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The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 targets more than just the lungs. New research shows it also penetrates the brain, complicating treatment and risking lifelong damage. And the pandemic limits hospitals from running MRIs or other tests on coronavirus patients.
KHN executive editor Damon Darlin wades through mounds of health care policy stories — so you don’t have to.
Many travel insurance plans offer health care coverage, but they could limit how much the insurer will pay or exclude coverage for health crises like the coronavirus pandemic. That may leave foreign travelers — unfamiliar with the way the American health system works ― on the hook for major expenses.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.
There’s an actual paper trail.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Because high-end N95 masks are scarce, medical centers are using surgical masks that have been linked to considerably higher infection rates.
As the coronavirus threatens the finances of thousands of hospitals, wealthy ones that can draw on millions — and even billions — of dollars in savings are in competition with near-insolvent hospitals for limited pots of financial relief.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Many Americans order drugs from Canada and other countries because they are cheaper, but U.S. authorities appear to be cracking down on the practice.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Francisco DÃaz ordinarily works educating seniors about their diabetes, but he has moved to the emergency room, on the front line in the battle against coronavirus. He said his Latino background helps him communicate with the many Spanish-speaking patients and understand their culture.
Martha Phillips traveled to Sierra Leone during the Ebola epidemic in 2014 to serve as a nurse. Now, she's working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, advising her colleagues on how to stay safe.
New York City and hospital officials recommend testing only the sickest people and encouraging others to stay home to get well. But other officials say wider tests are needed to ensure that essential workers don’t spread the disease.
For older adults in retirement communities ― a population especially vulnerable to COVID-19 — striking a balance between reducing the risk of contracting the coronavirus and maintaining the quality of life is a new frontier.
KHN's Julie Rovner answers viewers' questions on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" about how the pandemic is affecting health policy as well as patients and their insurance.
How can we know when to reopen society without testing many more people?
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Twenty- and 30-somethings were initially told the coronavirus was more likely to strike older people. But then people in younger age groups started getting seriously sick.
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