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Lost On The Frontline

'It Doesn't Feel Worth It': Covid Is Pushing New York's EMTs to the Brink

By Martha Pskowski, The Guardian Feb 24

Struggling with low pay and high stress, New York paramedics and EMTs are reaching a breaking point.

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Lessons From California Prison Where Covid ‘Spread Like Wildfire’

By Kerry Klein, Valley Public Radio Feb 24

One California county is home to the two worst clusters of covid in prisons in the country. Ninety-four percent of Avenal State Prison’s inmates contracted the virus. Physical distancing has proved impossible in a facility housing 50% more people than it should.

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COVID-19

Lost on the Frontline: New This Week

Feb 24

As of Wednesday, the ongoing KHN-Guardian project is investigating 3,470 deaths of U.S. health workers in the fight against covid-19. Today we add six profiles, including a doting grandmother who handled nursing home laundry and an EMT who was the first to volunteer for everything. Our interactive database investigates the question: Did they have to die?

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'It’s a Minefield': Biden Health Pick Must Tread Carefully on Abortion and Family Planning

By Noam N. Levey and Rachel Bluth Feb 24

President Biden vowed to reverse reproductive health restrictions enacted by President Trump. His pick to run HHS, Xavier Becerra, fought the Trump efforts but must now navigate a difficult legal and political landscape.

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DeSantis Advances Questionable Link Between Lockdowns and Despair

By Phil Galewitz Feb 24

Experts agreed there’s no definitive evidence to back up the Florida governor’s assertion.

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Covid Strikes Clergy as They Comfort Pandemic’s Sick and Dying

After Billions of Dollars and Dozens of Wartime Declarations, Why Are Vaccines Still in Short Supply?

Calling All Vaccinators: Closing the Next Gap in Covid Supply and Demand

It’s Time to Get Back to Normal? Not According to Science.

Countless Homebound Patients Still Wait for Covid Vaccine Despite Seniors’ Priority

The Do’s and Don’ts on Social Media for Vaccine Haves and Have-Nots

Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving Covid-Infected Lungs

Feds OK’d Export of Millions of N95 Masks as U.S. Workers Cried for More

New Single-Payer Bill Intensifies Newsom’s Political Peril

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First-Person Tales

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In Search of the Shot

Feb 24

KHN readers detail their frustrations and successes as they hunt for a scarce covid-19 vaccine.

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Covid Vaccine Coverage

Is Your Covid Vaccine Venue Prepared to Handle Rare, Life-Threatening Reactions?

As the Vulnerable Wait, Some Political Leaders’ Spouses Get Covid Vaccines

Inside the First Chaotic Days of the Effort to Vaccinate America

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The ACA Marketplace Is Open Again for Insurance Sign-Ups

Here’s what you need to know.

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Look Up Your Hospital

Is It Being Penalized By Medicare?

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Gene Screenings Hold Disease Clues

But unexplained anomalies often raise fears.

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Postcard from the Coachella Valley

Photo Essay

Dispelling vaccine misinformation and myths in California's breadbasket.

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Bill Of The Month

This investigation by KHN and NPR dissects and explains your medical bills every month.

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Lost On The Frontline

A collaboration between The Guardian and KHN that aims to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who die from COVID-19.

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HealthCheck

PolitiFact and KHN team up to truth-squad health care claims made by politicians and policymakers leading up to the 2020 election.

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New Single-Payer Bill Intensifies Newsom’s Political Peril

With the introduction of a single-payer bill Friday, a group of California Democratic lawmakers set the terms of the health care debate in the Capitol this year. The move puts Gov. Gavin Newsom in a delicate political position, threatening to alienate voters as he faces a likely recall election.