What Missouri Learned the Hard Way About Rapid Covid Testing in Schools
Missouriās ambitious school testing plan landed with a thud. What it can teach us now about keeping the delta variant out of classrooms.
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New Montana Law Sows Confusion, Defiance Over School Quarantines
Some counties are changing their covid quarantine policies in line with a law that bans discrimination based on a personās vaccine status. But one county has decided to defy the rule.
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Pandemic Unveils Growing Suicide Crisis for Communities of Color
Suicides have risen among Black, Hispanic and other communities of color during covid. But the rates were already escalating before the pandemic struck.
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School or āRussian Rouletteā? Amid Delta Variant and Lax Mask Rules, Some Parents See No Difference
Students in many places are starting the new school year with their masks off ā even in one Colorado county that was one of the nationās first delta variant hot spots.
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How a Hospital and a School District Teamed Up to Help Kids in Emotional Crisis
A Long Island, New York, school system has partnered with a hospital to create a mental health safety net for children. The heart of the initiative is a new behavioral health center, which the hospital opened to help children avoid unnecessary hospitalization.
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KHNās āWhat the Health?ā: The Senate Acts
The U.S. Senate worked well into its scheduled August recess to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a budget blueprint that outlines a much larger bill ā covering key health priorities ā to be written this fall. Meanwhile, the latest surge of covid is making both employers and schools rethink their opening plans. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call and Yasmeen Abutaleb of The Washington Post join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also, for āextra credit,ā the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
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Reading, āRithmetic and Resisting Covid: The New 3 Rās as Kids Head Back to School
Children under 12 canāt get a vaccine, so parents are concerned about how to keep them safe as classes resume ā especially as the delta variant spreads.
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Public Favors Masks in Classrooms but Balks at Mandating Vaccinations for Students
With schools reopening, poll finds two-thirds of parents support mandating masks for unvaccinated students, but resistance to vaccinating students remains high. āMy child is not a test dummy,ā one Black parent told pollsters. Some parents deferred the decision to their teens.
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DeSantisā Executive Order Is Misleading About Lack of Scientific Support for Masking in Schools
The Florida governorās order said schools couldnāt mandate that students wear masks and that the state could deny funding to school districts that didnāt comply.
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New Moms Latched On to Remote Breastfeeding Help. Will Demand Wane as Pandemic Fades?
The pandemic forced new parents to find help with breastfeeding online. Now, some offerings are remaining virtual to help expand access to lactation support.
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Bye-Bye to Health Insurance āBirthday Ruleā? Kansas Lawmaker Floats Fix
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas) introduced a bill to do away with a health insurance rule that dictates which parentās plan becomes a new babyās primary insurer. This could save some parents from unexpected, sometimes massive medical bills. Davids took up the issue after a KHN/NPR Bill of the Month story on one familyās unexpected $207,455 NICU bill.
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Watch: More Long-Covid Cases Seen in Kids
While covid is generally mild in children, doctors report a growing number of long-haul covid symptoms and MIS-C cases, particularly among Black and Latino children.
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Dying Patients With Rare Diseases Struggle to Get Experimental Therapies
When patients with common terminal illnesses such as cancer seek permission for compassionate use of therapies in the testing stage, their requests often are approved. But those with more unusual illnesses say drug companies are rarely willing to provide access.
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A Family Wellness Check: California Invests in Treating Parents and Children Together
The state will be the first to offer comprehensive counseling services to parents during pediatric visits as part of Medicaid.
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Covidās Long Shadow: Generation Covid
Damage to Childrenās Education ā And Their Health ā Could Last a Lifetime
Black and Hispanic students have lost up to 12 months of learning, which could lead to lower incomes and shorter, sicker lives.
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Children and Covid: Journalists Explore Grief and Vaccine Side Effects
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
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The WHO Didnāt Reverse Its Position on Kids and Covid Vaccines
The World Health Organization this week updated its guidance on children and covid vaccinations ā but in a different way than alleged in a viral social media post.
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Biden Quietly Transforms Medicaid Safety Net
In a sharp shift from Trump-era policies, President Joe Biden looks at expanding Medicaid eligibility to new mothers, inmates and undocumented immigrants and adding services such as food and housing.
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Thousands of Young Children Lost Parents to Covid. Whereās Help for Them?
More than 46,000 children in the U.S. have lost a parent to covid-19. Families say finding even basic grief counseling has been difficult and thereās been no coordinated effort to help these children access services or benefits.
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Nurses and Docs at Long Beach Center āConsider It an Honorā to Care for Migrant Children
Health care workers find it easy to empathize with Central American children after their painful journeys to the U.S.