Category: Public Health

25 counties with highest number of recent COVID-19 cases per resident

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KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: High Court’s Surprising Abortion Decision

In a decision that surprised both sides of the polarized abortion debate, the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that would require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Jennifer Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times join KHN’s Julie Rovner to break down what happened, what comes next and how this case could provide a clue to the one challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.

CDC weighs use of TikTok to promote COVID-19 safety

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Leaving WHO could leave US without vital flu vaccine information

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US COVID-19 hospitalizations rise, deaths fall: 4 CDC updates

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Supreme Court, Rejecting Restrictive La. Law, Refuses To Roll Back Abortion Rights

Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s liberals in the 5-4 decision that strikes down a state law requiring doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

Where new COVID-19 cases are rising, falling and staying the same — June 29

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Contact-tracing ‘not going well,’ Fauci says; remdesivir gets price tag — 4 COVID-19 updates

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California Prisons Are COVID Hotbeds Despite Billions Spent On Inmate Health

At $3.6 billion a year, California spends more on prison health care than other states spend to run their entire prison systems. But despite the spending, and federal court oversight, prisons across California are struggling to contain deadly outbreaks of COVID-19.

In Arizona Race, McSally Makes Health Care Pledge At Odds With Track Record

The use of the word “always” makes this claim a stretch.