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“La reina de la vacunación”: enfermera lleva las dosis contra covid de casa en casa en Puerto Rico
MAYAGÜEZ, PUERTO RICO – Abigail Matos-Pagán llegó a una casa de color azul brillante en Mayagüez, en donde la recibió Beatriz Gastón, quien en silencio la condujo a la pequeña habitación de su madre. Matos-Pagán llevaba una vacuna…
Injuries Mount as Sales Reps for Device Makers Cozy Up to Surgeons, Even in Operating Rooms
Cristina Martinez’s spinal operation in Houston was expected to be routine. But after destabilizing her spine, the surgeon discovered the implant he was ready to put in her back was larger than he wanted to use — and the device…
A California Bill Would Limit Protests at Vaccination Sites. Does It Violate the First Amendment?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A proposal sailing through the California legislature that aims to stop people from getting harassed outside of vaccination sites is raising alarms among some First Amendment experts.
If it becomes law, SB…
‘The Vaccination Queen’: Nurse Practitioner Takes Covid Shots House to House in Puerto Rico
MAYAGÜEZ, PUERTO RICO — Abigail Matos-Pagán entered a bright-blue house in Mayagüez earlier this summer and was met by Beatriz Gastón, who quietly led the way to her mother’s small room. Matos-Pagán had come to provide a covid-19…
Journalists Assess the Latest Covid Surge and the Nation’s Vaccination Effort
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Déjà Vu? Consumers Scramble for Covid Tests in Hard-Hit Areas
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News and Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News and Rae Ellen Bichell
Andrea Mosterman, an associate professor of history at the University of New Orleans, was already dismayed that she had to wait three days to…
Clarity on Covid Count: Pandemic’s Toll on Seniors Extended Well Beyond Nursing Homes
Judith Graham
As covid-19 resurges across the country, driven by the highly infectious delta variant, experts are extending our understanding of the pandemic’s toll on older adults — the age group hit hardest by the pandemic.…
Hard Lessons From a City That Tried to Privatize Public Health
If you were growing up in Detroit in the 1970s or ’80s, chances are you knew the city’s Herman Kiefer public health complex by both sight and reputation.
Opened at the turn of the century and later enhanced by renowned…
Pharmacies Face Extra Audit Burdens That Threaten Their Existence
The clock was about to strike midnight, and Scott Newman was desperately feeding pages into a scanner, trying to prevent thousands of dollars in prescription payments from turning into a pumpkin.
As the owner of Newman Family…
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Delta Blues
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The U.S. is experiencing another surge of…