It typically takes years of persuasion to change habits in the name of health safety. Local officials who are stuck with the responsibility of enforcing statewide pandemic-related mandates are trying to transform behavior fast.
Category: Public Health
COVID-19 immunity can last up to 8 months, studies suggest
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COVID-19 vaccines likely effective against new variant
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1 in 17 people have gotten COVID-19; Trump signs relief bill — 5 updates
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Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right.
There are already signs that the distribution of the COVID vaccines will be messy, confusing and chaotic.
NYC sends deputy sheriffs to homes, hotels to make sure UK travelers quarantined
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Antarctica no longer COVID-19 free, virus officially on every continent
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New York hospitals now testing for new COVID-19 variant
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Trump requests changes to relief bill; US secures 100M more Pfizer doses — 5 COVID-19 updates
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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: 2020 in Review — It Wasn’t All COVID
The coronavirus pandemic colored just about everything in 2020. But there was other health policy news that you either never heard or might have forgotten about: the Affordable Care Act going before the Supreme Court with its survival on the line; ditto for Medicaid work requirements. And a surprise ending to the “surprise bill” saga. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
