Public Health
Public Health Experts ‘Flabbergasted’ That Biden Still Hasn’t Picked an FDA Chief
President Joe Biden’s failure to name someone to lead the Food and Drug Administration, more than 10 months after the election, has flummoxed public health experts who say it’s baffling for the agency to be without a permanent leader during a national health crisis. The pandemic has taxed the FDA, an 18,000-person agency whose chiefs […]
Will ‘Dr. Disinformation’ Ever Face the Music?
Earlier this month, Dr. Rashid Buttar posted on Twitter that covid-19 “was a planned operation” and shared an article alleging that most people who got the covid vaccine would be dead by 2025. His statement is a recent example in what has been a steady stream of spurious claims surrounding the covid vaccines and treatments […]
Cuando se desestima o estigmatiza a las muertes por covid, el dolor se mezcla con ira y vergüenza
Meses después de la muerte de Kyle Dixon, su vieja casa en Lanse, Pennsylvania, está llena de recordatorios de una vida truncada. Su carpa y botas de trekking están en el porche donde las dejó por última vez. El césped que solía cortar ha crecido. Y en la mesada de la cocina todavía hay frascos […]
The Solution to Au Pairs’ Health Coverage Gaps May Be Simple: ACA Plans
In 2016, Isis Mabel, of Mexico, wanted to improve her English. On advice from an aunt, she enrolled with an au pair agency to come to the United States to live with a family and care for the children. The job typically pays about $200 a week on top of lodging and meals. She said […]
La máscara de tela, ¿es suficiente para proteger contra la variante delta?
En los últimos meses, algunas compañías aéreas europeas han prohibido el uso de máscaras de tela para controlar la propagación del coronavirus durante los vuelos, en favor de las quirúrgicas y los respiradores N95. Se trata de un nuevo debate sobre la eficacia del popular cubrebocas de tela, cuyo uso se extendió desde los […]
I Got a ‘Mild’ Breakthrough Case. Here’s What I Wish I’d Known.
The test results that hot day in early August shouldn’t have surprised me — all the symptoms were there. A few days earlier, fatigue had enveloped me like a weighted blanket. I chalked it up to my weekend of travel. Next, a headache clamped down on the back of my skull. Then my eyeballs started […]
Ask KHN-PolitiFact: Is My Cloth Mask Good Enough to Face the Delta Variant?
In recent months, some European airlines have banned the use of cloth face coverings to control the spread of the coronavirus during air travel, instead favoring surgical masks — sometimes referred to as medical or disposable — and N95 respirators. It’s another salvo in the debate over the effectiveness of the ubiquitous cloth mask, which […]
Científicos analizan los sistemas inmunes únicos de los niños mientras más son víctimas de covid
A un año y medio del comienzo de la pandemia de covid-19, con la variante delta impulsando un resurgimiento masivo de casos, muchos hospitales están alcanzando un triste récord. Ahora están perdiendo bebés por el coronavirus. La primera muerte reportada de un recién nacido relacionada con covid fue en el condado de Orange, Florida, y […]
Covid-Overwhelmed Hospitals Postpone Cancer Care and Other Treatment
It’s a bad time to get sick in Oregon. That’s the message from some doctors, as hospitals fill up with covid-19 patients and other medical conditions go untreated. Charlie Callagan looked perfectly healthy sitting outside recently on his deck in the smoky summer air in the small Rogue Valley town of Merlin, in southern Oregon. […]
Scientists Examine Kids’ Unique Immune Systems as More Fall Victim to Covid
Eighteen months into the covid-19 pandemic, with the delta variant fueling a massive resurgence of disease, many hospitals are hitting a heartbreaking new low. They’re now losing babies to the coronavirus. The first reported covid-related death of a newborn occurred in Orange County, Florida, and an infant has died in Mississippi. Merced County in California […]