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This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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Coronavirus deranges the immune system in complex, deadly ways

"Free testing ... fast and easy.. don’t even have to get your of the car" on May 30, 2020. (Montana Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians via Facebook)
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Montana tribe fast-tracks its health service debut

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Expecting too much, too soon: 'Everyone thinks COVID-19 will go away with a vaccine'

Navajo health workers and sisters Corrina and Cheryl Thinn died weeks apart of COVID-19 in April. (The Thinn family, Kaiser Health News)
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Two Navajo sisters who were inseparable died of COVID just weeks apart

Repeal of Affordable Care Act: A sign at the Alaska Native Medical Center (Indian Country Today file photo)
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Pandemic is scaring people with serious ailments away from ERs

Though racial minorities, older people and those with underlying medical conditions are most at risk from COVID-19, they’ve historically been the least likely to be included in clinical trials for treatments for serious diseases. (Lynne Shallcross/KHN illustration; Getty Images)
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Will vaccine trials reflect America’s diversity?

In this Thursday, May 28, 2020 file photo, a fence outside Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19 in New York. The memorial is part of the Naming the Lost project which attempts to humanize the victims who are often just listed as statistics. The wall features banners that say "Naming the Lost" in six languages — English, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Hebrew, and Bengali. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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US 'failed' to invest in public health

Ninepipe National Wildlife Reserve in Charlo, Montana. The reserve is located in the lands of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Nation. (Indian Country Today photo)
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As Montana opens for tourism ... tribes take a different course based on the value of elders

More than 884 million homes in the world do not have this or even clean water for drinking.
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Millions lack plumbing, space to stay safe

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Heroes 'at a time of great uncertainty'

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'Who gets the ventilator?'

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As the country disinfects, diabetes patients can’t find rubbing alcohol

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Whole new ballgame? About those Abbott Labs coronavirus tests

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'We should plan assuming we won’t have enough PPE'

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The disappearing health taxes

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No power? No medicine.

Pictured: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Kirsten Gillibrand, 'Medicare For All' press conference September 13, 2017.
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Beyond candidates' catch phrases ... are the other healthcare debates

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Climate change called 'the greatest health challenge of the 21st century'

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Will the Affordable Care Act really go away?

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Appeals court considers constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act

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American Medical Association sues North Dakota over its anti-abortion legislation

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Breaking bad news: How a doctor tells a patient 'you are dying'