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Public Health Officials Are Quitting or Getting Fired Amid Pandemic

By Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Lauren Weber August 11, 2020

A review by KHN and the Associated Press finds at least 49 state and local public health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April across 23 states. One of the latest departures came Sunday, when California’s public health director was ousted.

How to Weigh Evacuation Options With Both Wildfires and COVID at Your Door

By Jenny Gold August 27, 2020

As the twin disasters of COVID-19 and fire season sweep through California, thousands of residents are weighing difficult options, pitting risk against risk as they decide where to evacuate. Amid a virulent pandemic, where can you safely relocate?

Must-Reads of the Week

By Lauren Weber July 17, 2020

KHN’s Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber drills through the vital health care policy stories of the week, so you don’t have to.

Hard Lives Made Harder by COVID: Homeless Endure a ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck’

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Angela Hart October 7, 2020

This was supposed to be the year California finally did something about its homelessness epidemic. COVID-19 upended that promise, along with the cobbled-together services many homeless people rely on for survival. Interviews across the state reveal a new magnitude of hardship and indignity for tens of thousands of people living on the streets.

As COVID Testing Soars, Wait Times For Results Jump To A Week — Or More

By Phil Galewitz July 9, 2020

The delays can be excruciating, with some extreme cases running more than 20 days. People getting tested at urgent care centers, community health centers, pharmacies and state-run drive-thru or walk-up sites are often waiting a week or more to find out if they tested positive for the coronavirus.

Efforts To Curb Congenital Syphilis Falter In COVID’s Shadow

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester June 4, 2020

A new federal report sheds light on the reasons newborn syphilis rates are on the rise despite simple treatment options. But amid the COVID-19 pandemic, public health departments will struggle to respond.

Más pruebas para COVID, pero esperas demasiado largas por los resultados

By Phil Galewitz July 9, 2020

Con la demanda en alza, los resultados de las pruebas para COVID-19 están tardando hasta 10 días, lo que dificulta los esfuerzos de salud pública para frenar la propagación.

California’s Data Failures Stymie Efforts to Curb the Virus

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Angela Hart August 21, 2020

Counties say the ripple effects of the state’s COVID-19 data failures are impeding their ability to slow the spread of the coronavirus, even as they must make life-or-death decisions about business and school reopenings.

Essential and in Danger: Coronavirus Sickens, Even Kills Public Health Workers

By Laura Ungar July 22, 2020

As the coronavirus threatens the nation’s public health army, an outbreak in Maryland reflects the tension between serving the community and protecting workers from a deadly disease.

Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Fly Free as Health Departments Focus on Coronavirus

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Lauren Weber July 16, 2020

Health departments and other public agencies tasked with protecting the nation from disease-carrying mosquitoes are overstretched amid the coronavirus pandemic — even as the nation is told it’s safest to be outside.

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