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In an investigation last year, KHN detailed the rise and fall of Miami businessman Jorge A. Perez’s rural hospital empire, which spanned eight states and encompassed half of the rural hospital bankruptcies in 2019.
As California begins one of the largest contact-tracing training programs in the country, many of the new recruits will be librarians: who are known to be curious, tech-savvy and really good at getting people they barely know to open up.
Many travel insurance plans offer health care coverage, but they could limit how much the insurer will pay or exclude coverage for health crises like the coronavirus pandemic. That may leave foreign travelers — unfamiliar with the way the American health system works ― on the hook for major expenses.
Wednesday's roundup covers aspirin, vaping, high covid cases in kids, vaccine mandates, spending bill, abortion, drug prices and more.
As an electron microscopist at the National Institutes of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana, Elizabeth Fischer has captured stunning images of emerging pathogens such as Ebola, the MERS coronavirus and now SARS-CoV-2.
Friday's roundup covers vaccine and mask mandates, boosters, covid cases, abortion, health worker shortages and more. Plus, weekend reads.
Public health officials have been alarmed by the increase in COVID-19 cases linked to family gatherings and socializing. While Gov. Gavin Newsom is defending the state’s reopening, local health officials worry the situation could get worse this summer.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom dedicated nearly all of his State of the State address Wednesday to homelessness. To fix that problem, he said, the state must address another one: mental health care.
Our first roundup of 2021 covers the bumpy vaccine rollout, virus variant worries, superspreader holiday events, Biden's team and more.
Monday's roundup covers FDA vaccine approval, boosters, mask wars, hospitalizations, covid surge in young, treatments, uninsured and more.
Before the coronavirus hit, California was looking at a budget surplus of more than $5 billion and lawmakers were debating how to increase the size of government health programs. Now, the state faces a deficit, program cuts, high unemployment — and no significant investment in public health funding at a time when the state needs it the most.
Monday's roundup covers 700,000 American covid deaths, hot spots, boosters, vaccine mandates, Supreme Court, Congress, misinfo and more.
Keep scrolling: Today's roundup is brimming with covid anniversary, stimulus, vaccine, CDC, treatment and long-haul news plus much more.
At least half of the top 10 recipients, part of a group that received $20 billion in emergency HHS funding, have paid criminal penalties or settled charges related to improper billing and other practices.
Penny Wingard, 58, of Charlotte, North Carolina, worries she won’t ever get out from under her medical debt despite new policies that are supposed to prevent medical debt from harming people’s credit scores.
Thursday's roundup covers record drug deaths, ACA enrollment, budget plan, marijuana, delta cases vs. vaccines, Aduhelm and more.
Monday's roundup covers vaccine mandates, religious exemptions, testing, delta surge, health worker shortages, spending bill and more.
As the coronavirus threatens the finances of thousands of hospitals, wealthy ones that can draw on millions — and even billions — of dollars in savings are in competition with near-insolvent hospitals for limited pots of financial relief.
TGIF! Today's news covers covid deaths, delta surge, vaccines, masks, schools, evictions, e-cigs and more. Plus, double the weekend reads.
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