Category: Public Health

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Boosting Confusion

Federal health officials appear poised to extend a recommendation for covid boosters to all adults, following moves by some governors and mayors to broaden the eligible booster pool as caseloads rise. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration finally has a nominee to head the agency: former FDA chief Robert Califf. And Medicare premiums for consumers will likely rise substantially in 2022, partly due to the approval of a controversial drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease. Tami Luhby of CNN, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Dan Weissmann, host of the “An Arm and a Leg” podcast.

Viewpoint: Next phase of pandemic depends on 3 unknowns  

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Mask wearing cuts new COVID-19 cases by 53%, study finds

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COVID-19 hospitalizations increasing among fully vaccinated, Fauci says

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Will the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ change?

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Hospitalizations for eating disorders doubled last year, study finds

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CDC: Monkeypox case reported in Maryland; 2nd US case this year

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US preterm birth rate dropped in 2020 for 1st time in 6 years

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Snapshot of 3 states with the highest jumps in COVID-19 hospitalizations

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Texas Abortion Law Harms Survivors of Rape and Incest, Activists Say

While anti-abortion activists say abortion exceptions are a “punishment” to “innocent human life,” social workers say Texas’ new abortion law rigidly curtails options for rape and incest survivors at a moment when they need the “power and control” of choice to begin healing.