Category: Public Health

78% of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the US overweight or obese, CDC finds

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Houston reports uncontrolled community spread of UK variant

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Behind The Byline: Reporting Road Trip

Check out KHN’s video series — Behind The Byline: How the Story Got Made. Come along as journalists and producers offer an insider’s view of health care coverage that does not quit.

In Alabama, South Carolina and Louisiana, CVS Vaccine Appointments Go Unfilled

Dozens of open appointment slots in the three Southern states last week stood in sharp contrast to states such as Delaware, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, where spots generally were claimed by midmorning or earlier.

Without a Pandemic Safety Net, Immigrants Living in US Illegally Fall Through the Cracks

Many undocumented immigrants are essential workers at high risk of exposure to the virus — and the pandemic’s economic crash — with no direct access to federal financial lifelines available to U.S. citizens.

Ouch! Needle-Phobic People Scarred by So Many Images of Covid Shots

The pictures are on the nightly news, on billboards, bus stop posters and all over social media. How can people who fear needles manage to get their covid shots?

Dozens pretend to be healthcare workers, get COVID-19 vaccine in Florida: FEMA

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Flu activity still unusually low — 4 CDC FluView takeaways

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COVID-19 vaccinations up 36% in 1 week: 12 CDC stats to know

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Fully vaccinated people don’t need masks around low-risk unvaccinated people, CDC says: 4 notes

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