All About COVID-19
Trump’s Team Cited Safety in Limiting Covid Shots. Patients, Health Advocates See More Risk.
By Stephanie Armour, KFF Health News Larry Saltzman has blood cancer. He’s also a retired doctor, so he knows getting covid-19 could be dangerous for him — his underlying illness puts him at high risk of serious complications and death. To avoid getting sick, he stays away from large gatherings, and he’s comforted knowing healthy…
Covid Worsened Shortages of Doctors and Nurses. Five Years On, Rural Hospitals Still Struggle.
By Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public Radio Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in southeastern Iowa is small. The 14-bed hospital, in Sigourney, doesn’t do surgeries or deliver babies. The small 24-hour emergency room is overseen by two full-time doctors. CEO Matt Ives wants to hire a third doctor, but he said…
Did you know? FEMA offers help with COVID-19-related funeral expenses
Did you know financial assistance is available for COVID-19 funeral costs? FEMA may provide up to $9,000 in financial assistance per deceased individual for COVID-19-related funeral expenses. The COVID-19 pandemic brought overwhelming grief to many Americans. To help ease the financial stress caused by the pandemic, FEMA is offering financial assistance for COVID-19-related funeral expenses.…
“Emergency” or not, COVID is still killing people. Here’s what doctors advise to stay safe.
By Amy Maxmen for Kaiser Health News With around 20,000 people dying of covid in the United States since the start of October, and tens of thousands more abroad, the covid pandemic clearly isn’t over. However, the crisis response is, since the World Health Organization and the Biden administration ended their declared health emergencies last…
NIH RECOVER’s Long COVID trials unlikely to lead to successful treatments, experts say
By Betsy Ladyzhets The NIH has primarily spent its funds for Long COVID research on observational studies rather than clinical trials, according to new data shared with my article this week. Last week, the National Institutes of Health and Duke University announced five Long COVID clinical trials as part of the NIH’s RECOVER initiative. This…
Doctor Lands in the Doghouse After Giving COVID Vaccine Waivers Too Freely
By Brett Kelman A Tennessee doctor has lost his medical license for issuing COVID-19 vaccine waivers to patients he never met in at least three states. One, it turned out, was a dog named Charlie Kraus. Robert Coble, 76, of Goodspring, Tennessee, agreed to surrender his license in a May settlement with the Tennessee Department…
12 Months of Trauma: More Than 3,600 US Health Workers Died in Covid’s First Year
By Jane Spencer, The Guardian and Christina Jewett More than 3,600 U.S. health care workers perished in the first year of the pandemic, according to “Lost on the Frontline,” a 12-month investigation by The Guardian and KHN to track such deaths. Lost on the Frontline is the most complete accounting of U.S. health care worker deaths. The federal…
Down Syndrome and COVID-19: An Especially Vulnerable Group
Research shows that people with Down syndrome are three to ten times more likely to die from COVID-19 than the general population. They are also far more likely to develop complications from the disease. But until recently, the Centers for Disease Control, citing mixed scientific evidence, was reluctant to designate Down syndrome as one of…
The Return of the Common Illness?
Methods to prevent COVID-19, such as masks and social distancing…
‘Are You Going to Keep Me Safe?’ Hospital Workers Sound Alarm on Rising Violence
In the earliest days of the pandemic, nightly celebrations lauded the bravery of front-line health care workers. Eighteen months later, those same workers say they are experiencing an alarming rise in violence in their workplaces.
