Daily Edition for Thursday, May 26, 2022
Thursday’s roundup covers gun violence, housing conditions, omicron variants on the rise, long covid, monkeypox, infant formula, and more.
Novavax Missed Its Global Moonshot but Is Angling to Win Over mRNA Defectors
By Arthur Allen and Sarah Jane Tribble
After years of failure, the Maryland company aims to attract the vaccine-hesitant with an alternative to mRNA shots. But will it find a market?
Burned Out by Covid and 80-Hour Workweeks, Resident Physicians Unionize
By Sarah Kwon
In California and beyond, physician trainees working long hours for what in some states amounts to little more than minimum wage are organizing to seek better pay, benefits, and working conditions. More than 1,300 of them at three L.A. County public hospitals will vote May 30 on whether to strike.
Watch: UVA Doctor Talks About the State of the Pandemic and Health Equity
By Hannah Norman
KHN checks back in with Dr. Taison Bell to pinpoint changes in health care equity since the rollout of the covid-19 vaccines.
Agotados por covid y por trabajar 80 horas a la semana, médicos residentes deciden sindicalizarse
By Sarah Kwon
Los residentes son médicos recién recibidos, que han terminado la carrera de medicina, y deben pasar de tres a siete años de formación en hospitales universitarios antes de poder ejercer de forma independiente. Ganan poco y trabajan mucho.
Police Suspect Arson at Wyoming Site of Clinic That Would Provide Abortions
By Arielle Zionts
A building slated to become the site of Wyoming’s sole provider of procedural abortions caught fire early Wednesday. Investigators suspect arson at the site that has been the focus of weekly rallies.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Wednesday’s roundup covers covid outbreaks, vaccine mandates, monkeypox, school violence and trauma, abortion, HIV, and more.
California Schools Try to Outrace Covid Outbreaks
By Mark Kreidler
A covid outbreak on a field trip. Another at prom. Yet administrators are reluctant to expose their schools to legal challenges by again requiring masks for students and staffers. That leaves parents fretful and confused.
The Blackfeet Nation’s Plight Underscores the Fentanyl Crisis on Native American Land
By Aaron Bolton, MTPR
The deadly synthetic opioid has spread across the nation during the pandemic, and the problem is disproportionately affecting Native Americans.
As ‘Trigger Law’ Looms, New Clinic Preps to Provide Abortions in Conservative Bastion
By Arielle Zionts
A Wyoming clinic slated to open this summer would be the only one in the state to provide procedural abortions and the closest option for some people in surrounding states. But its fate is uncertain now that the Supreme Court looks poised to strike down Roe v. Wade.
