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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Abortion Politics Front and Center

The polarizing abortion issue threatens to tie up Congress, the Supreme Court and the states for the coming year. Meanwhile, Congress kicks the can down the road to December on settling its spending priorities. Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Yasmeen Abutaleb of The Washington Post and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Aneri Pattani, who delivered the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode about a covid test that cost as much as a luxury car.

Oct. 7, 2021

Quarantine Postcard

Our Covid Cocoon: The Parents Aren’t Alright (But Help May Be Coming)

After experiencing multiple quarantines and school closures in less than two months, covid vaccine approvals for 5- to 11-year-olds can’t come soon enough for a KHN editor in Montana.

By Matt Volz

Oct. 7, 2021

Needle Exchanges Are Targeted by Eco-Rooted Lawsuits. A New California Law Will Stop That.

Opponents of free needle programs in California are using environmental regulations to shut them down. On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will end that strategy.

By Rachel Bluth

Oct. 6, 2021

COVID-19

California Vaccine Mandate Extends to Aides for People With Disabilities

Even though they perform the same intimate tasks as nursing home and hospital workers, in-home health aides initially were left out of California’s vaccine mandate. They must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 30.

By Jackie Fortiér, LAist

Oct. 6, 2021

Racism a Strong Factor in Black Women’s High Rate of Premature Births, Study Finds

Dr. Paula Braveman, director of UCSF’s Center on Social Disparities in Health, shares her insights on a provocative new study that identifies racism as a decisive factor in the gap in preterm birth rates between Black and white women.

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Oct. 5, 2021

Solitary Confinement Condemns Many Prisoners to Long-Term Health Issues

An estimated 300,000 people were held in solitary confinement in U.S. jails and prisons at the height of the pandemic. An international movement is pushing to limit the form of incarceration due to its damaging physical and psychological effects.

By Katja Ridderbusch

Oct. 5, 2021

Listen: California Banks on a Bold Treatment: Pay Drug Users to Stop Using

As the pandemic has raged so has the country’s drug epidemic. California is looking to a controversial solution for certain drug users, but despite its effectiveness, critics have scoffed at the idea calling it unethical or a bribe.

By April Dembosky, KQED

Oct. 4, 2021

COVID-19

Student Nurses Who Refuse Vaccination Struggle to Complete Degrees

The Biden administration is requiring workers at health care facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid payments to be vaccinated. For the minority of nursing students who have refused a shot, the new policy could mean they can’t get the training they need in a hospital or other health care venue.

By Michelle Andrews

Oct. 4, 2021

Santa Cruz Health Officials Honored for Persevering in Covid Battle Against Tide of ‘Denialism’

Mimi Hall and Dr. Gail Newel, health director and health officer for Santa Cruz County, California, will receive PEN America’s 2021 PEN/Benenson Courage Award for soldiering forward in their work amid death threats and personal attacks.

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Oct. 1, 2021

COVID-19

A Colorado Town Is About as Vaccinated as It Can Get. Covid Still Isn’t Over There.

San Juan County, Colorado, is one of the most vaccinated counties in the U.S. Leaders across the country continue to expound on the vaccine as the path forward in the pandemic. But San Juan’s experience the past few weeks with its first covid hospitalizations shows that, even with an extremely vaccinated population, masks are still necessary.

By Rae Ellen Bichell

Oct. 1, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Readers and Tweeters Feel Americans’ Pain

KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Oct. 1, 2021

Hospitals Confront Climate Change as Patients Sick From Floods and Fires Crowd ERs

Patients sickened in heat waves, flooding and wildfire have raised awareness of climate change’s impact on health. Now, some hospitals are building solar panels and cutting waste to reduce their own carbon footprints, with support from a new office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. But the industry is moving slowly.

By Miranda Green

Oct. 1, 2021

COVID-19

Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites

The pandemic is devastating rural America, where lower vaccination rates are compounding the already limited medical care.

By Lauren Weber

Sept. 30, 2021

The ‘Burn Scars’ of Wildfires Threaten the West’s Drinking Water

Sediment from massive blazes chokes rivers and reservoirs, contaminating water supplies. The problem is only getting worse as climate change intensifies wildfires and lengthens the fire season.

By Sara Reardon

Sept. 28, 2021

Asking Never Hurts

Wildfire Smoke Is Here to Stay. Here’s How to Clean the Air Inside Your Home.

There are many ways to cleanse indoor air of dangerous smoke particles, which are particularly harmful to people with chronic respiratory and cardiac conditions. Some are expensive, but cheap alternatives exist.

By Bernard J. Wolfson

Sept. 28, 2021

COVID-19

Firefighters on Front Lines, No Strangers to Risk, Push Back Against Covid Vaccine Mandates

Among the people still reluctant to get vaccinated — and pushing against mandates — are firefighters, many of whom also respond to medical calls as paramedics and EMTs and have witnessed the ravages of the pandemic firsthand.

By Sandy West

Sept. 27, 2021

COVID-19

These Schools Use Weekly Testing to Keep Kids in Class — And Covid Out

Coronavirus outbreaks have shuttered K-12 classrooms across the U.S., affecting tens of thousands of K-12 students. To avoid the same fate, some school districts are tapping federal dollars to set up testing programs and step up their vigilance against the virus.

By Christine Herman, WILL / Illinois Public Media

Sept. 27, 2021

KHN on Air

Who Qualifies for a Covid Booster? The List Is Growing Longer

KHN’s Sarah Jane Tribble and Arthur Allen join Science Friday host Ira Flatow to recap the evolving news in the run-up to offering booster shots for the covid vaccine.

Sept. 27, 2021

KHN On Air

From the FDA’s Empty Seat to Chock-Full ICUs, Journalists Recap the Week’s Stories

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.

Sept. 25, 2021

Mounting Covid Deaths Fuel School Bus Drivers’ Fears

Since August, school bus drivers and monitors have died of covid-19 in at least 10 states, including Georgia and Florida. Masks are required on school buses, but enforcing the rules in districts without school mask mandates is especially hard to do.

By Andy Miller and Phil Galewitz

Sept. 24, 2021

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