This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldNew York case could lead to the most consequential ruling on the scope of the second amendment in more than a decadeLast modified on Mon 26 Apr 2021 16.32 EDTThe stepped back into the gun control debate on Monday, saying it would take up a case focused on whether people can carry concealed guns outside the home in New York.The case could lead to the most consequential ruling on the scope of the second amendment in more than a decade.The case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v Corlett, is backed by the...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldNew York case could lead to the most consequential ruling on the scope of the second amendment in more than a decadeLast modified on Mon 26 Apr 2021 16.32 EDTThe stepped back into the gun control debate on Monday, saying it would take up a case focused on whether people can carry concealed guns outside the home in New York.The case could lead to the most consequential ruling on the scope of the second amendment in more than a decade.The case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v Corlett, is backed by the...WW…

Increased attention on elections has come from unexpected corners offering significant grassroots power and money to efforts to make it harder to voteThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Tue 27 Apr 2021 12.02 EDTIn the months since Donald Trump lost his re-election bid, conservative groups traditionally focused on lobbying against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights have moved to support new restrictions on voting, offering significant grassroots power and money to efforts to make it harder to vote.The increased attention on elections has come from unexpected corners, such as the Susan...…Increased attention on elections has come from unexpected corners offering significant grassroots power and money to efforts to make it harder to voteThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Tue 27 Apr 2021 12.02 EDTIn the months since Donald Trump lost his re-election bid, conservative groups traditionally focused on lobbying against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights have moved to support new restrictions on voting, offering significant grassroots power and money to efforts to make it harder to vote.The increased attention on elections has come from unexpected corners, such as the Susan...WW…

Dr. Anthony Fauci thanked America’s health care workers, who “every single day put themselves at risk” during the pandemic, even as he acknowledged that PPE shortages had contributed to the deaths of more than 3,600 of them.This story also ran on . It can beLost On The FrontlineKHN and The Guardian are tracking health care workers who died from COVID-19 and writing about their lives and what happened in their final days.“We rightfully refer to these people without hyperbole — that they are true heroes and heroines,” he said in an exclusive interview with The Guardian. The deaths of so many...…Dr. Anthony Fauci thanked America’s health care workers, who “every single day put themselves at risk” during the pandemic, even as he acknowledged that PPE shortages had contributed to the deaths of more than 3,600 of them.This story also ran on . It can beLost On The FrontlineKHN and The Guardian are tracking health care workers who died from COVID-19 and writing about their lives and what happened in their final days.“We rightfully refer to these people without hyperbole — that they are true heroes and heroines,” he said in an exclusive interview with The Guardian. The deaths of so many...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldCases could plateau at a point equivalent to summer 2020 peak, while vaccines have reached relatively few peopleLast modified on Fri 5 Mar 2021 13.38 ESTPublic health experts encouraged Americans to continue social distancing and wearing masks at a potentially critical inflection point in the pandemic – one in which highly effective vaccines could provide relief, but fervor to reopen public life could unintentionally spread new Covid-19 variants.The warnings come the same week Texas and flung open the doors to normal...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldCases could plateau at a point equivalent to summer 2020 peak, while vaccines have reached relatively few peopleLast modified on Fri 5 Mar 2021 13.38 ESTPublic health experts encouraged Americans to continue social distancing and wearing masks at a potentially critical inflection point in the pandemic – one in which highly effective vaccines could provide relief, but fervor to reopen public life could unintentionally spread new Covid-19 variants.The warnings come the same week Texas and flung open the doors to normal...WW…

The CDC is relaxing guidance on masks for vaccinated people, but that doesn’t mean we’ll be seeing the end of face coverings any time soon. Here’s whyby Last modified on Wed 21 Apr 2021 11.48 EDTThe answer is complicated: the vast majority of people who are vaccinated will be protected from , the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, vaccinated people may still be able to transmit the virus, even though they do not display any symptoms.“We know now the vaccines can protect, but what we haven’t had enough time to really understand is – does it protect from spreading?” said Avery...…The CDC is relaxing guidance on masks for vaccinated people, but that doesn’t mean we’ll be seeing the end of face coverings any time soon. Here’s whyby Last modified on Wed 21 Apr 2021 11.48 EDTThe answer is complicated: the vast majority of people who are vaccinated will be protected from , the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, vaccinated people may still be able to transmit the virus, even though they do not display any symptoms.“We know now the vaccines can protect, but what we haven’t had enough time to really understand is – does it protect from spreading?” said Avery...WW…

