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The rolling shortages of personal protective gear continue even in hospitals, as buyers look directly for manufacturers 鈥 often through a maze of companies that have sprung up overnight.
Two emergency room doctors, one in New York and the other in Houston, discuss their cities鈥 coronavirus outbreaks 鈥 and responses.
Poor information-sharing between hospitals and public health agencies has hurt the response to the pandemic. Some health care systems and IT companies are making inroads, but an overhaul would cost billions.
The first known coronavirus patient in the U.S. to undergo a double lung transplant is now strong enough to share the story of her ordeal.
The Democratic presidential ticket is complete, with Joe Biden鈥檚 selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate. Health has not been a major issue for Harris, whose career priority has been the criminal justice system. But expect Republicans to pounce on her on-again, off-again support for 鈥淢edicare for All.鈥 Meanwhile, with Congress still in a stalemate over another round of COVID-19 relief, President Donald Trump is trying to use his executive power to do what lawmakers have not 鈥 with mixed success. Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Mary Agnes Carey of KHN 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.
A database of deaths compiled by KHN and The Guardian includes a significant minority under 30, leaving shattered dreams and devastated families.
Massachusetts offers support and resources for people isolating because of COVID-19 鈥 helping them make choices that keep everyone safe. Experts say that is work that more states need to fund.
About 70 college students are enrolled this summer in a program developed by San Francisco researchers and funded by the National Institutes of Health that allows them to explore the pandemic鈥檚 impact on communities facing health disparities.
Even before he was elected, the president talked about a plan that would be released soon. Now he is saying the end of August.
KHN’s Julie Rovner appears on WDET’s “Detroit Today” to discuss the future of telemedicine.
The pandemic is racing through packed apartment blocks as Mexican and Central American workers bring the virus home to their families.
New research suggests the pandemic鈥檚 deaths are taking an enormous toll on surviving family members and worrisome ripple effects may linger for years.
Many physicians were forced to close their offices 鈥 or at least see only emergency cases 鈥 when the pandemic struck. Because they are generally paid piecemeal for every service, they suffered big losses, leading to layoffs and pay cuts. Some doctors say they now are looking to overhaul the way they get paid.
Hospital employees say they must choose between their paychecks and their health or that of their families. Returning to work with symptoms also risks infection among the patients they are meant to heal.
A review by KHN and the Associated Press finds at least 49 state and local public health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April across 23 states. One of the latest departures came Sunday, when California鈥檚 public health director was ousted.
There鈥檚 less time, less attention and fewer resources this year, but that isn鈥檛 stopping lawmakers from acting on controversial health care legislation not directly related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Check out KHN鈥檚 video series 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.
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.
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.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought knee and hip replacements to a virtual halt because they aren鈥檛 usually considered emergency procedures. But they are profitable, and hospital systems are now counting on the surgeries to help restore their financial health.
