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Nursing
Hygienists Brace for Pitched Battles With Dentists in Fights Over Practice LawsIllinois trails many other states in allowing dental hygienists unsupervised contact with patients. In Colorado, on the extreme end, hygienists...
Covid-19
Children With Disabilities Face Special Back-to-School ChallengesThe return to school raises particular health issues for children with disabilities who are at increased risk for serious bouts...
Covid-19
What Will It Take to Boost Vaccinations? The Scene From Kentucky's Back RoadsKentucky is in the midst of a COVID-19 wildfire sparing no part of the state; new case counts topped 4,000...
Human Resources
Watch: Going Beyond the Script of 'Dopesick' and America's Real-Life Opioid CrisisThe Hulu series dovetails with the broader reality KFF's journalists and analysts have been documenting in their work for the...
Innovation
Q&A: How Will California's New 988 Mental Health Line Actually Work?States are required to have some version of the 988 system up and running by July 2022. But the actual...
Covid-19
COVID Testing, Turnaround Times Are Still Uneven This Far Into PandemicA fragmented testing system, complicated logistics, technician burnout and squirrelly spikes in demand are contributing to this bumpy ride.
Strategy
Reluctant Localities Are Being Dragged Into Court to Fix Sidewalks for People With DisabilitiesIn Baltimore and many other communities across the U.S., there has been widespread noncompliance with parts of the ADA.
Payer
Health Industry Wields Power in California's High-Stakes Battle to Lower Healthcare CostsLobbyist used their political clout and close ties with the governor to devise a friendlier alternative that doctors, hospitals and...
Strategy
From Sewers to Golf Courses, Cities See Green With New Federal COVID Relief DollarsThe American Rescue Plan Act provides $130 billion to cities and counties ? with few restrictions on how the money...
Covid-19
COVID Immunity Through Infection or Vaccination: Are They Equal?Evidence is growing that contracting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is generally as effective as vaccination.
Strategy
Needle Exchanges Are Targeted by Eco-Rooted Lawsuits. A New California Law Will Stop That.Opponents have deployed a novel strategy to shut them down: using environmental regulations to sue over needle waste.