Bills that ban abortion and punish women and doctors under murder statutes have shown up in state legislatures recentlyLast modified on Fri 12 Feb 2021 09.59 ESTSuch a bill would be patently unconstitutional in the US – but for anti-abortion rights activists like Blackman that’s the point.“We are not going to amend this bill,” Blackman said in January. “This is a perfect bill. I just want to tell you that now.” Nine of Blackman’s colleagues .The bill was just one of nine more Arizona bills designed to ban, restrict or undermine abortion rights – ranging from funding religious crisis...…Bills that ban abortion and punish women and doctors under murder statutes have shown up in state legislatures recentlyLast modified on Fri 12 Feb 2021 09.59 ESTSuch a bill would be patently unconstitutional in the US – but for anti-abortion rights activists like Blackman that’s the point.“We are not going to amend this bill,” Blackman said in January. “This is a perfect bill. I just want to tell you that now.” Nine of Blackman’s colleagues .The bill was just one of nine more Arizona bills designed to ban, restrict or undermine abortion rights – ranging from funding religious crisis...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldOfficials work to pinpoint doses in pipeline between federal distribution and administration by statesLast modified on Sat 30 Jan 2021 14.31 ESTThe has spent its first week in office attempting to manually track down 20m vaccine doses in the pipeline between federal distribution and administration at clinic sites, when a dose finally reaches a patient’s arm.The Trump administration’s strategy pushed the response to the coronavirus pandemic to individual states and omitted pipeline tracking information between...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldOfficials work to pinpoint doses in pipeline between federal distribution and administration by statesLast modified on Sat 30 Jan 2021 14.31 ESTThe has spent its first week in office attempting to manually track down 20m vaccine doses in the pipeline between federal distribution and administration at clinic sites, when a dose finally reaches a patient’s arm.The Trump administration’s strategy pushed the response to the coronavirus pandemic to individual states and omitted pipeline tracking information between...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldChapare virus, which causes haemorrhagic fevers, was transmitted to health workers in La Paz and resulted in three deaths Global development is supported byFirst published on Tue 10 Nov 2020 14.44 ESTResearchers with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have discovered human-to-human transmission of a rare virus in belonging to a family of viruses that can cause haemorrhagic fevers, such as Ebola.The news is a reminder that scientists are working to identify new viral threats to humankind, even as countries...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldChapare virus, which causes haemorrhagic fevers, was transmitted to health workers in La Paz and resulted in three deaths Global development is supported byFirst published on Tue 10 Nov 2020 14.44 ESTResearchers with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have discovered human-to-human transmission of a rare virus in belonging to a family of viruses that can cause haemorrhagic fevers, such as Ebola.The news is a reminder that scientists are working to identify new viral threats to humankind, even as countries...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldCourt will hear a case a week after election day that could result in the law being overturned – or only one provision eliminatedFirst published on Tue 3 Nov 2020 02.00 ESTFor more than a decade, Republicans have sought to destroy the signature achievement of the Obama administration – the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.Exactly one week after election day, they might succeed.After an election season like no other, in the middle of a pandemic, the supreme court will hear a case that could result in 20...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldCourt will hear a case a week after election day that could result in the law being overturned – or only one provision eliminatedFirst published on Tue 3 Nov 2020 02.00 ESTFor more than a decade, Republicans have sought to destroy the signature achievement of the Obama administration – the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.Exactly one week after election day, they might succeed.After an election season like no other, in the middle of a pandemic, the supreme court will hear a case that could result in 20...WW…

Coronavirus has made healthcare a top issue of the election and one in which Democrats have an advantageLast modified on Tue 15 Dec 2020 09.29 ESTRamae Hamrin was a high school math teacher in rural northern Minnesota, in a small town with a Paul Bunyan statue and snow on the ground by October.Hamrin, 50, instructed low-income students in calculus. It was not an easy job, but it provided health insurance for her and her three children. When it came to voting, like many Americans, she was put off by the two-party system. She voted third-party and often libertarian.Then, Hamrin slipped, fell...…Coronavirus has made healthcare a top issue of the election and one in which Democrats have an advantageLast modified on Tue 15 Dec 2020 09.29 ESTRamae Hamrin was a high school math teacher in rural northern Minnesota, in a small town with a Paul Bunyan statue and snow on the ground by October.Hamrin, 50, instructed low-income students in calculus. It was not an easy job, but it provided health insurance for her and her three children. When it came to voting, like many Americans, she was put off by the two-party system. She voted third-party and often libertarian.Then, Hamrin slipped, fell...WW…