Category: Public Health

How 7 states are responding to the latest COVID-19 surge

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44,000 Americans hospitalized; Medicare, Medicaid to cover COVID-19 vaccines with emergency authorization — 5 updates

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For Each Critically Ill COVID Patient, a Family Is Suffering, Too

Because loved ones are often kept apart from critically ill COVID-19 patients, the families may be especially vulnerable to symptoms including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder that can be debilitating.

Readers and Tweeters Shed Light on Vaccine Trials and Bias in Health Care

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Some COVID-19 survivors may have antibodies that attack body instead of virus

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COVID-19 antibodies wane over time; herd immunity may be hard to achieve, study finds

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Only 25 ICU beds open in North Dakota; US sees most new COVID-19 cases in 1 week — 6 updates

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Positive COVID-19 tests rise in 8 regions: 4 CDC findings

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States reversing, pausing, reopening because of the pandemic

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‘No Mercy’ Chapter 5: In Rural America, Cancer Care Is Often Far From Home

The hunt for good cancer treatment often means miles on the road, time spent waiting and exhaustion from treatment and transit. “The further you have to travel to get care, the less likely that you are going to take that effort to do that,” said Boban Mathew, an oncologist in southeastern Kansas.