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Many children with serious emotional or behavioral difficulties depend on schools for access to vital therapies. When schools and doctors' offices stopped providing in-person services last spring, kids became untethered.
Covid vaccines are reaching more Americans, but Black residents are being vaccinated at dramatically lower rates in the 23 states where data is publicly available. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to release national data next week.
The growing public backlash over California鈥檚 messy vaccine rollout is putting immense pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom, a first-term Democrat facing a Republican-driven recall effort.
President Joe Biden signed a pair of health-related executive orders this week that would, among other things, reopen enrollment under the Affordable Care Act and start to reverse former President Donald Trump鈥檚 anti-abortion policies. Meanwhile, Congress remains bogged down with taking up the next round of covid-19 relief. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for 鈥渆xtra credit,鈥 the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
Details about race, ethnicity and occupation are often missing as data collected nationally is scattered across scores of digital systems that don鈥檛 connect. And the CDC doesn鈥檛 require vaccinators to report occupations of recipients, even though the order in which people get shots largely depends on their job.
Amid the disorganization and confusion of the vaccine distribution, smaller communities may have an advantage. In some long-term care facilities where vaccination is underway, things are looking up.
The U.S. has fumbled almost every step of its public health response in its battle against covid-19. Experts say that must change if we鈥檙e going to outflank the variants emerging as the virus continues to mutate.
End of holiday gatherings or fear of the virus may be at play 鈥 or hope for the vaccine
Older patients with cancer, dementia or other serious illnesses should check with their doctors, but medical experts recommend the vaccine for most people.
With U.S. cases skyrocketing, demand for Gilead鈥檚 dark horse antiviral is only growing. Biden appointees propose potential legal tactics to tamp down the price for patients.
The number of adults seeking to get inoculated has risen since December, according to a new poll.
Carmela Coyle, who represents California鈥檚 hospitals in the state Capitol, is a power player whose clout has grown during the pandemic. Though she hasn鈥檛 won every battle, she has helped shape the state鈥檚 response to the crisis.
As President Biden calls for more support to help schools hold in-person classes, public health experts say schools can be relatively safe if they take well-known steps to prevent covid. But a KHN investigation shows many districts and states have ignored health advice or written their own questionable safety rules for schools.
Corporations like Starbucks, Honeywell, Microsoft, Costco and Google are lining up to help with vaccine logistics. But the problem of the moment is supply, not systems.
Even invoking the widely heralded Defense Production Act to pressure drugmakers wouldn鈥檛 overcome vast obstacles.
Hospitals dealing with staff shortages during the current covid surge are unable to tap into one valuable resource: foreign-trained doctors, nurses and other health workers, many with experience treating infectious diseases. Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Nevada are the only states to have eased credentialing requirements during the pandemic.
Thousands of people died shortly after inoculation, but their deaths weren鈥檛 related to getting a vaccine.
The ability of California health officials to multitask in a pandemic will be severely tested as they scramble to find staff for vaccination sites while maintaining testing and contact tracing.
KHN has teamed up with PolitiFact to track what becomes of President Joe Biden鈥檚 2020 campaign promises over the next four years. As he moves into the West Wing, what are his chances of making progress on health care?
Nearly 6 in 10 people 65 and older say they don鈥檛 have enough information about how to get vaccinated, according to a new 麻豆女优 poll.
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