As Threat of Valley Fever Grows Beyond the Southwest, Push Is On for Vaccine
By Jim Robbins
September 4, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Efforts are underway to bring to market a vaccine for valley fever, a fungal infection with COVID-like symptoms that occurs in the deserts of the Southwest. The illness is getting more attention as cases rise and a warming climate threatens to spread it through the West.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Live from D.C. With Rep. Donna Shalala
February 13, 2020
KFF Health News Original
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget includes billions of dollars in health spending cuts, Congress gets back to work on surprise medical bills, and health care remains a top issue for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.), a former Health and Human Services secretary, joins the panel at a special taping before a live audience in Washington, D.C. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Joanne Kenen of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
Agrícolas, bomberos y azafatas buscan estar entre los primeros en recibir la vacuna
By Rachel Bluth Phil Galewitz
December 14, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Trabajadores de salud de primera línea, y residentes y personal de hogares de adultos mayores, recibirán las dosis de la vacuna contra COVID primero, pero… ¿quiénes le seguirán?
New Studies Show Just How Contagious Certain Covid Variants Are
April 22, 2021
Morning Briefing
The B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the United Kingdom, is 45% more transmissible than the original covid strain, researchers say. And scientists say two California variants are about 20% more infectious than the original virus.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Say What? The Spread Of Coronavirus Confusion
June 11, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the public seems more confused than ever. And health officials still are not all on the same page; this week the World Health Organization had to walk back an official’s statement about how commonly the virus is spread by people without symptoms. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews Michael Mackert, a professor and health communications expert at the University of Texas-Austin, about how health information can best be translated to the public.
White House To Distribute $10B To Schools To Boost Covid Testing
March 18, 2021
Morning Briefing
“With this funding for testing, every state in America will have access to millions of dollars to set up screening testing programs, to add a layer of protection for schools, teachers and students,” said Carole Johnson, the White House COVID-19 Testing Coordinator. The funds will come out of the recently enacted $1.9-trillion stimulus plan.
From Clinic To Courtroom, Fighting For Immigrant Health Care
By Ana B. Ibarra
December 19, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Jane Garcia is CEO of La Clínica de La Raza, which operates more than 30 clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area serving a high percentage of immigrant patients. She has challenged state and federal immigration policies in court, including the Trump administration’s recent attempt to expand the “public charge” rule.
A Coronavirus Vaccine: Where Does It Stand?
By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
July 16, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Under ordinary circumstances, these phases of vaccine development can take years to complete. But now, during the age of coronavirus, the timeline is being shortened. Here’s an inventory of where things stand.
Una luchadora por la salud inmigrante, en las clínicas y en las cortes
By Ana B. Ibarra
December 19, 2019
KFF Health News Original
Jane García, directora ejecutiva de la Clínica de La Raza, que opera una red de 30 centros comunitarios de salud, ha sido testigo activo de la lucha por la salud de los inmigrantes.
Watch: Reviewing Public Health Record Of New Coronavirus Commander Mike Pence
February 28, 2020
KFF Health News Original
KHN Midwest editor and correspondent Laura Ungar shares her expertise on Vice President Mike Pence’s public health track record as he leads the nation’s novel coronavirus response. Ungar covered a 2015 Indiana HIV outbreak and its fallout amid Pence’s tenure as governor.
Obamacare Co-Ops Down From 23 to Final ‘3 Little Miracles’
By Phil Galewitz
September 9, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Once there were 23 of these nonprofit plans across 26 states; in January there will be only three, serving Maine, Wisconsin, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
SNAP To Get $3.5B Increase As More Americans Go Hungry
March 23, 2021
Morning Briefing
The Department of Agriculture announced a 15% bump in funding through September to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “We cannot sit by and watch food insecurity grow in the United States,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Fact-Checking President Trump’s State Of The Union
February 6, 2020
KFF Health News Original
President Donald Trump spent a good deal of time on health issues in his State of the Union address, but not everything he said checks out. Meanwhile, Iowa Democrats heading into the caucuses said health is their top issue, but it’s hard to see how that played out in their actual choices. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHN’s Julie Appleby and NPR’s Selena Simmons-Duffin about the latest “Bill of the Month” feature.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: How Will We Reopen The Economy?
April 16, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The politics of COVID-19 are pretty polarized, but health experts across the ideological spectrum agree: The U.S. will need more robust testing before it’s safe to relax social-distancing requirements. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump, Congress and the nation’s governors continue to spar over who should be responsible for what. Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider, Tami Luhby of CNN and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, for extra credit, the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Blowing The Whistle On Trump Team’s COVID Policies
May 7, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Frustration from inside the Trump administration over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to become public, as whistleblowers ― some anonymous, some named — tell how the effort is being undermined by favoritism, incompetence and a disdain for science. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court heard a case that could threaten the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rachana Pradhan of Kaiser Health News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, for “extra credit,” the panelists recommend their favorite stories of the week they think you should read, too.
Massachusetts Recruits 1,000 ‘Contact Tracers’ To Battle COVID-19
By Martha Bebinger, WBUR
April 14, 2020
KFF Health News Original
“I know we will succeed somewhat and we will fail somewhat,” says one of the plan’s chief architects. “We won’t be able to find every single person — but we will hopefully prevent a lot of deaths.”
Contagious Covid Variant Spreading As Cases Rise Across U.S.
April 1, 2021
Morning Briefing
Worries rise that the more contagious B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K. will cause another surge, as the CDC notes it’s the most prevalent strain found in five states. Meanwhile an uptick in infection numbers is reported.
More Evidence Backs Worries That Variant Identified In UK Is Deadlier
February 16, 2021
Morning Briefing
The latest research by British scientists confirms preliminary findings that the B.1.1.7 variant of the coronavirus does cause more severe cases of covid-19 and can lead to more deaths.
Morning Briefing for Tuesday, January 5, 2021
January 5, 2021
Morning Briefing
Tuesday’s roundup covers FDA guidance on vaccine dosing, rollout troubles in states, Georgia runoffs, EPA’s rule, 340B discounts and more.
Kids Play ‘Huge Role’ In Spreading B.1.1.7 Variant, Osterholm Says
April 6, 2021
Morning Briefing
Leading epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm is now questioning his previous advice: “All the things that we had planned for about kids in schools with this virus are really no longer applicable. We’ve got to take a whole new look at this issue.”
