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Scientists Examine Kids’ Unique Immune Systems as More Fall Victim to Covid
Doctors are trying to figure out why some kids become much sicker than others and, in rare cases, don’t survive.
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How Fauci and the NIH Got Ahead of the FDA and CDC in Backing Boosters
With real-time data streaming in from highly specialized researchers in the U.S. and abroad, NIH scientists became convinced that boosting the covid-19 vaccine was needed to save lives, prompting the president to announce a plan with a Sept. 20 start date. Scientists at the regulatory agencies weren’t yet convinced. A meeting Friday will determine what happens next. Here’s the story from behind the scenes.
Dentists Chip Away at Uninsured Problem by Offering Patients Membership Plans
The plans are designed for people who don’t get dental coverage through their jobs and can’t afford an individual plan. For about $300 to $400 a year, patients receive certain preventive services at no charge and other procedures at a discount.
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Covid-Overwhelmed Hospitals Postpone Cancer Care and Other Treatment
Patients with advanced cancer and heart disease are among those who have had to have surgeries and other treatments delayed and rescheduled as a high number of critically ill, unvaccinated covid patients strain the medical system.
Leader of California’s Muscular Obamacare Exchange to Step Down
Peter Lee helped create Covered California, which has been lauded as a national example among the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces, and he fiercely opposed Republican efforts to repeal the federal health reform law.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Much Ado About Drug Prices
No Papers, No Care: Disabled Migrants Seek Help Through Lawsuit, Activism
When Covid Deaths Are Dismissed or Stigmatized, Grief Is Mixed With Shame and Anger
Over Half of States Have Rolled Back Public Health Powers in Pandemic
Biden Releases a New Plan to Combat Covid, but Experts Say There’s Still a Ways to Go
Census: Insured Population Holds Steady, With a Slight Shift From Private to Public Coverage
Under Pressure, Montana Hospital Considers Adding Psych Beds Amid a Shortage
Justice Department Targets Data Mining in Medicare Advantage Fraud Case
Your Covid Game Plan
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Fall and football go hand in hand. But with covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths soaring from the delta variant, is it safe to go to the stadium? KHN asks the experts.
