Morning Briefing: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Wednesday's roundup covers covid vaccines and boosters, long covid, elections, abortion law, monkeypox, drug development, and more.
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Morning Briefing: Thursday, August 18, 2022
Thursday's roundup covers a CDC shake up, medical debt, opioids, abortion, monkeypox vaccines and transmission, covid boosters, and more.
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You’ve Added Your Kids to Your Health Plan. What About Mom?
A bill in the California legislature would require state-regulated health plans to cover policyholders’ dependent parents. Advocates say the measure would reduce the number of uninsured people, while business groups warn of premium increases.
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No-Cancel Culture: How Telehealth Is Making It Easier to Keep That Therapy Session
No-shows for behavioral health appointments have been a long-standing problem, with up to 60% skipped. Now telehealth, fueled by the pandemic, makes it easier for people dealing with depression and other mental health issues to make it to their appointments at a time when such care is in high demand. But teletherapy creates other challenges.
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Thousands of Young Children Lost Parents to Covid. Where’s Help for Them?
More than 46,000 children in the U.S. have lost a parent to covid-19. Families say finding even basic grief counseling has been difficult and there’s been no coordinated effort to help these children access services or benefits.
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Morning Briefing: Monday, August 15, 2022
Monday's roundup covers the Inflation Reduction Act, abortion laws, monkeypox, long covid, cancer, polio, health worker strike, and more.
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At Texas Border, Pandemic’s High Toll Lays Bare Gaps in Health and Insurance
In Texas’ border communities, which are overwhelmingly Hispanic, covid-19 death rates for people under age 65 were double those in the rest of the state and three times the national average. They were also significantly higher than rates in New Mexico border areas.
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Covid’s Long Shadow: Generation Covid
Damage to Children’s Education — And Their Health — Could Last a Lifetime
Black and Hispanic students have lost up to 12 months of learning, which could lead to lower incomes and shorter, sicker lives.
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Morning Briefing: Thursday, June 30, 2022
Thursday's roundup covers abortion laws, privacy worries, abortion pills, maternal deaths, VA reform, covid vaccine, health costs, and more.
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Stark Racial Disparities Persist in Vaccinations, State-Level CDC Data Shows
Black Americans’ vaccination rates still trail all other groups, while Hispanics show improvement. Native Americans show the strongest rates nationally.
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Democrats Gave Americans a Big Boost Buying Health Insurance. It Didn’t Come Cheap.
The $1.9 trillion covid relief bill expands subsidies for private insurance plans. That will lighten the burden on consumers, but it locks taxpayers into yet more support for the health care industry.
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Morning Briefing: Friday, March 11, 2022
Friday's roundup covers opioids, flu shot, covid funds, death toll, "deltacron," travel masking, Anthem, and more. Plus, weekend reads.
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Morning Briefing: Friday, August 19, 2022
Friday's roundup covers monkeypox vaccines, abortion, covid drugs, Medicaid, CHIP, Adderall, cancer, and more. Plus, good weekend reads.
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In a Year of Zoom Memorials, Art Exhibit Makes Space for Grief
After his father died, artist Taiji Terasaki created a ritual to memorialize him. Now, Terasaki honors front-line health care workers who succumbed to covid with an exhibit inspired by “Lost on the Frontline,” the investigation by KHN and The Guardian.
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Morning Briefing: Monday, June 6, 2022
Monday's news summaries cover baby formula, monkeypox, cancer, Medicare, covid cases, unused vaccines, delayed screenings, and more.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Tuesday's roundup covers child covid vaccines, drug prices, monkeypox, abortion, covid deaths, health data, medical bills, and more.
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‘I Wanted to Go in There and Help’: Nursing Schools See Enrollment Bump Amid Pandemic
Enrollment in baccalaureate nursing programs reportedly grew nearly 6% percent in 2020.
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Morning Briefing: Friday, December 3, 2021
Friday's roundup covers U.S. omicron cases, Biden's covid plan, vaccine mandates, shutdown deal, abortion and more. Plus, weekend reads.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Tuesday's roundup covers abortion court cases, vaccine mandates, covid treatments, school lawsuits, phthalates, flu and more.
By khnlaureno