This updated analysis estimates that nationally at least 234,000 deaths from COVID-19 between June 2021 and March 2022 could have been prevented with a primary series of vaccinations. These vaccine-preventable deaths represent 60% of all adult COVID-19 deaths since June 2021, when vaccines first became widely available.
A recent court decision that overturns one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s few pandemic rules — masks required on public transportation — spotlights how little power remains in federal hands to enforce public health protections.
This brief provides an overview of social determinants of health and a look at how adults are faring across an array of measures throughout the pandemic.
Drug copayment assistance is a form of profitable charity — and, yes, that’s an oxymoron. Amid skyrocketing drug prices, it’s understandable that patients desperately need help affording medicine, especially when their health is on the line. But these programs create a mirage that perpetuates our health care system’s reckless spending.
KHN journalists took top honors this week in the Sacramento Press Club’s annual awards for California politics and policy reporting. They won in the Public Health category for their Medi-Cal Makeover series, which reported on massive changes coming to California’s Medicaid program.
On Tuesday, April 26th at 12pm ET, a panel of experts will join series moderator Larry Levitt in a 45-minute discussion exploring the future of mental health policy.
This is the second installment of KFF’s new virtual conversation series, The Health Wonk Shop. The series features conversations with experts, diving into timely health policy issues for a deeper discussion beyond the news headlines and taking questions from viewers over Zoom.
