Category: Public Health

Daily COVID-19 vaccinations jump 21%: 9 CDC stats to know

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Physician viewpoint: Vaccination policies should consider ‘hybrid immunity’

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13.2% of COVID-19 infections led to readmissions, study finds

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Dr. Tedros running unopposed for 2nd term as WHO chief

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Non-COVID illness trends: 4 leaders share what they’re seeing

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If Congress Adds Dental Coverage to Medicare, Should All Seniors Get It?

Health equity advocates see a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide a dental benefit to millions of older Americans as Congress considers expanding Medicare services. But complicating that push is a debate over how many of the more than 60 million Medicare recipients should receive dental coverage.

‘Long COVID,’ ‘super-spreader’ among 455 words added to dictionary

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Texas Abortion Law Gets Speedy High-Court Hearing Monday

The Supreme Court justices, who accepted the case only 10 days before the arguments will be made, may skirt the issue of abortion and concentrate instead on the legality of the law’s unusual tack to let private citizens enforce it.

What’s Scarier Than Covid? Halloween Health Haikus

A huge thank you to our readers who participated in our third annual KHN Halloween Haiku Contest. Based on a review by our expert panel of judges, we unmask the winner and serve a sampling of finalists.

ERs Are Swamped With Seriously Ill Patients, Although Many Don’t Have Covid

Certain patients who couldn’t get in to see a doctor earlier in the pandemic, or were avoiding the covid risks inside hospitals, have become too sick to stay away. Many ERs now struggle to cope with an onslaught of demand.