Patient Education

Deadly Mix: How Bars Are Fueling COVID-19 Outbreaks

Aug 25, 2020

In some states, bars and taverns have brought legal challenges to the coronavirus restrictions that have slowed sales and business.

Scam Alert: Things a COVID Contact Tracer Wouldn’t Say

Aug 24, 2020

Criminals are finding ways to reap gains under the guise of this public health intervention.

#PWChat Recap: Reopening Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Part 2

Aug 21, 2020

The latest installment of the #PWChat series was Part 2 of our discussion centering around the...

SLEEP: Many People Losing Sleep over Covid-19 Pandemic drives sleepless nights

Aug 20, 2020

As the Covid-19 pandemic, unfettered by coherent government action, rolls across the United...

Covid-19: AAP Advocates for Safe, Equitable Reopening Strategy

Aug 20, 2020

Doc organization demands action on virtual learning disparities, calls for ’layered’ approach to...

Teen Artist’s Portraits Help Frame Sacrifice of Health Care Workers Lost to COVID

Aug 20, 2020

A 15-year-old high school student in New Jersey is memorializing doctors, nurses and others who died after tending to coronavirus patients.

Covid-19: FDA Approves New Saliva Test

Aug 19, 2020

Yale School of Public Health offering ’open source’ protocol to labs WASHINGTON — The FDA granted...

‘Is This When I Drop Dead?’ Two Doctors Report From the COVID Front Lines

Aug 19, 2020

Two emergency room doctors, one in New York and the other in Houston, discuss their cities’ coronavirus outbreaks — and responses.

Back to Life: COVID Lung Transplant Survivor Tells Her Story

Aug 18, 2020

The first known coronavirus patient in the U.S. to undergo a double lung transplant is now strong enough to share the story of her ordeal.

Covid-19: AAP Issues Guidance for Keeping Kids Safe as Pandemic Continues

Aug 17, 2020

Documents outline recommendations for face coverings, testing protocols, and PPE for pediatricians...

Bereaved Families Are ‘the Secondary Victims of COVID-19’

Aug 17, 2020

New research suggests the pandemic’s deaths are taking an enormous toll on surviving family members and worrisome ripple effects may linger for years.

Exclusive: Over 900 Health Workers Have Died of COVID-19. And the Toll Is Rising.

Aug 13, 2020

KHN and The Guardian unveil an interactive database documenting front-line health care worker deaths. The majority of them are people of color — and nurses face the highest toll.

Test Sites Quickly Attract Thousands for COVID-19 Vaccine Study

Aug 12, 2020

People have flooded U.S. testing sites with requests to participate in the pivotal, late-stage clinical trials of the first two COVID-19 vaccine candidates.

Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection to Harvest Crops

Aug 12, 2020

Skeptics say the lack of enforceable federal safety standards geared toward the coronavirus allows these employers to prioritize the harvest over worker safety.

America’s Obesity Epidemic Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine

Aug 11, 2020

Vaccines engineered to protect the public from influenza, hepatitis B, tetanus and rabies are less effective for obese people, leaving them more vulnerable to serious illness. As scientists race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, experts say obesity could prove an impediment — a sobering prospect for a nation in which nearly half of all adults are obese.

In Rural Missouri, Latinos Learn to Contain and Cope With the Coronavirus

Aug 11, 2020

In a town in the southwestern corner of Missouri, where COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Latino immigrants, language barriers and economic pressures among factory workers have stymied efforts to slow the virus that causes the disease.

The effect of mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK population

Aug 7, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled life in all countries globally, and the UK is no different....

California GOP Consultant Rues ‘Big Mistake’ That Led to Family’s COVID Infections

Aug 7, 2020

Richard Costigan, a well-respected fixture in state Capitol circles, has detailed his family’s ongoing experiences with COVID-19 on social media after catching the virus — he surmises — at a backyard gathering. The former Schwarzenegger aide wants people to know this virus doesn’t care who you are.