Listener Mailbag: Your COVID-19 Questions Answered
Will this be the end of fee-for-service? How should we price a COVID vaccine? Bapu Jena and Sayeh Nikpay answer audience questions about the pandemic.
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Taking the Pulse of Insurers
Insurers have been on strong financial footing during the pandemic while doctors, hospitals and consumers have not been as lucky.
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Leaving the WHO
President Trump says the U.S. is leaving the World Health Organization. What it might mean for public health in the U.S. and the world.
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Research Corner: Masks, Flint and Primary Care
Physician and economist Bapu Jena discusses a pair of interesting new health policy research papers with implications for COVID-19, primary care and more.
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Becoming a Doctor
Medical interns across the nation are starting their first days as doctors. One resident’s hopes and fears before her first shift in the COVID ICU.
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Navigating Risk
With COVID-19 cases surging across the nation, how can Americans fight their coronavirus fatigue while staying safe?
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Dealing with DACA and COVID
What the Supreme Court’s decision protecting DACA means to one recipient caring for those most vulnerable to COVID-19.
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Prognosis: Understanding Silent Spreaders
Bloomberg senior editor Jason Gale digs into what we know — and don’t know — about asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19, also known as “silent spreaders.”
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Hard to Reach
New data suggest undocumented immigrants aren’t being tested enough for COVID-19. What’s standing in the way, and what’s being done to address it?
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California Dreamin’
Early on, California was conducting just 2,000 coronavirus tests a day. Now the state is up to 60,000. How did they ramp up testing?
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