Rapid Changes To Health System Spurred By COVID Might Be Here To Stay
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the nation鈥檚 doctors and hospitals to reevaluate how they work. At least three major changes may have a lasting impact.
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Exclusive: Nearly 600 鈥 And Counting 鈥 US Health Workers Have Died Of COVID-19
The Guardian and KHN release new figures Saturday showing the harsh toll that the pandemic is taking on the front-line health workers.
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Tear-Gassing Protesters During An Infectious Outbreak ‘A Recipe For Disaster’
Health researchers are among the voices calling for police to stop using tear gas and pepper spray on protesters, because these chemical irritants can damage the body in ways that can spread the coronavirus and increase the severity of COVID-19. One example: Tear gas and pepper spray can sow confusion and panic in a crowd, causing people to rip off their masks and touch their faces, leading to more contamination.
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Must-Reads Of The Week
KHN senior correspondent Jordan Rau takes a spin through this week's essential health care news.
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Postcard From The Border
COVID-19 Overwhelms Border ICUs
Some California hospitals near the Mexican border have received so many COVID-19 patients the past few weeks that they have had to divert some to other facilities. Hospital officials say most of the infected patients are U.S. citizens or legal residents who live in, or recently traveled to, Mexico and came to the U.S. for care.
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Montana鈥檚 Tribal Nations Preserve COVID Restrictions To Preserve Their Cultures
Some of Montana鈥檚 Native American nations are holding firm on coronavirus protections even as the rest of Montana reopens. They鈥檝e got more at stake, they say, in protecting their elders who preserve their endangered culture.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥: Protests And The Pandemic
The outrage over the death of an African American man, George Floyd, after he was restrained and knelt on by Minneapolis police officers has sparked national protests, including in places where the coronavirus is still spreading. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump鈥檚 attempt to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization could have ramifications for Americans. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Mary Agnes Carey of KHN and Joanne Kenen of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews Jonathan Oberlander, a University of North Carolina health policy professor and the editor of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, about articles examining the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of health inequity and structural racism.
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Efforts To Curb Congenital Syphilis Falter In COVID鈥檚 Shadow
A new federal report sheds light on the reasons newborn syphilis rates are on the rise despite simple treatment options. But amid the COVID-19 pandemic, public health departments will struggle to respond.
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Judges Try To Balance Legal Rights And Courtroom Health
Courtrooms aren鈥檛 built for social distancing, and pandemics don鈥檛 offer ideal conditions for fulfilling the right to a speedy trial. But, eventually, every court in the nation will have to reckon with a return that may risk safety to some degree.
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Newsom Likes To 鈥楪o Big鈥 But Doesn鈥檛 Always Deliver
The COVID-19 pandemic is showcasing California Gov. Gavin Newsom鈥檚 leadership style to a national audience. The first-term Democrat doesn鈥檛 shy away from making splashy announcements and lofty promises, but his plans often lack detail and, in some cases, follow-through.
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In Hard-Hit Areas, COVID鈥檚 Ripple Effects Strain Mental Health Care Systems
In areas hit hard by the coronavirus, such as Detroit, behavioral health care workers have been overburdened and forced to scale back services at the same time people battling mental health disorders became more stressed and anxious.
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Hype Collides With Science As FDA Tries To Rein In 鈥榃ild West鈥 of COVID Blood Tests
Amid questions about the accuracy of the COVID-19 antibody tests flooding the market 鈥 and the usefulness of the results they provide 鈥 the FDA has belatedly stepped in to try to rein in the chaos.
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ICUs Become A 鈥楧elirium Factory鈥 For COVID Patients
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.
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Police Using Rubber Bullets On Protesters That Can Kill, Blind Or Maim For Life
Police in multiple cities are using supposedly 鈥渘onlethal鈥 crowd-control methods from rubber bullets to tear gas bombs to pepper-spray projectiles.
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Hiring A Diverse Army To Track COVID-19 Amid Reopening
Experts estimate local and state health departments will have to hire 100,000 to 300,000 people as contact tracers to get the economy back on track. Many states are trying hard to hire from the racial and ethnic minority communities hit hardest by the virus.
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Pandemic Presents New Hurdles, And Hope, For People Struggling With Addiction
Relaxed regulations in response to the pandemic means more access to addiction treatment medications. But recovery programs are accepting fewer people, and the danger of overdose remains high.
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Coronavirus Surprise: IRS Allows Midyear Insurance And FSA Changes
Last month, the Internal Revenue Service announced it would let employees add, drop or change some of their benefits for the remainder of 2020. The catch: Your employer has to allow the changes. KHN explains how it could work.
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Must-Reads Of The Week
KHN executive editor Damon Darlin wades through mounds of health care policy stories 鈥 so you don鈥檛 have to.
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As COVID Cuts Deadly Path Through Indiana Prisons, Inmates Say Symptoms Ignored
Since the start of the pandemic, prisoners and their families have contradicted state officials about the conditions inside Indiana prisons. Many inmates report they've had no way to protect themselves from close contact with other inmates and staff members. They believe contracting the coronavirus is inevitable.
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Hate Unmasked In America
As a journalist, she wrote during the winter about the hostility shown toward Asian Americans for wearing masks. In May, she got cursed at for not wearing a mask herself.