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Rural Americans in Pharmacy Deserts Hurting for Covid Vaccines (Links open in a new tab) Markian Hawryluk As the Biden administration accelerates a plan to use pharmacies to distribute covid-19 vaccines, significant areas of the country lack brick-and-mortar pharmacies capable of administering the protective shots. A recent analysis by the Rural Policy Research […]
2021-12-09 Watch: No Extra Resources for Children Orphaned by Covid Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News and Jason Kane, PBS NewsHour The number of U.S. deaths from covid-19 has surpassed 778,000. Left behind are tens of thousands of children — some orphaned — after their parents or a grandparent who cared for them died. In […]
2021-12-08 When the Surges Just Keep Coming: A View From the Covid Vortex Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News Dr. Rais Vohra has impeccable timing. He stepped into his role as interim health officer of Fresno County just months before the start of the covid-19 pandemic. Almost immediately, he found himself navigating the treacherous tensions […]
2021-12-02 Omicron and Other Coronavirus Variants: What You Need to Know Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Americans, already weary of a pandemic nearly two years long, were dealt a new blow during the long Thanksgiving weekend: the announcement that a new coronavirus variant had emerged. The omicron variant, officially known as B.1.1.529, surfaced in November in […]
2021-11-30 Omicron: why the WHO designated it a variant of concern Ed Feil, University of Bath The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the B.1.1.529 lineage of Sars-CoV-2, thought to have emerged in southern Africa, is to be designated as a variant of concern (VoC) named omicron. This decision has already precipitated a broad shift […]
2021-11-25 Etching the Pain of Covid Into the Flesh of Survivors Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News It was Saturday morning at Southbay Tattoo and Body Piercing in Carson, California, and owner Efrain Espinoza Diaz Jr. was prepping for his first tattoo of the day — a memorial portrait of a man that […]
2021-11-23 Why You Can’t Find Cheap At-Home Covid Tests Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News While developing a rapid test that detects the coronavirus in someone’s saliva, Blink Science, a Florida-based startup, heard something startling: The Food and Drug Administration had more than 3,000 emergency use authorization applications and didn’t have the […]
2021-11-13 As Workers Struggle With Pandemic’s Impact, Employers Expand Mental Health Benefits Michelle Andrews As the covid-19 pandemic burns through its second year, the path forward for American workers remains unsettled, with many continuing to work from home while policies for maintaining a safe workplace evolve. In its 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey, […]
2021-11-04 Unvaccinated? Don’t Count on Leaving Your Family Death Benefits Michelle Andrews These days, workers who refuse to get vaccinated against covid-19 may face financial repercussions, from higher health insurance premiums to loss of their jobs. Now, the financial fallout might follow workers beyond the grave. If they die of covid and weren’t vaccinated, their […]
New ACT-Accelerator strategy calls for US$23.4 billion international investment to solve inequities in global access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests & treatments GENEVA, 28th October 2021 – The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator has today launched its strategic plan and budget for the next 12 months, outlining the urgent actions and funding needed […]