Journalists Tell How Covid Complicates Organ Transplants and the Health of Rural America

KHN senior correspondent JoNel Aleccia discussed organ transplants and the covid-19 vaccine on NBC’s “NBC Now” on Oct. 8.

Click here to watch Aleccia on “NBC Now”
Read Aleccia’s “Organ Centers to Transplant Patients: Get a Covid Shot or Move Down on Waitlist”

KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed covid deaths in rural America on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” on Oct. 7.

Click here to hear Weber on “River to River”
Read Weber’s “Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites”

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<h1>Journalists Tell How Covid Complicates Organ Transplants and the Health of Rural America</h1>
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			October 16, 2021		</time>
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<p>KHN senior correspondent JoNel Aleccia discussed organ transplants and the covid-19 vaccine on NBC’s “NBC Now” on Oct. 8. </p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/nbcnewsnow/status/1446597437351768071?s=21">Click here to watch Aleccia on “NBC Now</a>”</li><li>Read Aleccia’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/organ-centers-to-transplant-patients-get-a-covid-shot-or-move-down-on-waitlist/">Organ Centers to Transplant Patients: Get a Covid Shot or Move Down on Waitlist</a>”</li></ul><p>KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed covid deaths in rural America on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” on Oct. 7. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/2021-10-08/30-years-after-her-senate-hearings-anita-hill-says">Click here to hear Weber on “River to River</a>”</li><li>Read Weber’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/covid-death-rate-rural-america/">Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites</a>”</li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/khn-on-air-covid-organ-transplants-rural-death-rates-october-16-2021/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/khn-on-air-covid-organ-transplants-rural-death-rates-october-16-2021/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/khn-on-air-covid-organ-transplants-rural-death-rates-october-16-2021/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Tell%20How%20Covid%20Complicates%20Organ%20Transplants%20and%20the%20Health%20of%20Rural%20America&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTM5MTgyMg&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/khn-on-air-covid-organ-transplants-rural-death-rates-october-16-2021/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/khn-on-air-covid-organ-transplants-rural-death-rates-october-16-2021/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"></p>
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