People With Long Covid Face Barriers to Government Disability Benefits
When Josephine Cabrera Taveras was infected with covid-19 in spring 2020, she didn’t anticipate that the virus would knock her out of work for two years...
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Listen: With Abortion Rights on the Ballot in Michigan, Women Tell Their Stories
One patient had two toddlers already and was trying to extract herself from an abusive relationship. Another ended up in Michigan after trying to get care...
Defense Department Health Plan Cuts Its Pharmacy Network by Nearly 15,000 Outlets
Doris Spatz takes a once-a-day pill, Kisqali, to keep her metastatic breast cancer in check. As a patient in the Defense Department health system, she can...
Pfizer’s Covid Cash Powers a ‘Marketing Machine’ on the Hunt for New Supernovas
For drugmaker Pfizer, a fortune amassed in the covid pandemic is now paving the path to pharma nirvana: a weight loss pill worth billions. The company...
Supreme Court to Hear Nursing Home Case That Could Affect Millions
When Susie Talevski sued the agency that managed her elderly father’s care before he died, she hoped to get justice for her family. She did not...
Voluntarios electorales quieren que los latinos sepan que votar es bueno para su salud
HUNTINGTON PARK, California. – Jonathan Flores pasó un sábado soleado de fines de octubre tocando a las puertas de los votantes registrados en esta ciudad de...
Post-‘Roe,’ Contraceptive Failures Carry Bigger Stakes
This story is a collaboration between KHN and Science Friday. Listen to the conversation between KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney and Science Friday producer Shoshannah Buxbaum....
Election Canvassers Want Latinos to Know Voting Is Good for Their Health
HUNTINGTON PARK, Calif. — Jonathan Flores spent a sunny Saturday in late October knocking on the doors of registered voters in this predominantly Latino working-class town...
Journalists Cut Through the Noise, From Open Enrollment to Magic Mushrooms
KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner helped listeners navigate open enrollment season for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans on Maine Public Radio’s “Maine Calling” on Nov....
For Republican Candidates, Talk About Moms and Babies Is a Thorny Issue
A month before Election Day, as Republicans in Congress dodged questions about a proposal to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)...