Another Coronavirus Casualty: California’s Budget
SACRAMENTO — The coronavirus has claimed another victim: California’s finances. Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his revised 2020-21 state budget plan...
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In Reversal, Kansas Will Count All Positive COVID Cases, Even Asymptomatic Ones
Kansas leaders will include asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in their assessments of virus trends as they evaluate when to take further...
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: What’s In The Next Round Of COVID-19 Relief?
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie's Stories Rebecca...
Despite Pandemic, Trauma Centers See No End To ‘The Visible Virus Of Violence’
CHICAGO — On an early March day at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergency room at the University...
Trump’s Comparison Of COVID-19 Death Rates In Germany, US Is Wrong
“Germany and the United States are the two best in deaths per 100,000 people, which, frankly, to me, that’s perhaps...
Eerie Emptiness Of ERs Worries Doctors As Heart Attack And Stroke Patients Delay Care
The patient described it as the worst headache of her life. She didn’t go to the hospital, though. Instead, the...
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Blowing The Whistle On Trump Team’s COVID Policies
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie's Stories Anna...
Economic Blow Of The Coronavirus Hits America’s Already Stressed Farmers
Richard Oswald, still mourning the loss of his family’s homestead to flooding along the Missouri River, is planting corn and...
How The Pandemic And An Anti-Vax Health Official Are Roiling A Montana Community
Even as Montana begins a gradual easing of stay-at-home restrictions intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the political...
When Prisons Are ‘Petri Dishes,’ Inmates Can’t Guard Against COVID-19, They Say
On April 6, an inmate named Dennis stayed up late at Indiana’s Plainfield Correctional Facility. He wrote to his wife,...
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: SCOTUS Decides An ACA Case. No, Not THAT Case.
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie's Stories Mary...
Free Clinics Try To Fill Gaps As COVID Sweeps Away Job-Based Insurance
TUPELO, Mississippi — Joe Delbert hadn’t needed the Tree of Life Free Clinic in three years. The 55-year-old man, who...
Fear Of Coronavirus Propels Some Smokers To Quit
In 40 years of smoking, Katie Kennedy has tried four times to quit but always went back to cigarettes. Today,...
As Coronavirus Strikes, Crucial Data In Electronic Health Records Hard To Harvest
When President Donald Trump started touting hydroxychloroquine as “one of the biggest game changers” for treating COVID-19, researchers hoped electronic...
‘An Arm And A Leg’: If Insurer Bills You For COVID Testing, Talk — And Maybe Tweet — It Out
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. About This Podcast Health care — and how much it costs —...
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Whom Do We Trust For COVID Info?
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie's Stories Jennifer...
Abbott’s Fast COVID Test Poses Safety Issues, Lab Workers Say
Lab personnel say worries are mounting over the safety of a rapid coronavirus test by Abbott Laboratories that President Donald...
Coronavirus Crisis Opens Access To Online Opioid Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction isn’t taking a break during the coronavirus pandemic. But the U.S. response to the viral crisis is making...
