Condado de Orange lucha por la equidad en salud y contra las restricciones estatales
El parque de diversiones m谩s popular de California es el centro de una lucha sobre la mejor manera de contener COVID-19, al mismo tiempo que se trata de mantener la econom铆a a flote.
Orange County Struggles With Health Equity 鈥 And Battles State Restrictions
Disneyland can鈥檛 reopen until Orange County鈥檚 coronavirus infection rates improve 鈥 especially among its poorest and most vulnerable residents. Local officials are protesting the requirements, saying the economy will suffer, and residents鈥 health along with it.
Savvy Patient Fought for the Price She Was Quoted 鈭 And Didn鈥檛 Give Up
A California woman thought the discount on her coinsurance before an operation sounded too good to be true. Turns out, she was right.
驴Viajas para el D铆a de Acci贸n de Gracias? Deber谩s atravesar la barrera de COVID
En todo el mundo, los feriados nacionales han impulsado la propagaci贸n de COVID-19 de manera explosiva. Expertos comparten consejos y sus propias experiencias.
Travel on Thanksgiving? Pass the COVID
Staying home in your bubble is the safest advice, but family get-togethers, especially at the holidays, mean an awful lot. Even Dr. Anthony Fauci has gone back and forth on whether to have his daughters fly in for Thanksgiving.
COVID en LA: prevenci贸n en los trabajos ha salvado vidas de latinos, dicen oficiales
La agresiva aplicaci贸n de las normas de salud y la apertura de l铆neas para denunciar si no se cumplen han contribuido a la disminuci贸n de muertes.
COVID Crackdowns at Work Have Saved Black and Latino Lives, LA Officials Say
Strict enforcement of coronavirus protocols at factories and shops where some of the worst outbreaks have occurred has reduced the racial and ethnic disparities in COVID deaths and illness, say public health officials. They want to expand the effort by creating workplace safety councils.
Campus Dorm Resident Assistants Adjust to a New Role: COVID Cop
Students charged with keeping their peers in line on college campuses say they are dealing with hostility, unclear policies and health risks as they try to enforce policies to prevent COVID-19.
For Kids With Special Needs, Online Schooling Divides Haves and Have-Nots
Virtual classrooms are aggravating the economic disparities that plague education, with widening divides in access to supplies, workspace and parental guidance. The problem is especially acute for children with learning disabilities.
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.
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.
Behind The Byline: ‘Reporting From a Distance’
Check out KHN鈥檚 video series 鈥 Behind The Byline: How the Story Got Made. Come along as journalists and producers offer an insider鈥檚 view of health care coverage that does not quit.
As Coronavirus Patients Skew Younger, Tracing Task Seems All But Impossible
Although younger people are hospitalized and die less frequently than their elders when infected with COVID-19, their cases are harder to trace. As a result, the virus is spreading uncontrollably throughout much of Southern California. Even hospital staffs are affected by community spread.
鈥楶lease Tell Me My Life Is Worth A LITTLE Of Your Discomfort,鈥 Nurse Pleads
Health care workers on the front lines of the COVID crisis have spent exhausting months working and self-quarantining off-duty to keep from infecting others, including their families. Encountering people who indignantly refuse face coverings can feel like a slap in the face.
Officials Seek To Shift Resources Away From Policing To Address Black 鈥楶ublic Health Crisis鈥
Local governments around the country are declaring racism a public health crisis. That could be lip service, or it might lead to shifting resources from policing to health care, housing and other services, experts say.
Contratar a un 鈥渆j茅rcito鈥 diverso para rastrear COVID-19 durante la reapertura
Los expertos estiman que los departamentos de salud locales y estatales tendr谩n que agregar entre 100.000 y 300.000 personas para que la econom铆a vuelva a funcionar.
Hiring A Diverse Army To Track COVID-19 Amid Reopening
Experts estimate local and state health departments will have to hire 100,000 to 300,000 people as contact tracers to get the economy back on track. Many states are trying hard to hire from the racial and ethnic minority communities hit hardest by the virus.
As a journalist, she wrote during the winter about the hostility shown toward Asian Americans for wearing masks. In May, she got cursed at for not wearing a mask herself.
Estatus racial y pandemia: una mezcla combustible
El aumento de casos y muertes por COVID-19 en comunidades minoritarias ponen en relieve c贸mo los determinantes de salud pesan en la din谩mica de una pandemia.
Racial Status And The Pandemic: A Combustible Mixture
The novel coronavirus is affecting black Americans disproportionately, which some community leaders and public health experts say is not surprising. So why didn鈥檛 anyone sound an alarm?
