Covid-19 Vaccine Update Including EU Countries
Significantly good news on the vaccine front. Most of us (if you are old like me) could be, if desired, vaccinated by or in...
Exclusive: Nearly 600 — And Counting — US Health Workers Have Died Of COVID-19
Nearly 600 front-line health care workers appear to have died of COVID-19, according to Lost on the Frontline, a project launched by The Guardian...
Federal Help Falters As Nursing Homes Run Short Of Protective Equipment
Around the country, nursing homes trying to protect their residents from the coronavirus eagerly await boxes of masks, eyewear and gowns promised by the...
COVID-19 abruma a las terapias intensivas en la frontera
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Fighting COVID And Police Brutality, Medical Teams Take To Streets To Treat Protesters
DENVER — Amid clouds of choking tear gas, booming flash-bang grenades and other other “riot control agents,” volunteer medics plunged into street protests over...
Antibody Tests Were Hailed As Way To End Lockdowns. Instead, They Cause Confusion.
Aspen was an early COVID-19 hot spot in Colorado, with a cluster of cases in March linked to tourists visiting for its world-famous skiing....
El Congreso dijo que los tests de COVID-19 debían ser gratuitos, pero ¿quién paga?
Los hospitales de todo el país tienen miedo de enviar cientos de miles de facturas relacionadas con las pruebas para COVID-19, porque el Congreso...
Científica genera imágenes del coronavirus para que todos vean al “enemigo invisible”
Desde su laboratorio en Montana, Elizabeth Fischer está tratando de ayudar a que las personas vean a qué se enfrentan con COVID-19.
Durante las últimas...
Scientist Has ‘Invisible Enemy’ In Sights With Microscopic Portraits Of Coronavirus
From her laboratory in the far western reaches of Montana, Elizabeth Fischer is trying to help people see what they’re up against in COVID-19.
Over...
Fewer Traffic Collisions During Shutdown Means Longer Waits For Organ Donations
On Day Two of the San Francisco Bay Area’s stay-at-home orders in March, Nohemi Jimenez got into her car in San Pablo, California, waved...
‘Last Responders’ Seek To Expand Postmortem COVID Testing In Unexplained Deaths
Examining dead bodies and probing for a cause of death is rarely seen as a heroic or glamorous job. Rather, as the coronavirus pandemic...
Hospital Workers Complain of Minimal Disclosure After COVID Exposures
Dinah Jimenez assumed a world-class hospital would be better prepared than a chowder house to inform workers when they had been exposed to a...
COVID Survivors’ Blood Plasma Is A Sought-After New Commodity
Diana Berrent learned she had tested positive for COVID-19 on a Wednesday in mid-March. Within a day, she had received 30 emails from people...
Keeping The COVID Plague At Bay: How California Is Protecting Older Veterans
Dr. Vito Imbasciani has been at war with viruses since he was 5.
Growing up near the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New...
COVID-Plagued California Nursing Homes Often Had Problems In Past
When Jorge Newbery finally got through to his 95-year-old mother, Jennifer, on a video call April 18, she could barely talk or move and...
As Coronavirus Strikes, Crucial Data In Electronic Health Records Hard To Harvest
When President Donald Trump started touting hydroxychloroquine as “one of the biggest game changers” for treating COVID-19, researchers hoped electronic health records could quickly...
COVID Tests Are Free, Except When They’re Not
Even before a novel virus swept around the world, Anna Davis Abel wore a mask to protect herself from getting sick.
The 25-year-old writer lives...
As Ventilators Become Crucial In Saving Lives, Repair Roadblocks Remain
DENVER — For years, manufacturers of ventilators and other medical equipment have kept a tight grip on the ability of hospitals to service and...
COVID-19 Brings Overhaul Of Military Health Care To A Halt
The agencies that oversee the health of U.S. military personnel and veterans were pushing ahead this spring with the biggest overhaul of their health...
True Toll Of COVID-19 On U.S. Health Care Workers Unknown
Christina Jewett and Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News
The number of health care workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus is likely far higher...
To ‘Keep The Lights On,’ Doctors And Hospitals Ask For Advance Medicare Payments
Darrin Menard, a family physician in Lafayette, Louisiana, has spent the past month easing patients’ anxieties about the coronavirus that has killed 10 people...
‘It’s Like Walking Into Chernobyl,’ One Doctor Says Of Her Emergency Room
At one New York City hospital, a doctor’s used mask tore as she performed CPR on her infected patient.
In Seattle, a nurse compares walking...
‘Baby, I Can’t Breathe’: America’s First ER Doctor To Die In Heat Of COVID-19...
At about 5 a.m. on March 19, a New York City ER physician named Frank Gabrin texted a friend about his concerns over the...
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Who Will Pay For COVID-19 Care?
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In the absence of clear leadership from the federal government, states and private companies are...
