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To Vaccinate Veterans, Health Care Workers Must Cross Mountains, Plains and Tundra

By Patricia Kime February 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Veterans Affairs officials are flying COVID-19 vaccines to remote locations in Montana and Alaska to quickly inoculate rural veterans before the drugs expire.

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As Temperatures Rise, So Do the Health Risks for California’s Farmworkers

By Miranda Green and Heidi de Marco August 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Workers who harvest crops ranging from grapes to cauliflower in the Coachella Valley are accustomed to temperatures well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This summer the thermometer has already hit 122, and heatstroke is becoming more common.

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What Seniors Can Expect When COVID Vaccines Begin to Roll Out

By Judith Graham December 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

At least two vaccines could get federal emergency use authorizations this month. Nursing home and assisted living residents will be among the first to receive inoculations. Here’s a guide on how that rollout may proceed.

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Scientists Seek Covid Treatment Answers in Cheap, Older Drugs

By Esther Landhuis March 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Philanthropies are funding studies of cheap, existing medications like the antidepressant fluvoxamine as covid treatments. But early hype about hydroxychloroquine and other repurposed drugs leaves researchers leery of hasty conclusions.

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Covid Cases Plummet 83% Among Nursing Home Staffers Despite Vaccine Hesitancy

By Melissa Bailey and Shoshana Dubnow March 15, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Federal records show a steep decline in staff covid cases since December, when health care workers at thousands of nursing homes began getting their shots. Still, many are reluctant to get vaccinated.

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CVS and Walgreens Under Fire for Slow Pace of Vaccination in Nursing Homes

By Rachel Bluth and Lauren Weber January 15, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A federal program that sends retail pharmacists into nursing homes to vaccinate residents and workers has been hindered by bureaucratic hurdles and scheduling woes.

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‘No Mercy’ Chapter 6: Trickle-Down Heartache Reaches the Next Generation in a Rural Town With No Hospital

By Sarah Jane Tribble November 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Meet Josh. He’s a teenager in Fort Scott, Kansas, who dropped out of high school around the same time the town’s hospital closed. He says those two things are related.

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A $200 Debit Card Won’t Do Much for Seniors’ Drug Costs

By Harris Meyer October 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump wants to send seniors $200 apiece. Beyond the legal and logistical problems, health care experts point out it does little to help someone with even typical prescription costs.

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Fear and Loathing as Colleges Face Another Season of Red Ink

By Mark Kreidler December 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

When campuses stay open, COVID infections spread widely, and sometimes kill. But by closing dorms and dining halls, scores of smaller schools face finances so ruinous they could be fatal for their institutions.

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Need Amid Plenty: Richest US Counties Are Overwhelmed by Surge in Child Hunger

By Laura Ungar March 18, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Hunger among kids is skyrocketing, even in America’s wealthiest counties. But given the nation’s highly uneven charitable food system, affluent communities have been far less ready for the unprecedented crisis than places accustomed to dealing with poverty and hardship.

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Vaccines Go Mobile to Keep Seniors From Slipping Through the Cracks

By Rachel Bluth February 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A strike team of nurses and others is vaccinating Contra Costa County’s hardest-hit populations right where they live.

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Qué deben esperar los adultos mayores de la vacuna contra COVID

By Judith Graham December 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Adultos mayores en residencias y centros de vida asistida estarán entre los primeros en ser vacunados, siguiendo las recomendaciones de un panel asesor federal.

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‘An Arm and a Leg’: Financial Self-Defense School Is Now in Session

By Dan Weissmann August 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Starting in August 2020, a new episode every other week. No time like a pandemic to learn more about how to fight the high cost of health care.

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Orange County Struggles With Health Equity — And Battles State Restrictions

By Anna Almendrala November 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Disneyland can’t reopen until Orange County’s coronavirus infection rates improve — especially among its poorest and most vulnerable residents. Local officials are protesting the requirements, saying the economy will suffer, and residents’ health along with it.

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Medicamentos ya conocidos, y baratos, podrían ser clave para tratar covid

By Esther Landhuis March 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Hay medicamentos aprobados hace años que podrían investigarse en profundidad para tratar covid. Pero no hay interés porque no generarían grandes ganancias.

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NYC Hospital Workers, Knowing How Bad It Can Get, Brace for COVID 2nd Wave

By Fred Mogul, WNYC December 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals are in better shape now than in the spring, with more knowledge of how to handle COVID-19 and bigger stockpiles of protective equipment. Still, nurses worry about staffing shortages and unfilled jobs.

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Dialysis Industry Spends Millions, Emerges as Power Player in California Politics

By Samantha Young December 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Over the past four years, the dialysis industry has spent $233 million on both political offense and defense in California. Most of it went toward protecting its revenues against ballot initiatives, but the industry also strategically worked the corridors of the state Capitol.

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Musicians Improvise Masks for Wind Instruments to Keep the Band Together

By Laura Ungar October 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Instrumentalists in ensembles, marching bands and other groups are getting creative with pantyhose, air filters, fabric and sewing machines to reduce the risk of COVID without silencing the music.

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Condado de Orange lucha por la equidad en salud y contra las restricciones estatales

By Anna Almendrala November 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

El parque de diversiones más popular de California es el centro de una lucha sobre la mejor manera de contener COVID-19, al mismo tiempo que se trata de mantener la economía a flote.

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Condados más ricos del país, abrumados por el aumento del hambre infantil

By Laura Ungar March 18, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Los incrementos más pronunciados se registran en algunos de los condados más adinerados, donde la riqueza general oscurece las frágiles finanzas de los trabajadores con salarios bajos.

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