Latest KFF Health News Stories
Dying Young: The Health Care Workers in Their 20s Killed by COVID-19
A database of deaths compiled by KHN and The Guardian includes a significant minority under 30, leaving shattered dreams and devastated families.
Contact Tracers in Massachusetts Might Order Milk or Help With Rent. Here’s Why.
Massachusetts offers support and resources for people isolating because of COVID-19 — helping them make choices that keep everyone safe. Experts say that is work that more states need to fund.
Turning Anger Into Action: Minority Students Analyze COVID Data on Racial Disparities
About 70 college students are enrolled this summer in a program developed by San Francisco researchers and funded by the National Institutes of Health that allows them to explore the pandemic’s impact on communities facing health disparities.
Back to the Future: Trump’s History of Promising a Health Plan That Never Comes
Even before he was elected, the president talked about a plan that would be released soon. Now he is saying the end of August.
Listen: Will Telemedicine Outlast the Pandemic?
KHN’s Julie Rovner appears on WDET’s “Detroit Today” to discuss the future of telemedicine.
El coronavirus prolifera entre trabajadores latinos en un condado rico de California
Las comunidades de color de bajos ingresos, especialmente los latinos, sufren cada vez más el peso de la pandemia de coronavirus en el estado.
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic topics and others.
Editorial pages focus on these pandemic topics and others.
Drug Industry Spurns Trump’s Order To ‘Buy American’
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN’s Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
Perspectives: Foreign Price Controls; US Drug Pricing; Medicaid Best Price Rule
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
How The World Is Faring: Australia’s Deadliest Day; Face Masks Compulsory In Brussels
Global news reports are from Australia, Belgium, England, Israel, India and elsewhere.
Calif. Veterans’ Homes Had Surprising Success In Keeping Virus At Bay
CalVet officials characterize their efforts to keep residents safe as trench warfare, but the success suggests that such diligence may provide safety for other nursing homes that have been hit hard by the pandemic. In other news, efforts by some states to give employers a liability waiver raises concerns.
Texas Governor Stresses Protective Measures As Cases Soar
In a visit to hard hit areas along the Texas coast, Gov. Greg Abbott stresses that state officials realize the dangers of the virus and cannot fully reopen the economy yet.
Racist Hate Speech: Facebook Bans Anti-Semitic, Blackface Images
The social media company has been under pressure to quash racism following George Floyd’s death. Public health news is also on fear of missing out, fading unhealthy habits, Alzheimer’s disease, insect repellents, green cleaners and more.
Funding Shortfall, Football Games Head Florida Governor’s Priorities
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the state to receive federal assistance for COVID costs. DeSantis also stopped by Florida State’s football practice to support the idea of playing this season.
Homeschooling Applications Surge In Several States
Parents, frustrated with school districts’ waffling, are taking matters into their own hands. The challenges are worse for students with disabilities. Also: What do students think of all this?
Parents With Autistic Son Kicked Off Southwest Flight After He Won’t Wear Mask
In other public health developments: the World Health Organization wants you to postpone that trip to the dentist; contact tracers are doing way more than just contact tracing; the Big Ten officially says fall football won’t happen; and more. Also: Singer Trini Lopez, 83, dies of COVID complications.
High-Risk Students To Colleges: Why Aren’t All Classes Available Online?
Also in higher-ed news: college towns worry about the COVID risk that returning students bring to campus; UNC-Chapel Hill launches in-person classes; and campus workers across the UNC system file suit saying conditions are unsafe.
6 Feet May Not Be Enough Distance To Stop The Coronavirus
A new study suggests that live virus from aerosols can be found as much as 16 feet from patients.
Is A Frozen Shipment The Source Of New Zealand’s New Outbreak?
Because of the country’s tight restrictions, local transmissions were ruled out as the cause of four new cases. Puzzled public health officials are now surface testing imported freight.