Category: Public Health

1 in 4 US adults fully vaccinated; New Mexico, Connecticut, South Dakota lead the way

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‘Go Ahead and Vote Me Out’: What Other Places Can Learn From Santa Rosa’s Tent City

As cities across California wrestle with a crisis of homelessness that has drawn international condemnation, Santa Rosa’s bold experiment with a city-sanctioned encampment suggests a way forward.

Calls Mount for Biden to Track US Health Care Worker Deaths from Covid

As The Guardian and KHN end Lost on the Frontline, a yearlong project to count health care worker deaths in the pandemic, the White House is under pressure to take up the task.

12 Months of Trauma: More Than 3,600 US Health Workers Died in Covid’s First Year

Lost on the Frontline, a yearlong investigation by The Guardian and KHN to count health care worker deaths, ends today. This is what we learned in a year of tracing the lives of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Mount Sinai COVID-19 saliva tests to aid NYC’s reopening

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Do intense vaccine side effects point to past COVID-19 infection? 4 vaccine claims, fact-checked

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What a third of COVID-19 patients can expect within 6 months

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UK variant now most common strain in US, CDC head says

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Atlantic Health System rapid COVID-19 test can detect 3 variants

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California Counties a Hodgepodge of Highs and Lows in Vaccinating Vulnerable Seniors

Even as California prepares to expand vaccine eligibility on April 15 to all residents age 16 and up, the state has managed to inoculate only about half its senior population — the 65-and-older target group deemed most vulnerable to death and serious illness in the pandemic. Overall, nearly 56% of California seniors have received the […]