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Covid Politics and Fatigue Work Against Contact-Tracing Foot Soldiers

By Amanda Michelle Gomez August 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Local health officials find themselves once again behind the covid curve as the delta variant drives their case counts. With resources already stretched, along with the politicization of covid-19, county and state health departments in places like Missouri and Texas are making tough calls on whom to trace.

Why Your Dentist Might Seem Pushy

By Daryl Austin May 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Dentists know how to maximize the profits in your mouth. But sometimes it’s outright fraud — to the tune of billions every year.

Colorado Lawmakers Wage Multifront Assault on High Drug Costs

By Markian Hawryluk May 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Colorado is one of many states resolved not to wait for federal action to reduce drug costs. Its legislature is considering several ways to lower costs for consumers and the state.

Big Investors Push Nursing Homes to Upgrade Care and Working Conditions

By Harris Meyer April 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Responsible for 34% of the nation’s covid death toll, nursing homes and long-term care facilities get slammed by their investors and are told to change.

The Vulnerable Homebound Are Left Behind on Vaccination

By Jenny Gold April 30, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Even as the nation has moved on to vaccinating everyone 16 and older, the vast majority of people homebound due to frailty or age — and among the most vulnerable to covid’s devastation — have not yet been vaccinated. California offers a sharp lens on the challenges.

A ‘Dose of Hope’? Fact-Checking President Joe Biden’s First Speech to Congress

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact and Amy Sherman, PolitiFact and Miriam Valverde, PolitiFact and Victoria Knight April 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In his first speech before a joint session of Congress, President Joe Biden argued it was time to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a historic opportunity to expand government for the benefit of a wider range of Americans, urging investments in jobs, climate change, child care, infrastructure and more.

In Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta, Millions Face Long Drives to Stroke Care

By Aneri Pattani and Hannah Recht and Jamie Grey, InvestigateTV May 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Across Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta, where death rates from stroke are above the national average, routing patients from rural areas to the right level of care can be an intricate jigsaw puzzle. The closest hospital might not offer the full scope of stroke treatments, but hospitals with more advanced care could be hours away.

Gene Screenings Hold Disease Clues, but Unexplained Anomalies Often Raise Fears

By Christina Bennett February 9, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Multiple-gene panel tests are frequently offered to patients at risk for diseases such as cancer that can assess more than 80 genes. But in screening a wide variety of genes, doctors might see a variant that hasn’t yet been deciphered and be unable to explain its significance, leaving patients with concerns and no answers.

What the Slowing Vaccine Rates Mean for One Rural Montana County

By Katheryn Houghton May 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In one northwestern Montana county where demand for covid vaccines is dropping well before widespread immunity is reached, people are split on whether the virus is a threat.

UVA Health Will Wipe Out Tens of Thousands of Lawsuits Against Patients

By Jay Hancock April 20, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The Virginia hospital giant had already stopped suing patients with less than $107,000 in household income.

Corporations Encourage Employee Vaccination but Stop Short of Mandates

By Anna Almendrala May 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Public health officials fear that requiring jabs on the job would create a noisy, counterproductive backlash.

Legisladores de Colorado se posicionan contra los altos costos de los medicamentos

By Markian Hawryluk May 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Incapaz de fijar los precios o cambiar las protecciones de las patentes, el estado considera medidas legislativas y administrativas para reducir los gastos de bolsillo delos consumidores.

California Counties a Hodgepodge of Highs and Lows in Vaccinating Vulnerable Seniors

By Jenny Gold April 7, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Like many states, California is seeing huge regional variations in covid vaccination rates for people 65 and older. Remote rural counties are in some cases struggling to give away doses to vulnerable seniors, while metropolitan areas often have more demand than supply.

California’s Smallest County Makes Big Vaccination Gains

By Hannah Norman February 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In rural Alpine County, where snowbound mountain passes isolate small towns, distributing the covid vaccine is a community effort. Unlike in many urban areas where residents jockey for limited appointments, the pace of vaccinations here is strong and steady.

En los Apalaches y el delta del Mississippi, millones deben viajar lejos para recibir atención por accidentes cerebrovasculares

By Aneri Pattani and Hannah Recht and Jamie Grey, InvestigateTV May 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A lo largo de los Apalaches y del delta del Mississippi, donde las tasas de muertes por ataques cerebrales está por encima del promedio nacional, dirigir a los pacientes de áreas rurales al nivel adecuado de atención puede ser un rompecabezas intrincado. El hospital más cercano puede no ofrecer un espectro completo de tratamientos, y los centros de atención de avanzada pueden estar a horas de distancia.

If I Have Cancer, Dementia or MS, Should I Get the Covid Vaccine?

By Judith Graham January 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Older patients with cancer, dementia or other serious illnesses should check with their doctors, but medical experts recommend the vaccine for most people.

‘Cruel’ Digital Race For Vaccines Leaves Many Seniors Behind

By Will Stone February 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Glitchy websites, jammed phone lines and long lines outside clinics are commonplace as states expand who’s eligible to be vaccinated. The oldest Americans and those without caregivers and computer skills are at a distinct disadvantage.

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.

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.

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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