Website Has Glitches. No Surprise?
Experts give poor usability ratings to My Turn, the new statewide sign-up app for covid vaccination. But with so many problems plaguing the vaccination effort, it seems unreasonable to have expected this one to work perfectly.
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Firefighters ā āHealth Care Providers on a Truckā ā Signal Pandemic Burnout
Grappling with stagnant pay and a lack of personal protective equipment, firefighters are even more frustrated to find they are lower down the vaccine priority list than health care workers despite serving on the front lines of the medical system.
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One School Districtās Struggle Over Public Health, Parents and Politics
California officials have been leery of reopening schools without tight protocols, a position favored by teachers unions that has met growing flak from local officials and parents. In Roseville, a suburb of Sacramento, the struggle has come to a head.
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KHNās āWhat the Health?ā: Good and Not-So-Good News on Covid
The FDA authorized the emergency use of a one-shot vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, which could help accelerate the pace of vaccinations to prevent covid-19. But after a dramatic decline, case numbers are again rising, and several states are rolling back public health mitigation efforts. Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHNās Jordan Rau about the latest KHN-NPR āBill of the Monthā episode.
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Kaiser Permanente, Big Player in State Vaccine Effort, Has Had Trouble Vaccinating Own Members
Older patients in several states where the California-based managed care giant operates complain theyāve had difficulty scheduling appointments and spotty communication from the health system. Some report itās getting better, though.
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Accidentally Trashed, Thawed or Expired: Reports of Covid Vaccine Spoilage
As the speed of covid vaccinations picks up, so do the reports of doses going to waste. Health officials are trying to rein in waste without slowing down vaccinations.