Will Stone

FRITZ LIEDTKE/OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

An Anti-Vaccine Film Targeted to Black Americans Spreads False Information

“I was naive, certainly, in assuming that this was actually a documentary, which I would say it is not. I think that it is an advocacy piece for anti-vaxxers,” said medical historian Naomi Rogers.

Jun 9, 2021

Nurses at Legacy Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

COVID ‘Doesn’t Discriminate by Age’: Serious Cases on the Rise in Younger Adults

“We’re now seeing people in their 30s, 40s and 50s — young people who are really sick,” said Dr. Vishnu Chundi, an infectious disease specialist.

May 4, 2021

Glitchy websites, jammed phone lines and long lines outside vaccine clinics put the oldest Americans at a disadvantage./Lydia Zuraw/KHN Illustration

'Cruel’ Digital Race For Vaccines Leaves Many Seniors Behind

The first wave of vaccinations for health care workers in health care settings went comparatively smoothly but now elderly people are pitted against one another, competing on an unstable technological playing field for limited shots.

Feb 8, 2021

Harborview Medical Center in Seattle./Shutterstock

Battle-Weary Seattle Hospital Fights the Latest COVID Surge

Nurses, respiratory therapists and physicians are staring down a startling resurgence of the coronavirus that’s expected to test even one of the best-prepared hospitals on the pandemic’s front lines.

Dec 10, 2020