The Making of Reluctant Activists: A Police Shooting in a Hospital Forces One Family to Rethink American Justice Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News May 10, 2021 The beer bottle that cracked over Christian Pean’s head unleashed rivulets of blood that ran down his face and seeped into the soil in which Harold and Paloma […]
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Covid Testing Has Turned Into a Financial Windfall for Hospitals and Other Providers
Covid Testing Has Turned Into a Financial Windfall for Hospitals and Other Providers Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News and Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News May 7, 2021 Pamela Valfer needed multiple covid tests after repeatedly visiting the hospital last fall to see her mother, who was being treated for cancer. Beds there were filling […]
‘We’re Coming for You’: For Public Health Officials, a Year of Threats and Menace
‘We’re Coming for You’: For Public Health Officials, a Year of Threats and Menace Anna Maria Barry-Jester April 25, 2021 [Editor’s note: This article contains strong language that readers might find offensive or disturbing.] SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. — Dr. Gail Newel looks back on the past year and struggles to articulate exactly when […]
Another Soda Tax Bill Dies. Another Win for Big Soda.
Another Soda Tax Bill Dies. Another Win for Big Soda. Samantha Young April 21, 2021 SACRAMENTO — A rogue industry. A gun to our head. Extortion. This story also ran on San Francisco Chronicle. It can be republished for free. That’s how infuriated lawmakers described soft drink companies — and what they pulled off […]
‘My Children Were Priceless Jewels’: Three Families Reflect on the Health Workers They Lost
‘My Children Were Priceless Jewels’: Three Families Reflect on the Health Workers They Lost Danielle Renwick, The Guardian April 9, 2021 This story also ran on The Guardian. It can be republished for free. The daughter of an internist in the Bronx, the father of a nurse practitioner in Southern California and the son […]
Doctor Survived Cambodia’s Killing Fields, but Not Covid
Doctor Survived Cambodia’s Killing Fields, but Not Covid Emily Bazar, Kaiser Health News April 7, 2021 Linath Lim’s life was shaped by starvation. She was not yet 13 when the Khmer Rouge seized power in Cambodia and ripped her family apart. The totalitarian regime sent her and four siblings to work camps, where they […]
Germany: New Policy to Champion LGBTI Rights Abroad
Germany: New Policy to Champion LGBTI Rights Abroad Expands Commitments in Foreign Policy, Aid (Berlin) – The German government has pledged to do more to uphold the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. The commitment is included in its multifaceted strategy for foreign policy and development cooperation, […]
‘It Didn’t Really Stick With Me’: Understanding the Rural Shrug Over Covid and Vaccines
‘It Didn’t Really Stick With Me’: Understanding the Rural Shrug Over Covid and Vaccines Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News April 1, 2021 At 70, Linda Findley has long been active in her small town of Fort Scott, Kansas, which sits more than an hour away from any major city. Findley, whose husband died […]
Durango’s Covid ‘Cowboy’ Rounds Up Spring Break Scofflaws, Lines ’Em Up for Shots
Durango’s Covid ‘Cowboy’ Rounds Up Spring Break Scofflaws, Lines ’Em Up for Shots Rae Ellen Bichell March 31, 2021 Bartenders were pouring Old-Fashioneds at a bar with a bullet hole straight through the wood. Servers in corsets and fishnet stockings roamed the room, passing an old piano that, twice a week, fills the building […]
Military Exposed to Toxic Fumes From Burn Pits Set to Get Bipartisan Boost
Military Exposed to Toxic Fumes From Burn Pits Set to Get Bipartisan Boost Michael McAuliff March 26, 2021 Lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Friday planned to roll out what could be the most ambitious attempt ever tried to treat American war fighters poisoned in deployments overseas. This story also ran on The Daily Beast. […]