Can’t see the video player? View the video here. The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 246,000 people in the U.S., but it also has left hundreds of thousands of others grieving, and often feeling as if they have been robbed of the usual methods for dealing with the loss. For every person who dies of […]

Nursing homes are still taking days to get back COVID-19 test results as many shun the Trump administration’s central strategy to limit the spread of the virus among old and sick Americans. In late summer, federal officials began distributing to nursing homes millions of point-of-care antigen tests, which can be given on-site and report the […]

Drugmaker Pfizer is expected to seek federal permission to release its COVID-19 vaccine by the end of November, a move that holds promise for quelling the pandemic, but also sets up a tight time frame for making sure consumers understand what it will mean to actually get the shots. This vaccine, and likely most others, […]

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on PRX. Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Stephanie Armour The Wall Street Journal @StephArmour1 Read Stephanie’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Shefali Luthra The 19th @Shefalil Read Shefali’s Stories Five days after the election was called for President-elect Joe […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden secured the 270 electoral votes needed to capture the White House on Saturday, major news organizations projected,  after election officials in a handful of swing states spent days in round-the-clock counting of millions of mail-in ballots and early votes. The Democrat’s victory came after the latest tallies showed him taking […]

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on PRX. Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Kimberly Leonard Business Insider @leonardkl Read Kimberly’s Stories Mary Ellen McIntire CQ Roll Call @MelMcIntire Read Mary Ellen’s Stories Assuming former Vice President Joe Biden becomes President-elect Joe Biden […]

This video is based on Victoria Knight’s story, “Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection to Harvest Crops.” KHN has never been busier ― and health coverage has never been more vital. We’ve revamped our Behind The Byline YouTube series and brought it to Instagram TV. Journalists and producers from across KHN’s newsrooms take […]

David Joel Perea called from Maine, Vermont, Minnesota and, ultimately, Nevada, always with the same request: “Mom, can you send tamales?” Dominga Perea would ship them overnight. That’s how she knew where her 35-year-old son was. The traveling nurse had “a tremendous work ethic,” routinely putting in 80 hours a week, said his brother, Daniel. […]