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Too sick to work? You may have to prove it. Next year, Medicaid recipients will have to start showing documentation such as a doctor’s note to avoid a new work requirement. KFF Health News correspondent Sam Whitehead broke down the rule and exceptions on WAMU’s Health Hub on July 1. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

Share on PinterestDALLAS, TX – JULY 13: Protesters march down the streets during a rally in remembrance of Sandra Bland on July 13, 2020, in Dallas, Texas. Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty ImagesThe Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests raised concerns, at the time, that they would cause COVID-19 cases to spike. Some people used these concerns…

A worker administers a test to a passenger at a drive-through site to collect samples for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic testing in Leesburg, Virginia, May 20, 2020.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersOne of the components of contact tracing programs public health experts deem critical to controlling the Covid-19 outbreak includes finding and testing close contacts of known…

Photo: ShutterstockOn Wednesday, for the first time since March 12, NYC reported no new deaths from COVID-19. To put that number into perspective, during the peak in mid-April, NYC reported an average of 500 deaths a day. This is encouraging news, and worth celebrating. Preventative measures—closing businesses, the public adopting physical distancing habits, an increase…

I thought I might have had a mild case of COVID-19.In late March, about three weeks after my family hunkered down at home, I felt a pressure, a heaviness, on my chest. I didn’t have a fever or a cough and I could breathe just fine, but the feeling stuck around.At the time, people were…