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Exclusive: Over 900 Health Workers Have Died of COVID-19. And the Toll Is Rising.
KHN and The Guardian unveil an interactive database documenting front-line health care worker deaths. The majority of them are people of color 鈥 and nurses face the highest toll.
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Lost on the Frontline
鈥淟ost on the Frontline鈥 is an ongoing project by Kaiser Health News and The Guardian that aims to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who died from COVID 19, and to investigate why so many are victims of the disease.
By The Staffs of 吃瓜不打烊 and The Guardian, Christina Jewett, Maureen O鈥橦agan, Laura Ungar, Melissa Bailey, Katja Ridderbusch, JoNel Aleccia, Alastair Gee, The Guardian, Danielle Renwick, The Guardian, Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Eli Cahan, Shefali Luthra, Michaela Gibson Morris, Sharon Jayson, Mary Chris Jaklevic, Natalia Megas, The Guardian, Cara Anthony, Michelle Crouch, Sarah Jane Tribble, Anna Almendrala, Michelle Andrews, Samantha Young, Sarah Varney, Victoria Knight, Christina M. Oriel, Asian Journal, Alex Smith, KCUR, and Elizabeth Lawrence -
Business Is Booming for Dialysis Giant Fresenius. It Took a $137M Bailout Anyway.
Half of the money the Trump administration gave dialysis companies was collected by Fresenius, an international juggernaut with a robust balance sheet, a KHN analysis has found.
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Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection to Harvest Crops
Skeptics say the lack of enforceable federal safety standards geared toward the coronavirus allows these employers to prioritize the harvest over worker safety.
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Must-Reads of the Week
Newsletter editor Lauren Olsen wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don鈥檛 have to.
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Test Sites Quickly Attract Thousands for COVID-19 Vaccine Study
People have flooded U.S. testing sites with requests to participate in the pivotal, late-stage clinical trials of the first two COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
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Your Favorite Store or Restaurant Is Open. How Do You Know It鈥檚 OK to Go In?
We gathered tips from experts on what to look for 鈥 masks are a constant theme 鈥 when trying to decide if you will be comfortable visiting various establishments.
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In Rural Missouri, Latinos Learn to Contain and Cope With the Coronavirus
In a town in the southwestern corner of Missouri, where COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Latino immigrants, language barriers and economic pressures among factory workers have stymied efforts to slow the virus that causes the disease.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat the Health?鈥: Still Waiting for That Trump Health Plan
President Donald Trump keeps promising a comprehensive plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. And he keeps not delivering. Meanwhile, members of Congress and White House officials seem unable to agree on a new COVID-19 relief bill. And Missouri becomes the sixth state where voters approved a Medicaid expansion ballot measure. Tami Luhby of CNN, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week they think you should read, too.
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Health Care Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19
Harvard research shows minorities are most likely to report inadequate PPE and to work with COVID-positive patients.
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America鈥檚 Obesity Epidemic Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine
Vaccines engineered to protect the public from influenza, hepatitis B, tetanus and rabies are less effective for obese people, leaving them more vulnerable to serious illness. As scientists race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, experts say obesity could prove an impediment 鈥 a sobering prospect for a nation in which nearly half of all adults are obese.
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Picture Of Health
With Caveats, Hopeful News for Preschools Planning Young Kids鈥 Return
Hundreds of thousands of essential workers have kept their kids in day care during the pandemic out of necessity and, so far, these centers haven鈥檛 been big disease spreaders. But the evidence remains incomplete.
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Could Labs That Test Livestock Ease COVID Testing Backlog for People? Well … Maybe.
Experts say aid from certain veterinary labs could relieve some of the pressure on commercial and hospital-based labs to lessen the current delays in COVID-19 testing and results, but it is unlikely to be a game changer.
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Pandemic’s Bumps and Backlash Shape Montana Race Poised to Steer US Senate
Gov. Steve Bullock鈥檚 response to the pandemic has helped raise his profile as he challenges incumbent Republican Sen. Steve Daines. But it also complicates the campaign as the state sees a resurgence of COVID-19 cases and voters question some of the governor鈥檚 actions.
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Maryland County Pledges Investigation of Health Worker’s Coronavirus Death
The disease intervention specialist at the Prince George鈥檚 County Health Department was among at least 20 department employees infected by the coronavirus, union officials say. The outbreak underscores the stark dangers facing the nation鈥檚 front-line public health army.
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Readers and Tweeters Defend Human 鈥 And Animal 鈥 Rights
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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When Green Means Stop: How Safety Messages Got So Muddled
Philadelphia is in the 鈥渞estricted green鈥 reopening phase. What does that mean? And why does the U.S. have so many different pandemic safety rules?聽
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California GOP Consultant Rues 鈥楤ig Mistake鈥 That Led to Family鈥檚 COVID Infections
Richard Costigan, a well-respected fixture in state Capitol circles, has detailed his family鈥檚 ongoing experiences with COVID-19 on social media after catching the virus 鈥 he surmises 鈥 at a backyard gathering. The former Schwarzenegger aide wants people to know this virus doesn鈥檛 care who you are.
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Listen: NPR Interview About Less Lethal Weapons That Can Maim Or Kill
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jay Hancock of KHN about an investigation into the use of so-called less-lethal munitions 鈥 such as rubber bullets and bean bags 鈥 at protests, and why they鈥檝e never been regulated.