In COVID Hot Zones, Firefighters Now 鈥楶ump More Oxygen Than Water鈥
Firefighters are often thrust into front-line health emergencies. During the COVID pandemic, they鈥檝e paid an especially high price.
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Hospitals Scramble to Prioritize Which Workers Are First for COVID Shots
Even as the federal Food and Drug Administration engaged in intense deliberations ahead of Friday's authorization of the nation鈥檚 first COVID vaccine, and days before the initial doses were to be released, hospitals have been grappling with how to distribute the first scarce shots. Their plans vary broadly.
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I Found My Secret to Feeling Younger and Stronger. The Pandemic Stole It Away.
What鈥檚 a 67-year-old to do when COVID-19 shuts down the volunteering gigs that were his personal fountain of youth?
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Going Home for the Holidays? For Many Americans, That鈥檚 a Risky Decision
Public health officials have urged Americans to hunker down, but people are still planning trips and contemplating ways to mitigate the risk of catching or spreading the coronavirus.
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KHN on the Air This Week
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Supply Is Limited and Distribution Uncertain as COVID Vaccine Rolls Out
Hospitals and nursing homes must decide who gets the initial doses as the U.S. heads into the biggest vaccination effort in history. There鈥檚 a lot left to figure out.
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Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority
Everyone 鈥 from toilet paper manufacturers to patient advocates 鈥 is lobbying state advisory boards, arguing their members are essential, vulnerable or both 鈥 and, thus, most deserving of an early vaccine.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat the Health?鈥: Vaccines Coming Soon but COVID Relief Bill Still Stalled
Even as the Food and Drug Administration nears emergency authorization for the first vaccine to protect against COVID-19, Congress remains at loggerheads over a COVID relief bill that could also provide the funding to fully distribute the vaccines. Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden announced the first members of his health team. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Michael Mackert of the University of Texas-Austin, an expert on communicating public health information.
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Trump Plan May Set Clock Ticking on Many Health Rules 鈥 Setting Off Alarms
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed that the new administration review about 2,400 regulations that affect tens of millions of Americans, on everything from Medicare benefits to prescription drug approvals. Those not analyzed within two years would become void.
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A Battle-Weary Seattle Hospital Fights the Latest COVID Surge
Harborview Medical Center was at the epicenter of the first wave of coronavirus in the U.S. Staffers have a better understanding of the disease as cases surge, but fatigue and a lack of backup staff are big challenges.
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What Seniors Can Expect When COVID Vaccines Begin to Roll Out
At least two vaccines could get federal emergency use authorizations this month. Nursing home and assisted living residents will be among the first to receive inoculations. Here鈥檚 a guide on how that rollout may proceed.
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Commentary
It鈥檚 Time to Scare People About COVID
Our public messaging about the virus should explain the real costs 鈥 in graphic terms 鈥 of catching the virus.
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With Pandemic Surging, Ohio Gov. DeWine Dials Back His Aggressive Response
The governor won praise around the state for his early efforts to combat the coronavirus, but as the crisis wore on and President Donald Trump played down the threat, Ohio Republicans began to grow restless with DeWine鈥檚 stance, and concerns for his reelection campaign in 2022 are rising.
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Tracking COVID鈥檚 Spread Inside a Tight-Knit Latino Community
Contact tracing for COVID-19 in a Latino immigrant community has some unique challenges. But as public health officials in Telluride, Colorado, are showing, using resources from inside those communities can help track and contain the coronavirus.
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Senate Republicans Throw the Brakes on Timing for Becerra Hearings
Republican spokespeople for the committees responsible for vetting Health and Human Services nominations said the Senate may not hold hearings on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden鈥檚 pick to lead the department, until the Senate approves committee assignments for the new Congress. That could delay the start of the process.
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A Child鈥檚 Death in the Heartland Changes Community Views About COVID
As America enters a dark winter with no national directives against COVID-19, Washington, Missouri, faced the same dilemma numerous other communities are grappling with: enact restrictions to curb the pandemic or leave people to their own will? Then a local 13-year-old died.
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Fear and Loathing as Colleges Face Another Season of Red Ink
When campuses stay open, COVID infections spread widely, and sometimes kill. But by closing dorms and dining halls, scores of smaller schools face finances so ruinous they could be fatal for their institutions.
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Demand for COVID Vaccines Expected to Get Heated 鈥 And Fast
With two vaccines against coronavirus disease poised for release within weeks, experts say they expect attitudes to shift dramatically from hesitancy to 鈥淏eanie Baby鈥-level urgency.
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鈥楢n Arm and a Leg鈥: Obamacare Alum Andy Slavitt Takes Stock of the COVID Pandemic 鈥 So Far
On the latest episode of 鈥楢n Arm and a Leg鈥: Come for insights from an Obama administration health policy leader, stay to hear how frank health policy conversations can get uncomfortable.
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Last Call for COVID: To Avoid Bar Shutdowns, States Serve Up Curfews
Authorities are ordering early closures 鈥 generally around 10 p.m. 鈥 to curb the spread of COVID-19. But will the coronavirus observe this curfew?
By Jordan Rau