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Novavax’s Effort to Vaccinate the World, From Zero to Not Quite Warp Speed
On a sweltering June morning, Novavax CEO and covid vaccine maker Stanley Erck stood on a stage unmasked and did something that would have been unthinkable six months ago: He shook hands with Maryland’s governor.
Erck was with…
Grab Your Mask and Notepad, We’re Headed Back to California’s State Capitol
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The best part about returning to the pandemic-besieged state Capitol is that the elected officials are so unused to seeing us reporters after more than a year that some are occasionally extra chatty. The bad…
Journalists’ Topics Range From Rural Pharmacy Deserts to Opioid Overdoses
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Fútbol, banderas y diversión: estrategias creativas para vacunar a los latinos en Colorado
Los tambores se escuchaban sin parar mientras los fanáticos de la selección mexicana de fútbol se reunían en Empower Field, en Mile High, para un partido de fútbol internacional.
Pero dentro de una casa rodante médica móvil…
Hospital ‘Trauma Centers’ Charge Enormous Fees to Treat Minor Injuries and Send People Home
Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News
The care was ordinary. A hospital in Modesto, California, treated a 30-year-old man for shoulder and back pain after a car accident. He went home in less than three hours.
The bill was…
Fútbol, Flags and Fun: Getting Creative to Reach Unvaccinated Latinos in Colorado
Horns blared and drums pounded a constant beat as fans of the Mexican national soccer team gathered recently at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver for a high-profile international tournament.
But the sounds were muted…
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Here Comes Reconciliation
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The expansion of health benefits is a major piece of the…
Can Biden’s Plan to Remove Urban Highways Improve the Health of American Cities?
Mandela Parkway, a four-lane boulevard enhanced by a median with trees and a curving footpath, stretches along a 24-block section of West Oakland. It’s the fruit of a grassroots neighborhood campaign to block reconstruction of an…
Influx of Medical School Students Could Overwhelm Montana Resources, Program Leaders Warn
Opening two new medical schools in Montana would stretch and possibly overwhelm the state’s physicians who provide the clinical training that students need to become doctors, according to leaders of a University of Washington…
How ERs Fail Patients With Addiction: One Patient’s Tragic Death
Aneri Pattani
Jameson Rybak tried to quit using opioids nearly a dozen times within five years. Each time, he’d wait out the vomiting, sweating and chills from withdrawal in his bedroom.
It was difficult to watch, said his…