‘An Arm And A Leg’: Superheroes Of ‘Stuff’ Help Health Workers In NYC
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“An Arm and a Leg” is back — sooner than we expected — with stories about how...
Dispatch From A Country Doctor: Seeing Patients Differently In The Time Of Coronavirus
Patients would often stop by River Bend Family Medicine just to gab with staff at the front desk or bring baked goods to Dr....
Second Time Around? Health Care Issues Trump Might Tackle If Reelected
April 6, 2020
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Trump Administration Uses Wartime Powers To Be First In Line On Medical Supplies
The Trump administration quietly invoked the Defense Production Act to force medical suppliers in Texas and Colorado to sell to it first — ahead...
As The Country Disinfects, Diabetes Patients Can’t Find Rubbing Alcohol
While the masses hunt for toilet paper, Caroline Gregory and other people with diabetes are on a different mission: scouring stores for the rubbing...
Trump Touted Abbott’s Quick COVID-19 Test. HHS Document Shows Only 5,500 Are On Way...
A coronavirus test made by Abbott Laboratories and introduced with considerable fanfare by President Donald Trump in a Rose Garden news conference this week...
Pandemic-Stricken Cities Have Empty Hospitals, But Reopening Them Is Difficult
As city leaders across the country scramble to find space for the expected surge of COVID-19 patients, some are looking at a seemingly obvious...
California Hospitals Face Surge With Proven Fixes And Some Hail Marys
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California’s hospitals thought they were ready for the next big disaster.
They’ve retrofitted their buildings to...
Listen: COVID-19 Stresses Rural Hospitals Even Before They Have A Single Case
April 1, 2020
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Listen: Why It Takes So Long To Get COVID-19 Test Results
April 1, 2020
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<p>In this episode of “The Daily Dive,” a news podcast, KHN senior correspondent Julie Appleby and iHeart Radio’s Oscar Ramirez discuss the...
Her Genetic Test Revealed A Microscopic Problem — And A Jumbo Price Tag
Michelle Kuppersmith, 32, feels great, works full time and exercises three to four times a week. So she was surprised when a routine blood...
Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes
Judith Graham
A wrenching conflict is emerging as the COVID-19 virus storms through U.S. communities: Some patients are falling into a no man’s land between...
What Takes So Long? A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Steps Involved In COVID-19 Testing
After a slow start, testing for COVID-19 has ramped up in recent weeks, with giant commercial labs jumping into the effort, drive-up testing sites...
In Coronavirus Relief Bill, Hospitals Poised To Get Massive Infusion Of Cash
Congress is on the verge of approving a massive funding bill that would steer an unprecedented amount of cash to the nation’s hospitals that...
Under Financial Strain, Community Health Centers Ramp Up Coronavirus Response
On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced $100 million in supplemental funding for community health centers to support the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Health centers...
Shortfall Of Comfort Care Signals Undue Suffering For Coronavirus Patients
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For Jill Hofstede, whose 90-year-old mother has Alzheimer’s disease, news about...
Hospital Suppliers Take To The Skies To Combat Dire Shortages Of COVID-19 Gear
Hospitals in the New York City area are turning to a private distributor to airlift millions of protective masks out of China. The U.S....
Are Vital Home Health Workers Now A Safety Threat?
As a hospice nurse in Seattle, Diane Speer said giving out hugs to patients and family members was a routine part of home visits.
But...
Senators Who Led Pharma-Friendly Patent Reform Also Prime Targets For Pharma Cash
Early last year, as lawmakers vowed to curb rising drug prices, Sen. Thom Tillis was named chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on...
With Medical Safety Gear Scarce, The Public Is Stepping Up. Here’s Help On Ways...
Increasingly desperate pleas from health care workers and public authorities for donations of face masks and other protective gear are an unsettling sign of...
Seattle Nurses Scrounge For Masks To Stay Safe On Pandemic’s Front Lines
As the caseload of patients with the new coronavirus grows, masks and other personal protective equipment are in short supply — and nurses in...
A View From The Front Lines Of California’s COVID-19 Battle
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On Tuesday, Dr. Jeanne Noble devoted time between patient visits to hanging clear 2-gallon plastic...
Ships, Planes, Trains, Scooters All Need A Virus Wipe. But What Does A ‘Deep...
The Diamond Princess cruise ship. A Georgetown church in Washington, D.C. A Latin American restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina. A hotel in Oklahoma City....
Surging Health Care Worker Quarantines Raise Concerns As Coronavirus Spreads
As the U.S. battles to limit the spread of the highly contagious new coronavirus, the number of health care workers ordered to self-quarantine because...
Readers And Tweeters Dive Into Debate Over ‘Medicare For All’
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full...
Abortion-Rights Supporters Fear Loss Of Access If Adventist Saves Hospital
For more than two years, physician assistant Dawn Hofberg fought to bring access to abortions back to California’s Mendocino Coast, a picturesque stretch of...
