A 22-year-old EMT with “a smile that would light up any room.” A nursing assistant who never got to hold her third granddaugher born in April. An ICU nurse who treated some of the first U.S. COVID cases in February. These are some of the people just added to “Lost on the Frontline,” a special series from The Guardian and KHN that profiles health care workers who died of COVID-19.
Colorado, Like Other States, Trims Health Programs Amid Health Crisis
Across the country, the recession has cut state revenues at the same time the COVID-19 pandemic has increased costs, forcing state lawmakers into painful decisions about how to balance their budgets. Health care is one of the targets even in the midst of a health care crisis.
As COVID Testing Soars, Wait Times For Results Jump To A Week — Or More
The delays can be excruciating, with some extreme cases running more than 20 days. People getting tested at urgent care centers, community health centers, pharmacies and state-run drive-thru or walk-up sites are often waiting a week or more to find out if they tested positive for the coronavirus.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: ‘Open The Schools, Close The Bars’
While COVID-19 cases continue to surge in more than half the country, the Trump administration has decided its top priority is for schools to open for in-person learning this fall. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court hands Trump a victory in a case to limit the reach of the birth control benefit under the Affordable Care Act. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call and Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHN’s Sarah Varney about the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month.”
Amid Surge, Hospitals Hesitate To Cancel Nonemergency Surgeries
Unlike earlier in the year, most hospitals are not proactively canceling elective surgeries, even in some places seeing spikes in coronavirus patients.
Could Trump’s Push To Undo The ACA Cause Problems For COVID Survivors? Biden Thinks So.
Shingles Vaccination Rate Soars But Leaves Many Behind
Behind The Byline: ‘Everybody Hit Record’
COVID Cuts A Lethal Path Through San Quentin’s Death Row
High Court Allows Employers To Opt Out Of ACA’s Mandate On Birth Control Coverage
Analysis: How A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Cost Americans Dearly
COVID-Tracking Apps Proliferate, But Will They Really Help?
In Texas, Individual Freedoms Clash With Efforts To Slow The Surge Of COVID Cases
COVID Catch-22: They Got A Big ER Bill Because Hospitals Couldn’t Test For Virus
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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