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Sobering Lessons in Untying the Knot of a Homeless Crisis

By Angela Hart June 21, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The homeless tragedy in Portland, Oregon, now spills well beyond the downtown core, creating a crisis of conscience for a fiercely liberal city that has generously invested in homeless support services.

New Montana Law Sows Confusion, Defiance Over School Quarantines

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR August 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Some counties are changing their covid quarantine policies in line with a law that bans discrimination based on a person’s vaccine status. But one county has decided to defy the rule.

Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites

By Lauren Weber September 30, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic is devastating rural America, where lower vaccination rates are compounding the already limited medical care.

DC’s Harllee Harper Is Using Public Health Tools to Prevent Gun Violence. Will It Work?

By Amanda Michelle Gomez October 21, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Expectations are high for the city’s first-ever gun violence prevention director to curb the surging murder rate with interventions outside of traditional law enforcement.

2021 Saw Record Organ Transplants In US: Over 41,000

February 17, 2022 Morning Briefing

This was the first year the U.S. ever exceeded 40,000 transplants. Researchers, separately, found altering the blood type of lungs could lead to universal transplants. And Axios reports on the awful situation where “bionic” eye transplants go obsolete as the company behind them faltered.

In ‘Landslide’ Vote, Kansas Preserves Right To Abortion

August 3, 2022 Morning Briefing

Voters turned out in droves — turnout was nearly 250% higher than the last primary midterm election — and the latest tally showed a decisive win for abortion-rights supporters, 59% to 41%. President Biden and prominent pollsters said the victory in a “red” state underscores the importance of this fall’s midterm elections.

Minister for Seniors at Famed Church Confronts Ageism and the Shame It Brings

By Judith Graham September 2, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Lynn Casteel Harper, a minister at the interdenominational Riverside Church in New York City, discusses the spiritual dimension of aging.

Déjà Vu? Consumers Scramble for Covid Tests in Hard-Hit Areas

By Phil Galewitz and Rachel Bluth and Rae Ellen Bichell August 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As the nation confronts the delta variant, many consumers are again facing delays getting tested. The problem appears most acute in the South and Midwest, where new infections are growing the fastest.

Medicaid Vaccination Rates Founder as States Struggle to Immunize Their Poorest Residents

By Phil Galewitz August 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Efforts by states and the private health plans that many states pay to cover low-income Americans has been scattershot and hampered by a lack of data.

Familias apoyan máscaras en las aulas, pero se oponen a la vacunación obligatoria

By Jordan Rau August 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Las fuertes opiniones públicas tienen lugar cuando la politización del debate sobre las máscaras en las aulas se vuelve más acalorada, coincidiendo con el inicio del año escolar, especialmente en Florida y Texas.

What Will It Take to Boost Vaccinations? The Scene From Kentucky’s Back Roads

By Sarah Varney October 18, 2021 KFF Health News Original

With Kentucky in the grip of a covid surge, public health workers are taking their vaccination campaign house to house and church to church, trying to outmaneuver the fantastical tales spread on social media and everyday hurdles of hardship and isolation.

Have Vaccines, Will Travel: On the Road With a Covid Entrepreneur

By Katheryn Houghton August 17, 2021 KFF Health News Original

While many businesses scaled back at the height of the pandemic, one Montana man used covid-19 to open his own mobile pharmacy. He’s now bringing covid shots to Montana’s vaccine deserts while filling his wallet. But he cannot fill all the vaccination gaps.

El dolor, la esperanza y la ciencia chocan cuando los atletas recurren a los hongos mágicos

By Markian Hawryluk and Kevin Van Valkenburg, ESPN April 24, 2023 KFF Health News Original

El uso de hongos psicodélicos está ganando terreno en los Estados Unidos. Investigadores predicen que la FDA aprobará un tratamiento psicodélico en los próximos cinco años.

Más de 100 millones de estadounidenses viven acosados por las deudas médicas

By Noam N. Levey June 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

La investigación revela un problema mucho más extendido de lo que se había informado anteriormente. Esto se debe a que gran parte de la deuda que acumulan los pacientes figura como saldos de tarjetas de crédito, préstamos familiares o planes de pago a hospitales y otros proveedores médicos.

Scientists Examine Kids’ Unique Immune Systems as More Fall Victim to Covid

By Liz Szabo September 17, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Doctors are trying to figure out why some kids become much sicker than others and, in rare cases, don’t survive.

Collecting FEMA Funeral Money Takes Some Tenacity — And Help

By Heidi de Marco June 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A federal program to help with the funeral expenses for people who died of covid is a challenge for grieving family members who aren’t fluent in English or the ways of a bureaucracy.

Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico Have The Most-Stressed Populations

March 30, 2022 Morning Briefing

A study by personal finance site WalletHub measured 41 key stress indicators, leading to a list of where people experience the most and least stress. In other news, Florida’s governor signed a law for schools to create “individualized” plans for students with epilepsy.

Doctors Weigh Pros and Cons of Prescribing Hot-Button Alzheimer’s Drug

By Judith Graham July 9, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The potential benefits of Aduhelm are small, its effectiveness is not certain, and even the FDA Thursday shifted its guidance on who should get the drug. But physicians are dealing with an onslaught of interest from patients and their families, and figuring out which patients are best positioned to be helped by the drug will be difficult.

Beneficiarios de Medicaid se vacunan mucho menos contra covid

By Phil Galewitz August 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Si bien más de 202 millones de estadounidenses están vacunados al menos en parte contra covid, casi el 30% de las personas mayores de 12 años siguen sin vacunarse. Las encuestas muestran que los más pobres tienen menos probabilidades de recibir una vacuna.

Covid Hospitalizations Surging Again; Study May Explain Omicron’s Speed

May 10, 2022 Morning Briefing

ABC News reports that 41 states and territories have reported increases of 10% or more in their daily number of covid admissions. CIDRAP reports on a study that showed patients infected with omicron shed more live virus eight days after illness onset than those with the delta variant. In other news, White House adviser Susan Rice tests positive for covid.

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