Workers Filed More Than 4,100 Complaints About Protective Gear. Some Still Died.
As health workers were dying of COVID-19, federal work-safety officials filed just one citation against an employer and rapidly closed complaints about protective gear.
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California Prisons Are COVID Hotbeds Despite Billions Spent On Inmate Health
At $3.6 billion a year, California spends more on prison health care than other states spend to run their entire prison systems. But despite the spending, and federal court oversight, prisons across California are struggling to contain deadly outbreaks of COVID-19.
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In Arizona Race, McSally Makes Health Care Pledge At Odds With Track Record
The use of the word 鈥渁lways鈥 makes this claim a stretch.
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How Mis- And Disinformation Campaigns Online Kneecap Coronavirus Response
The pandemic has been marked by a significant amount of misinformation 鈥 some spread on purpose 鈥 that could prove deadly.
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Must-Reads Of The Week
Easy-breezy guest writer Rachel Bluth fills you in on a healthy dose of news from this past week.
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Watch: Teaching Teens How To Navigate Racism In America
KHN Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony appeared on KSDK鈥檚 鈥淭oday in St. Louis鈥 with host Rene Knott to discuss the unwritten rules that Black teens learn to try to safely navigate other people鈥檚 racist assumptions.
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Listen: What Counts In Measuring The Full COVID Death Toll? It鈥檚 Complicated
KHN senior Colorado correspondent Markian Hawryluk joined KUNC鈥檚 Erin O鈥橳oole on 鈥淐olorado Edition鈥 and appeared on WNHN鈥檚 鈥淭he Attitude with Arnie Arnesen鈥 to discuss his recent story on how difficult it is to measure the full death toll from the pandemic.
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Seniors In Low-Income Housing Live In Fear Of COVID Infection
On their own in dirty buildings with little guidance or support, vulnerable older residents worry about unchecked transmission of the potentially deadly virus. 鈥淲e felt abandoned.鈥
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Sweeps Of Homeless Camps Run Counter To COVID Guidance And Pile On Health Risks
Authorities continue to dismantle homeless encampments despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to hold off during the pandemic to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥: The Pandemic Shifts; The Politics, Not So Much
While federal and state officials continue to wrangle over coronavirus testing, the population testing positive is skewing younger. Meanwhile, the Trump administration wins a round in court over its requirements for hospitals to publicly reveal their prices, and the fight over the fate of the Affordable Care Act heats up once again. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews former Obama administration health aide Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, who has written a new book comparing international health systems.
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Watch: Fauci, Other Health Officials Weigh California鈥檚 COVID Response
California Healthline鈥檚 Samantha Young helped lead a discussion about the state鈥檚 response to the novel coronavirus. Infections and hospitalizations are surging across the state.
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Packed Bars Serve Up New Rounds Of COVID Contagion
State officials are pointing to reopened bars as a cause of local spikes in coronavirus cases. Bars are tailor-made for the spread of the virus, with a cacophony of conversations that require raised voices and alcohol, which can impede judgment.
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Officials Seek To Shift Resources Away From Policing To Address Black 鈥楶ublic Health Crisis鈥
Local governments around the country are declaring racism a public health crisis. That could be lip service, or it might lead to shifting resources from policing to health care, housing and other services, experts say.
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Fearing The Deadly Combo Of COVID-19 And Cancer
Cancer patients seeking care during the coronavirus pandemic face an array of obstacles as states reopen, such as heavily restricted in-hospital appointments and new clinical trials on hold.
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Cities Brace For 鈥楥ollision Course鈥 Of Heat Waves And COVID-19
Rochester, New York, and other cities have already weathered the first blasts of excessive heat, and they have done it while cooling centers and spray parks have been closed due to the pandemic.
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As COVID Cases Spike, California Shifts Its Strategy
Public health officials have been alarmed by the increase in COVID-19 cases linked to family gatherings and socializing. While Gov. Gavin Newsom is defending the state鈥檚 reopening, local health officials worry the situation could get worse this summer.
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Airlines Want Flyers To Feel Safe, But Grab Bag Of COVID Policies Adds Turbulence
Building consumer confidence in air travel is a major challenge for airlines. Some experts think they aren鈥檛 doing enough to make their case.
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Drinking Surged During The Pandemic. Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction?
Experts say a bit of extra drinking isn鈥檛 a problem for many people, but they recommend watching out for specific behaviors that signal addiction.
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First-Person Perspective
For A Black Social Media Manager In The George Floyd Age, Each Click Holds Trauma
In communities of color, the decision to participate in this moment of collective trauma 鈥 whether by watching and sharing the video of George Floyd鈥檚 death, discussing racial injustice on social media, or protesting and speaking out in the 3D world 鈥 can be one rife with anxiety and profound mental distress.
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Sex In The Time Of COVID: Gay Men Begin To Embrace A 鈥楴ew Normal鈥
Like other people, many men who have sex with men have done all they could to avoid the coronavirus. Now some are braving renewed contact while balancing risk.
By David Tuller