The Trump administration is instituting a rule that could result in nearly 700,000 people across the country losing their food stamps. Those who rely on the benefits, those who administer them, and activists who try to protect vulnerable populations are expecting a grim fallout. Syndicated from https://khn.org/morning-breakout/anti-poverty-advocates-food-stamp-beneficiaries-local-officials-brace-for-snap-cuts/
As they rush to vaccinate millions of Americans, health officials are struggling to collect critically important information — such as race, ethnicity and occupation — of every person they jab. The data being collected is so scattered that there’s little insight into which health care workers, or first responders, have been among the people getting…
The gun industry is asking states to classify gun sellers as essential businesses amid fears that they’ll be closed by shut down orders. Meanwhile, their sales so far have been skyrocketing amid Americans’ fears. The Wall Street Journal: Gun Industry Lobbies To Keep Selling Despite Coronavirus ShutdownsThe firearms industry is lobbying state and federal officials…
DENVER — Before the pandemic, Colorado looked set to become the second state to pass what’s known as a “public option” health insurance plan, which would have forced hospitals that lawmakers said were raking in obscene profits to accept lower payments. But when covid-19 struck, legislators hit pause. Use Our Content It can be republished…
KHN’s Peggy Girshman fellow Amanda Michelle Gomez discussed how Washington, D.C., is adopting public health tools to help curb gun violence on Newsy’s “Morning Rush” on Wednesday. Click here to watch Gomez on “Morning Rush” Read Gomez’s “DC’s Harllee Harper Is Using Public Health Tools to Prevent Gun Violence. Will It Work?“ KHN interim Southern…
En estos días, los trabajadores que se niegan a vacunarse contra covid-19 pueden enfrentar repercusiones financieras, desde primas de planes médicos más altas hasta la pérdida de sus trabajos. Ahora, las consecuencias financieras podrían seguirlos más allá de la tumba. Si mueren de covid y no fueron vacunados, es posible que sus familias no obtengan…
Officials now say that there’s a possibility the coronavirus may have sustainable human-to-human transmission, much like the flu virus. But public health experts warn these are still early days in the outbreak. Beyond that, symptoms appear to be much more mild than with its virus cousins, SARS and MERS. Syndicated from https://khn.org/morning-breakout/what-we-know-about-wuhan-coronavirus-for-one-thing-it-appears-far-less-dangerous-than-sars-mers/
