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Hollowed-Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus
The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources necessary to confront the worst health crisis in a century.
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.
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.
Fractured Skulls, Lost Eyes: Police Often Break Own Rules Using 'Rubber Bullets'
Around the country, police responded to protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death by shooting “less lethal” projectiles, which can seriously hurt and kill. In a joint investigation, KHN and USA TODAY found some officers appear to have violated their department’s own rules when they fired.
‘Just Make It Home’: The Unwritten Rules Blacks Learn To Navigate Racism In America
Darnell Hill, a mental health caseworker, is teaching black teens in St. Louis how to safely walk through the park, run to the store or handle an encounter with the police. Beyond tangible skills, he offers comfort and a semblance of control to those for whom birding, running or walking down the street hold the risk of racial violence.
As Cases Spike, California Pauses Multimillion-Dollar Testing Expansion
Among Those Disrupted By COVID-19: The Nation’s Newest Doctors
NIH Spearheads Study To Test At-Home Screening For HPV And Cervical Cancer
Essential Worker Shoulders $1,840 Pandemic Debt Due To COVID Cost Loophole
Hospital Executive Charged In $1.4B Rural Hospital Billing Scheme
'More Than Physical Health': Gym Helps 91-Year-Old Battle Isolation
Supreme Court, Rejecting Restrictive La. Law, Refuses To Roll Back Abortion Rights
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: High Court’s Surprising Abortion Decision
California Prisons Are COVID Hotbeds Despite Billions Spent On Inmate Health
The Guardian and KHN collaborate to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who die from COVID-19, and to understand why so many are falling victim to the pandemic.
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