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California’s Vaccine Appointment Website Has Glitches. No Surprise?
Experts give poor usability ratings to My Turn, the new statewide sign-up app for covid vaccination. But with so many problems plaguing the vaccination effort, it seems unreasonable to have expected this one to work perfectly.
Journalists Dissect Covid Vaccines and Variants
KHN correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed vaccine production and supply chains on KERA’s “Think” with host Krys Boyd, C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” and PBS’ “NewsHour Weekend.” She also joined Newsy to discuss how federal rules restrict patients and their doctors from knowing whether someone has been infected by a covid-19 variant. Click here to hear Pradhan on […]
Firefighters — ‘Health Care Providers on a Truck’ — Signal Pandemic Burnout
Grappling with stagnant pay and a lack of personal protective equipment, firefighters are even more frustrated to find they are lower down the vaccine priority list than health care workers despite serving on the front lines of the medical system.
One School District’s Struggle Over Public Health, Parents and Politics
California officials have been leery of reopening schools without tight protocols, a position favored by teachers unions that has met growing flak from local officials and parents. In Roseville, a suburb of Sacramento, the struggle has come to a head.
Coronavirus Deranges the Immune System in Complex and Deadly Ways
Researchers are testing treatments to overcome autoimmune reactions that begin when the body’s defenses respond to the coronavirus.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Good and Not-So-Good News on Covid
Kaiser Permanente, Big Player in State Vaccine Effort, Has Had Trouble Vaccinating Own Members
Reopening of Long-Term Care Facilities Is ‘an Absolute Necessity for Our Well-Being’
To Help Farmworkers Get Covid Tests and Vaccine, Build Trust and a Safety Net
Accidentally Trashed, Thawed or Expired: Reports of Covid Vaccine Spoilage
Rural Americans in Pharmacy Deserts Hurting for Covid Vaccines
In California, Caregivers of People With Disabilities Are Being Turned Away at COVID Vaccine Sites
Lost on the Frontline: New This Week
Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Young Covid 'Long Haulers'
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