To Fight Chinese Outbreak, Doctors Deploy Drugs Targeting HIV, Malaria And Ebola
As the scientific community scrambles to find a drug that can effectively treat tens of thousands of patients sickened by a new respiratory virus,...
When Your Doctor Is Also A Lobbyist: Inside The War Over Surprise Medical Bills
When Carol Pak-Teng, an emergency room doctor in New Jersey, hosted a fundraiser in December for Democratic freshman Rep. Tom Malinowski, her guests, mostly...
Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry ‘Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures Of Health Care
Dr. Keith Corl was working in a Las Vegas emergency room when a patient arrived with chest pain. The patient, wearing his street clothes,...
Conceived Through ‘Fertility Fraud,’ She Now Needs Fertility Treatment
When Heather Woock was in her late 20s, she started researching her family history. As part of the project, she spit into a tube...
Despite New Doubts, ‘Hotspotting’ Help For Heavy Health Care Users Marches On
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A highly publicized approach to lowering health costs failed to pass rigorous...
How Fast Can A New Internet Standard For Sharing Patient Data Catch Fire?
Medical professionals have been storing personal health information in electronic form for more than a decade, but it is cumbersome for patients to gather...
No Shield From X-Rays: How Science Is Rethinking Lead Aprons
CHICAGO — Patients have come to expect a technician to drape their torsos with a heavy lead apron when they get an X-ray, but...
Warren and Klobuchar Say They Can Lower Drug Prices Without Congress’ Help
On Tuesday, two Democrats running for president promised to do — each by herself — what Washington has so far proven unable to do:...
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Hospital Known For Glamorous Patients, Opens New Doors To Its Neediest
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LOS ANGELES — With its deluxe suites, A-list patients and world-class art collection that includes works by Picasso and Chagall, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s...
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: How Do Other Countries Pay For Health Care?
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Many proponents of creating a “Medicare for All” system in the United States say...
A Reality Check On Artificial Intelligence: Are Health Care Claims Overblown?
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Health products powered by artificial intelligence, or AI, are streaming into our lives, from virtual doctor apps to wearable sensors and drugstore chatbots.
IBM boasted...
Reports Of Patients’ Deaths Linked To Heart Devices Lurk Below Radar
Christina JewettThe Food and Drug Administration continues to file thousands of reports of patients’ deaths related to medical devices through a reporting system that...
California AG Details ‘Historic’ Settlement Agreement In Sutter Health Antitrust Case
Sutter Health will pay $575 million to settle a closely watched antitrust case filed by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, whose office had accused...
Yang And Sanders Use Maternal Mortality Stats To Talk About Race
Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News and Victoria Knight
In an exchange about racial inequality at December’s Democratic presidential primary debate, businessman Andrew Yang highlighted jaw-droppingly...
Electronic Health Records Creating A ‘New Era’ Of Health Care Fraud, Officials Say
The federal government funneled billions in subsidies to software vendors who overstated or deceived the government about what their products could do, according to...
‘An Arm And A Leg’: Reporter Says ‘Shame’ Spurred Hospital To Cancel Debt For...
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Multiple journalists have spotlighted huge medical bills that have left patients swimming in medical debt. After...
Promising Greater Safety, A Tiny Widget Creates Chaos For Tube Feeders
Rachel Glenn loves to puree food and put it in her 4-year-old’s feeding tube. The Arkansas mom said her thick concoctions of fruit, vegetables,...
Battling The Bullets From The Operating Room To The Community
Dr. Laurie Punch (center), a trauma surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, shows Melissa Woeppel (left) and Stan Schloesser how to apply a tourniquet during...
Pharma’s Take On The Pelosi Drug-Pricing Bill: Fair Warning Or Fearmongering?
Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s flagship proposal to curb prescription drug prices, the “Lower Drug Costs Now Act” ― H.R. 3...
Medical Device Failures Brought To Light Now Bolster Lawsuits And Research
Lorraine Bonner, a retired Oakland, Calif., doctor who is now a sculptor, says she spent a year recovering after surgical staples were used to...
UVA Doctors Decry Aggressive Billing Practices By Their Own Hospital
Prominent doctors at UVA Health System are expressing public outrage at their employer’s practices to collect unpaid medical debt from its patients.
A Kaiser Health...
No Safety Switch: How Lax Oversight Of Electronic Health Records Puts Patients At Risk
In fall 2009, several dozen of the best minds in health information technology huddled at a hotel outside Washington, D.C., to discuss potential dangers...
Efforts To Move The Needle On Flu Shot Rates Get Stuck
It’s free and available everywhere. Yet most Americans skip the annual flu shot ― with the number of dispensed vaccines barely changed in the...
For Newborns With Hearing Loss, Screening Opens Window To A World Of Sound
Four-year-old Betty Schottler starts each morning with the same six sounds: , , , , , and .
Her mom makes the sounds first, then...