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Christina Jewett

Christina Jewett covers end-of-life and acute care. She spent seven years with The Center for Investigative Reporting, where she worked with a partner and CNN on a series that uncovered widespread graft in Medicaid-funded drug rehab centers, spurring the closure of scores of centers and 11 arrests.

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Health Care Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19

Christina Jewett Aug 6, 2020

Harvard research shows minorities are more likely to report inadequate PPE and to work with COVID-positive patients. Photo credit Shutterstock licensed. SACRAMENTO, CA - Health care workers of color were more likely to care for patients…

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Next Showdown in Congress: Protecting Workers vs. Protecting Employers in the Pandemic

Christina Jewett Jul 13, 2020

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in Brussels, Belgium. 18th Feb. 2019. File photo Editorial credit: Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com. WASHINGTON, D. C. - Congressional leaders are squaring off over the next pandemic relief…