Advocates View Health Care as Key to Driving LGBTQ Rights Conversation
A state ban preventing local governments from enacting nondiscrimination ordinances expired Dec. 1, opening the door for a new wave of local nondiscrimination laws.
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On Trump’s Last Full Day, Nation Records 400,000 Covid Deaths
On the day before the inauguration of a new president, the country marks a once unthinkable milestone of 400,000 deaths. The winter surge of the pandemic claimed 100,000 Americans in just five weeks.
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Are Public Health Ads Worth the Price? Not if They鈥檙e All About Fear
Public service announcements about drug use or other public health problems often fall short, public health marketing experts say, because they incite people鈥檚 worst fears rather than giving people solutions.
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Black Americans Are Getting Vaccinated at Lower Rates Than White Americans
Black Americans are receiving covid vaccines at a much lower rate than their white peers due to a combination of mistrust and access issues, leaving them behind in the mission to vaccinate the nation鈥檚 population.
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Biden Terms Vaccine Rollout 鈥楢 Dismal Failure鈥 as He Unveils Pandemic Response Plan
President-elect Joe Biden has delivered two speeches within the past 24 hours focused on his ambitious plans to address the 鈥渢win crises鈥 of the covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the economy.
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CVS and Walgreens Under Fire for Slow Pace of Vaccination in Nursing Homes
A federal program that sends retail pharmacists into nursing homes to vaccinate residents and workers has been hindered by bureaucratic hurdles and scheduling woes.
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Journalists Examine How Covid Polarizes Communities
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Geography Is Destiny: Dentists鈥 Access to Covid Shots Depends on Where They Live
A handful of states are making dentists a lower priority than other health professionals for inoculations, even though they have their hands in people鈥檚 mouths and are exposed to aerosols that spray germs in their faces.
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5 Reasons to Wear a Mask Even After You鈥檙e Vaccinated
Vaccination, face coverings and physical distancing are essential parts of a team effort against the coronavirus.
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When Covid Deaths Aren鈥檛 Counted, Families Pay the Price
Inaccurate and incomplete death certificates hurt those seeking relief, recourse and closure after a loved one dies.
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Perspective
In 吃瓜不打烊 of a Baby, I Got Covid Instead
As the pandemic raged, I made dozens of visits to a fertility clinic. Did I catch covid on one of those visits? I鈥檒l never know, but the guilt is still there.
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Delicate Covid Vaccines Slow Rollout 鈥 Leading to Shots Given Out of Turn or, Worse, Wasted
鈥淭haw. Rest 15 minutes. Do not shake. Do not refreeze.鈥滵o not shake. Do not refreeze.鈥 Moderna鈥檚 vaccine comes with complicated instructions. And both available vaccines are good for only six hours once the vial is open. So at day鈥檚 end, health workers are left to either throw out precious doses or get shots into any arm that鈥檚 available.
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Are You Old Enough to Get Vaccinated? In Tennessee, They’re Using the Honor System
In most Tennessean counties, residents currently eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine are health care workers, long-term care residents and people 75 and older. But don't expect strict enforcement.
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Feeling Left Out: Private Practice Doctors, Patients Wonder When It’s Their Turn for Vaccine
Doctors say some patients, and even medical staff members, don鈥檛 know where to go to be vaccinated against covid-19.
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Hospitals鈥 Rocky Rollout of Covid Vaccine Sparks Questions of Fairness
The lack of a federal strategy on how distribution should work at the local level means that states, hospitals, nursing homes and pharmacies are making decisions on their own about who gets vaccinated and when.
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Only a Smokescreen? Big Tobacco Stands Down as Colorado and Oregon Hike Cigarette Taxes
After spending tens of millions of dollars to oppose past efforts, Altria didn鈥檛 oppose Colorado鈥檚 tobacco tax initiative and could benefit from the law鈥檚 minimum-price provision.
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California Budget Reflects 鈥楶andemic-Induced Reality,鈥 Governor Says
California Gov. Gavin Newsom鈥檚 2021-22 budget blueprint would direct billions in state covid assistance to schools, businesses and the state鈥檚 vaccination effort. But he didn鈥檛 propose more funding for the state's 61 local health agencies, which have taken on increased responsibility for testing, contact tracing and enforcement of health orders.
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Is Your Covid Vaccine Venue Prepared to Handle Rare, Life-Threatening Reactions?
More than two dozen people who have received the new covid vaccines in U.S. hospitals and health centers suffered anaphylaxis, a potentially fatal allergic reaction. While such severe reactions are rare, experts warn that the drugstores and drive-thru clinics considered integral to the vaccine rollout must be prepared.
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KHN on the Air This Week
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in recent weeks to discuss their stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Do-It-Yourself Contact Tracing Is a 鈥楲ast Resort鈥 in Communities Besieged by Covid
Covid-19 cases are spreading so fast that they're outpacing the contact-tracing capacities of some local health departments. Faced with mounting caseloads, those departments are asking people who test positive for the coronavirus to do their own contact tracing.