Category: Public Health

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: A ‘Super Tuesday’ For The Health Debate?

The wide field of Democrats vying to face President Donald Trump in the fall has been reduced to two major candidates, former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, each with a different prescription for the health system. Meanwhile, Congress and the Trump administration scramble to address the spread of the novel coronavirus. And the Supreme Court agrees to consider the latest case against the Affordable Care Act. Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner, Tami Luhby of CNN and Emmarie Huetteman of Kaiser Health News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more.

Coronavirus response needs consistent messaging, House panel told

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11 Americans dead from coronavirus as global cases near 100K

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As Coronavirus Cases Grow, So Does Scrutiny Of Nursing Home Infection Plans

Seema Verma, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, calls on state and federal health inspectors to focus on how facilities keep infections from spreading, especially in areas that have reported coronavirus cases.

Congress puts $7.8B bill to fight coronavirus on fast track

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New Hampshire’s first coronavirus patient ignored orders to self-isolate

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Maine voters keep law banning nonmedical exemptions for vaccinations

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WHO: Coronavirus death rate jumps; ‘dangerous’ supply shortage could put healthcare workers at risk

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Ebola outbreak nears end after 19 months

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Physician viewpoint: 5 concerns about coronavirus outbreak & 3 reasons to have hope

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