public service
publication date
Strategy
CHA Lauds Health Spending in Newsom's "California Blueprint"Carmela Coyle, president and CEO of the California Hospital Association, called the additional COVID funding "essential to helping hospitals and...
Clinical Care
The War on Cancer at 50: The Origin Story Begins With a Socialite Citizen-LobbyistMary Laske became an activist, philanthropist and strategist focused on supporting medical research.
Clinical Care
Why an HBCU Med School Decided to Put CARES Act Money Into Students' PocketsAll told, 956 students received payments.
Covid-19
When the Surges Just Keep Coming: A View From the Covid VortexRais Vohra, MD, interim health officer for Fresno County Department of Public Health, spoke with KHN?s Jenny Gold about the...
Clinical Care
A Judge Takes His Mental Health Struggles PublicCalifornia Superior Court Judge Tim Fall last year came out with a book that detailed his decades-long struggles with anxiety...
Payer
Despite Restraints, Democrats' Drug Pricing Plan Could Still Aid ConsumersTamping down drug expenses has been a longtime rallying cry for consumers beset by rapidly rising prices.
Covid-19
Montana's Governor Nixed a Kids' Vaccine Campaign, So Health Officials Plan Their OwnThe lack of public messaging could contribute to Montana's continuing lag in vaccination rates and high ranking in COVID cases,...
Human Resources
Labs With No One to Run Them: Why Public Health Workers Are Fleeing the FieldPublic health nurses, microbiologists, epidemiologists, health officers and other staff members who fend off infectious diseases are abandoning the field.
Covid-19
The Yelp of COVID: Vigilantes Crowdsource Pandemic Safety Tips for ConsumersCOVID vigilantes have cropped up in multiple cities, appearing where safety guidelines are lax despite high numbers of positive cases.
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...
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.