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Katheryn Houghton

Abortion State Courts (Illustration by Oona Zenda/KFF Health News)

Voters backed abortion rights but state judges have final say

Bram Sable-Smith, Katheryn Houghton
Ultrasound pregnancy examination of a young woman in a Medical Clinic during COVID-19 outbreak (Getty Images)

Why people who experience severe nausea during pregnancy often go untreated

Katheryn Houghton
Doctor Walking In Hospital Corridor (Getty Images / Bernard Van Berg / EyeEm)

Hospitals cut jobs and services as rising costs strain budgets

Katheryn Houghton
Human brain, conceptual illustration (Getty Images/KTSDesign/SCIENCEPHOTOLIBRARY)

When mental illness leads to dropped charges, patients often go without stabilizing care

Katheryn Houghton
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol's House Chamber March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. During his first State of the Union address Biden spoke on his administration's efforts to lead a global response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, work to curb inflation and to bring the country out of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Biden administration announces boost for rural health care in midterm election push

Katheryn Houghton
Houston Fire Department paramedics transport a woman with breathing difficulties to a hospital on September 14, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Texas' Harris County continues to see large number of Covid-19 hospitalizations due to the Delta variant surge in the state. (John Moore/Getty Images)

The pandemic has complicated the “Paramedic Paradox’”

Katheryn Houghton
COVID-19 home rapid test kits are seen on a shelf at a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Orlando, Florida. Walmart and Kroger are raising the price for the hard-to-find BinaxNOW rapid tests after the directive from the White House to sell them at cost has expired. Test kits that were formerly sold for $14 will now retail for $19.88 at Walmart and $23.99 at Kroger. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

States were sharing Covid test kits. Then Omicron hit.

Katheryn Houghton
Doctor giving first aid bandage after vaccination to senior woman (Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images)

A quarter of U.S. hospitals, and counting, demand workers get vaccinated. But not here

Katheryn Houghton
Two prescription bottles with pain pills spilling out of them (Getty Images)

States step up push to regulate pharmacy drug brokers

Katheryn Houghton
Protesters leave a signed placard for the Indiana Governor on the doors of the Indiana Statehouse during the We Will Not Comply anti mask rally. People protest against both the Indianapolis mayor Joe Hogsetts mask order and Indiana governor Eric Holcomb's extension of the state shutdown. The U.S. Department of Health recorded a total of 3,898,550 infections, 143,289 death and 1,802,338 recovered since the beginning of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

In fast-moving pandemic, health officials try to change minds at warp speed

Katheryn Houghton
People going about leisure activities on a Sunday afternoon and daily routines while wearing face masks (Diego Cupolo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

How escalating COVID cases forced one state to change its masking strategy

Katheryn Houghton
Greg Gianforte (Fox Business)

Despite pandemic threat, gubernatorial hopefuls avoid COVID nitty-gritty

Katheryn Houghton, Matt Volz
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to holds up his face mask during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump focused on his administration's handling of the global coronavirus pandemic. Poll numbers about his handling of COVID-19 have been falling as cases of deadly virus have spiked across the country. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s mask hypocrisy: How COVID memos contradict the White House’s public face

Lauren Weber, Katheryn Houghton