Journalists Tell How Covid Complicates Organ Transplants and the Health of Rural America

October 16, 2021

KHN senior correspondent JoNel Aleccia discussed organ transplants and the covid-19 vaccine on NBC’s “NBC Now” on Oct. 8.

Click here to watch Aleccia on “NBC Now”
Read Aleccia’s “Organ Centers to Transplant Patients: Get a Covid Shot or Move Down on Waitlist”

KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed covid deaths in rural America on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” on Oct. 7.

Click here to hear Weber on “River to River”
Read Weber’s “Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites”

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Journalists Tell How Covid Complicates Organ Transplants and the Health of Rural America

October 16, 2021

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<p>KHN senior correspondent JoNel Aleccia discussed organ transplants and the covid-19 vaccine on NBC’s “NBC Now” on Oct. 8. </p>

<ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/nbcnewsnow/status/1446597437351768071?s=21">Click here to watch Aleccia on “NBC Now</a>”</li><li>Read Aleccia’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/organ-centers-to-transplant-patients-get-a-covid-shot-or-move-down-on-waitlist/">Organ Centers to Transplant Patients: Get a Covid Shot or Move Down on Waitlist</a>”</li></ul>

<p>KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed covid deaths in rural America on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” on Oct. 7. </p>

<ul><li><a href="https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/2021-10-08/30-years-after-her-senate-hearings-anita-hill-says">Click here to hear Weber on “River to River</a>”</li><li>Read Weber’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/covid-death-rate-rural-america/">Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites</a>”</li></ul>

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