Health Care : NPR

NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with Lisa Cooper of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity about COVID-19 treatments for those close to President Trump and disparities in America’s health care system.

NPR’s Ailsa Chang interviews Joel Zivot, an intensive care unit doctor, about why he thinks health care workers should not receive a coronavirus vaccine before others.

NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with two nurses, Tessa Johnson and Danielle Pendergrass, about how rural health care providers deal with the new coronavirus surge having limited resources.

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Paul Black, CEO of Winston Medical Center in Louisville, Miss., about the challenges the hospital faces with the influx of COVID-19 patients.

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Jasmyne Aseff, a travelling ICU nurse, about what it’s been like fighting the pandemic, from the initial outbreak in New York City to her current position in Missouri.

NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Andy Slavitt, ex-acting head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Scott Gottlieb, former Food and Drug Administration head, on COVID-19 vaccine efforts.

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Vineet Arora, a hospitalist at the University of Chicago, about warning Illinois officials that hospitals will run out of intensive care unit bed by Thanksgiving.

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Christi Grimm of the Department of Health and Human Services about dealing with the pandemic and navigating the ups and downs of the Trump administration.

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Shankar Kurra, vice president of medical affairs at Rapid City Hospital in South Dakota, about the staffing shortage at his hospital amid the surge of coronavirus cases.

The Supreme Court will hear a case Tuesday questioning the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with medical pricing expert Erin Fuse Brown about what’s at stake.