Why Millions on Medicaid Are at Risk of Losing Coverage in the Months Ahead
The Biden administration and state officials are bracing for a great unwinding: millions of people losing their Medicaid benefits when the pandemic health emergency ends. Some might sign up for different insurance. Many others are bound to get lost in the transition. State Medicaid agencies for months have been preparing for the end of a […]
Health Policy Valentines Too Sweet Not to Tweet
Nothing brightens our Twitter feeds like a few good health policy valentines ― except maybe a haiku or two. Tweeters showered us with love this season, writing poetic valentines about covid-19 testing and booster shots, the No Surprises Act, and more. Here are some of our favorites, starting with the winning tweet from @AlanJCard. ♡ […]
Covid Precautions Are Part of Hispanic Community’s Efforts to Tend to Community Good
On a snowy January morning, Luis Portillo stood in line on the side of a busy road in Silver Spring, Maryland — a suburb just north of Washington, D.C. — with about 200 other people, waiting for his turn to get tested for covid-19 at Mary’s Center, a federally qualified health center. Portillo, a 65-year-old […]
Proteger a su comunidad, el impulso que mejora la vacunación y las pruebas para covid entre hispanos
La preocupación acerca de su comunidad parece haber desempeñado un papel en el aumento de las tasas de vacunación de los hispanos en los últimos meses, que ahora son iguales a las de los blancos no hispanos. El 60% de cada grupo ha recibido al menos una dosis. Esta conciencia comunitaria, junto con fuertes esfuerzos […]
What Are Taxpayers Spending for Those ‘Free’ Covid Tests? The Government Won’t Say.
The four free covid-19 rapid tests President Joe Biden promised in December for every American household have begun arriving in earnest in mailboxes and on doorsteps. A surge of covid infections spurred wide demand for over-the-counter antigen tests during the holidays: Clinics were overwhelmed with people seeking tests and the few off-the-shelf brands were nearly […]
Exits by Black and Hispanic Teachers Pose a New Threat to Covid-Era Education
Lynette Henley needed one more year to receive her full pension after 40 years as a teacher, but she couldn’t convince herself it was worth the risk. So Henley, 65, who has diabetes and congestive heart failure, retired last June as a math and history teacher at Hogan Middle School, in Vallejo, California, which serves […]
Otra amenaza a la educación en la era de covid: jubilación masiva de maestros latinos
Lynette Henley necesitaba un año más para poder recibir su pensión completa después de 40 años como maestra, pero no podía convencerse a sí misma de que valía la pena el riesgo. Entonces, Henley, de 65 años, quien tiene diabetes e insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva, se jubiló en junio pasado como maestra de matemáticas e historia […]
Montana Mice May Hold the Secret to Virus Spillover
For the past 20 years, Amy Kuenzi has spent three days of every month traveling to a ranch near Gregson, Montana, and setting out traps that contain peanut butter and oats. Her quarry is deer mice. She takes blood samples, looks for scars and fleas, and attaches ear tags. “Mice are fairly trap happy and […]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: FDA Takes Center Stage
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on PRX. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Click here for a transcript of the episode. The FDA is still lacking a Senate-confirmed leader, but the agency is at the center of several major policy […]
Polio, varicela, sarampión, y ahora covid. Es hora de revisar la historia del mandato de vacunas escolares
La rápida propagación de omicron en todo el país —y la constatación de que las vacunas siguen proporcionando una fuerte protección contra la enfermedad grave— hace que covid-19 esté, quizás, a un paso, de ganarse su lugar en la lista de enfermedades que han sido dominadas por vacunas. Entre ellas se encuentra la poliomielitis, el […]