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Caskets Wrapped in Colorful Images Pay Tribute to Young Lives Lost to Trauma and Violence
Mourners are wrapping caskets in imagery, similar to the way companies wrap logos around cars, trucks, and buses. Across the country, casket-wrap companies create custom designs, too often for grieving parents who have lost their children to gun violence.
The New MADD Movement: Parents Rise Up Against Drug Deaths
People who have lost children to pills laced with fentanyl are demanding that lawmakers adopt stricter penalties and are pressuring Silicon Valley for social media protections. The movement harks back to the 1980s, when Mothers Against Drunk Driving activated a generation of parents.
Watch: Going Beyond the Script of ‘The G Word’ and How Government Responds to Disease (Or Not)
KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joins comedian Adam Conover to discuss his new Netflix series, “The G Word,” which examines the federal government's role in Americans' lives, and how it plays out in the covid era.
Journalists Explore Affordability of Mental Health Care and Abortion Laws' Effect on Miscarriages
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Bison Pastrami, Anyone? Preschool Assistant Makes Sure Kids Get to Know Indigenous Foods
Fawn Youngbear-Tibbetts wants youngsters to connect with their Native American culture and eat more nutritious foods.
High-Tech’s Business Model Hasn’t Worked for the Cue Covid Test
This Rural, Red Southern County Was a Vaccine Success Story. Not Anymore.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Waking Up to Baby Formula Shortage
The Private Sector Steps In to Protect Online Health Privacy, but Critics Say It Can’t Be Trusted
How Better Ventilation Can Help ‘Covid-Proof’ Your Home
New Covered California Leader Urges Renewal of Enhanced Federal Aid for Health Premiums
‘That’s Just Part of Aging’: Long Covid Symptoms Are Often Overlooked in Seniors
Why So Slow? Legislators Take on Insurers' Delays in Approving Prescribed Treatments
As Red Cross Moves to Pricey Blood Treatment Method, Hospitals Call for More Choice
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At US Hospitals, a Drug Mix-Up Is Just a Few Keystrokes Away
After a Tennessee nurse killed a patient because of a drug error, the companies behind hospital medication cabinets said they’d make the devices safer. But did they?
