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KHN and Guardian US Win Batten Medal for “Lost on the Frontline”
The News Leaders Association (NLA) awarded KFF’s Kaiser Health News (KHN) and Guardian US the 2021 Batten Medal for Coverage of the Coronavirus Pandemic for…
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KHN and Guardian US Win Batten Medal for “Lost on the Frontline”
The News Leaders Association (NLA) awarded KFF’s Kaiser Health News (KHN) and Guardian US the 2021 Batten Medal for Coverage of the Coronavirus Pandemic for…
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My Covid-19 Patients Can’t Get the Treatment They Need
On Monday, one of my patients called me to say she had tested positive for the coronavirus. The patient, who has sickle cell anemia and…
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Covid Surge in Michigan Alarms Health Experts
The country is a study in contrasts. New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and other states in the Northeast continue to report high levels of cases,…
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‘It Takes Time’: I.C.U. Workers Help Their Former Covid Patients Mend
LOS ANGELES — Three days after being released from Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, Gilbert Torres returned on a stretcher, a clear tube snaking…
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Italy Pushes Back as Health Care Workers Shun Covid Vaccines
ROME — Giulio Macciò tested negative for the coronavirus and spent weeks receiving treatment for emphysema in a sealed-off hospital under the care of doctors…
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‘It Felt Like Deception’: An Elite NYC Hospital Charges Huge Covid Test Fees
Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan advertised its “Covid-19 Testing” on a large blue and white banner outside its Greenwich Village division’s emergency room. The banner…
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Papua New Guinea Had Zero Covid-19 Cases for Months. Now It’s Overwhelmed.
“They’re our family. They’re our friends. They’re our neighbors. They’re our partners,” Scott Morrison, Australia’s prime minister, said last week. “This is in Australia’s interests,…
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I Was an E.M.T. While Covid-19 Devastated New York
In a small, stuffy apartment, a woman in her early 60s stood in the hallway and leaned on the wall for balance. Like our last…
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