The Hype Has Faded, but Don’t Count Out Convalescent Plasma in Covid Battle JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News March 22, 2021 Six months after it was controversially hailed by Trump administration officials as a “breakthrough” therapy to fight the worst effects of covid-19, convalescent plasma appears to be on the ropes. The treatment that […]

Mongolia’s mobile health clinics bring primary health care to vulnerable communities 20 March 2021   (WHO) Norov Bayarjargal, a local herder in the Gobi Desert, stands in front of a makeshift mobile health clinic in Dersene-Us, his native village in the southern tip of Mongolia. Beside him are two yurts and occasional herds grazing the […]

COVID-19: Health worker death toll rises to at least 17000 as organizations call for rapid vaccine rollout At least 17,000 health workers have died from COVID-19 over the last year, said Amnesty International, Public Services International (PSI) and UNI Global Union in a new analysis, as the organizations called for urgent action to speed up […]

  The Boom in Out-of-State Telehealth Threatens In-State Providers Matt Volz March 15, 2021 HELENA, Mont. — When the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation began offering telehealth services in Montana in early February, the nation’s largest nonprofit addiction treatment provider promised quality care for far-flung residents without their even having to leave home. This story also […]

  KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Expanding the ACA in an Unpredicted Way March 11, 2021 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. For the first time since its enactment in 2010, the Affordable Care Act is slated for major benefit expansions, courtesy of the covid relief bill approved by Congress this week. […]

WHO: 1 in 4 people projected to have hearing problems News release Geneva Reading time: 3 min (837 words) Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide ─ or 1 in 4 people ─ will be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, warns the World Health Organization’s (WHO) first World Report on Hearing, released today. At least […]

  To Extract More Doses per Vial, Vaccinators Put Squeeze on FDA to Relax Vaccine Handling Advice Arthur Allen March 12, 2021 President Joe Biden has promised enough covid vaccine to immunize every willing adult by June 1. But right now, the gap between supply and demand is so dramatic that vaccinators are discovering ways […]

  CDC’s ‘Huge Mistake’: Did Misguided Mask Advice Drive Up Covid Death Toll for Health Workers? Christina Jewett March 12, 2021 Since the start of the pandemic, the most terrifying task in health care was thought to be when a doctor put a breathing tube down the trachea of a critically ill covid patient. Those […]

  One Year In: How Covid’s Toll Compares With Other Causes of Death Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact March 11, 2021 Now that the coronavirus has been in the United States for roughly a year, new numbers are revealing the scale of covid-19’s impact on American health: Covid has become the country’s third-leading cause of death, and […]

  Pfizer’s Newest Vaccine Plant Has Persistent Mold Issues, History of Recalls Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News March 10, 2021 Pfizer’s management knew last year there was “a mold issue” at the Kansas facility now slated to produce the drugmaker’s urgently needed covid-19 vaccine, according to a Food and Drug Administration inspection report.   […]