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Organ transplant patient dies after receiving COVID-19–infected lungs

Author:: JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News

Publish date: February 22, 2021

A surgeon who handled the donor lungs was also infected with the virus and fell ill but later recovered.

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Patients fend for themselves to access highly touted COVID antibody treatments

Author:: JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News

Publish date: January 20, 2021

Scores of high-risk COVID patients who are eligible remain unaware or have not been offered the option.

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Demand for COVID vaccines expected to get heated – and fast

Author:: JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News

Publish date: December 9, 2020

Experts in ethics and immunization behavior say they expect attitudes to shift quickly from widespread hesitancy to urgent, even heated demand.

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Signs of an ‘October vaccine surprise’ alarm career scientists

Author:: JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News

Publish date: September 22, 2020

If the executive branch were to overrule the FDA’s scientific judgment, a vaccine of limited efficacy and, worse, unknown side effects could be rus...

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Measles outbreak sends vaccine demand soaring, even among the hesitant

Author:: JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News

Publish date: February 7, 2019

Research has confirmed that vaccines don’t cause autism, a common reason cited by parents who reject vaccinations.

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‘Rapid autopsy’ programs seek clues to cancer within hours of death

Author:: JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News

Publish date: April 27, 2018

Rapid-autopsy technology has been available for decades, but only in recent years have more hospitals been launching and expanding programs.

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At Some Veterans Homes, Aid-In-Dying Is Not An Option

Author:: JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News

Publish date: February 14, 2018