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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Covid and kids Nearly a year into the pandemic, many public schools are still closed to in-person instruction. But while there is increasing evidence that schools are not a major source of infection, teachers and staffers remain concerned about going back to class before they are vaccinated. Meanwhile, people who have lost their health insurance will have another chance to sign up under the Affordable Care Act starting Feb. 15. The official enrollment period ende...

17 new domestic confirmed, Hebei Province: Hebei Provincial Health Commission report 2 new domestic confirmed cases. 52 domestic confirmed case recovered & 4 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There are currently 242 domestic confirmed cases (3 serious, 195 moderate and 44 mild) & 22 domestic asymptomatic cases in the province: Xingtai did not report any new domestic positive case. 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There are currently 26 domestic confirmed cases in t...

January 21, 2021 7:00 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee Joe Biden is seeking to wipe away Donald Trump’s fingerprints from U.S. policy, but his predecessor left lasting partisan divisions in Washington that pose a risk to getting the new president’s agenda through Congress. While Biden pleaded for unity in his inaugural address — “the most elusive of all things in a democracy,” he allowed — his top policy priorities including coronavirus relief were alre...

Dr. Chris Stout: Pandemic Update – January 20, 2021 LinkedIn 1/20/2021 © Provided by LinkedIn Welcome to this Week’s Edition – A Convenient Digest and Curated Collection of Verified News and Studies Related to Global Health and Humanitarian Intervention 400,000 COVID-19 deaths confirmed as the U.S. surpasses another awful milestone Hospital capacity across the nation remains at crisis levels as the effects from holiday travel continue to play out. Amid a sluggish vaccine rollout, the ...

January 15, 2021 6:09 AM By Brandon Lee President-elect Joe Biden outlined plans for a $20 billion national vaccination program to speed up the pace of Covid-19 immunizations, calling the effort so far “a dismal failure” in an address last night. “We’ll have to move heaven and earth to get more people vaccinated, to create more places for them to get vaccinated, to mobilize more medical teams to get shots in people’s arms, to increase vaccine supply, and to ...

January 6, 2021 6:06 AM By Brandon Lee It’s the most massive vaccine rollout in the nation’s history, but many local governments are consigning patient appointments to web-based services better known for handling birthday-party RSVPs and online yoga sessions. Several Florida counties have deployed Eventbrite. Some governments in Oklahoma dabbled with SignUpGenius and one county in New Jersey was still using the service. Elsewhere, some seekers of the Covid-19 vaccine repor...

Listen • 31:52 The pandemic was the dominant — but not the only — health policy story of 2020. In this Kaiser Health News podcast, panelists look at some of the years biggest non-coronavirus stories. COVID-19 was the dominant — but not the only — health policy story of 2020. In this special year-in-review episode of Kaiser Health News “What the Health?” podcast, panelists look back at some of the biggest non-coronavirus stories. Those included Supreme Court cas...

Dr. Chris Stout: Pandemic Update – December 30, 2020 LinkedIn 12/30/2020 © Provided by LinkedIn Welcome to this Week’s Newsletter – A Convenient Digest and Curated Collection of Verified News and Studies Related to Global Health and Humanitarian Intervention Popular Searches Where year two of the pandemic will take us Today he is once again looking forward. In a new piece, he previews what year two of this outbreak may look like. It’s worth reading in full. Below are four things t...

Listen • 31:52 The pandemic was the dominant — but not the only — health policy story of 2020. In this Kaiser Health News podcast, panelists look at some of the years biggest non-coronavirus stories. COVID-19 was the dominant — but not the only — health policy story of 2020. In this special year-in-review episode of Kaiser Health News “What the Health?” podcast, panelists look back at some of the biggest non-coronavirus stories. Those included Supreme Court c...

December 21, 2020 6:11 AM By Brandon Lee and Alex Ruoff A fix for unexpected medical bills will advance as part of a year-end spending package after key lawmakers reached agreement on how to address the issue earlier this month. The text of the $1.4 trillion omnibus spending measure and $900 coronavirus stimulus package hasn’t been released yet. The House and Senate plan to vote on the measure today. Both chambers passed, and President Donald Trump signed, a single-day stopgap ...