Should You Bring Mom Home From Assisted Living During The Pandemic?
By Judith Graham
March 31, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Families are weighing the challenges of providing home care with the isolation or potential danger of leaving folks in senior housing or long-term care.
Your School Assignment For The Day: Spelling And Specs
By Heidi de Marco
February 27, 2020
KFF Health News Original
In California’s rural Central Valley, low-income children have limited access to vision care. School districts are teaming up with nonprofits to fill the gaps.
Battle Rages Inside Hospitals Over How COVID Strikes and Kills
By Robert Lewis Christina Jewett
September 23, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The debate over how the coronavirus spreads heated up Friday when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conceded that the virus spreads through tiny particles, but then took down guidance that could have forced big changes in hospitals.
Cómo Florida drenó su sistema de salud pública y le abrió la puerta a COVID
By Laura Ungar Jason Dearen, The Associated Press Hannah Recht
August 24, 2020
KFF Health News Original
A medida que la nación empezó a drenar su sistema de salud pública, personal y fondos cayeron más rápidamente en este estado, dejándolo desprotegido para la peor crisis de salud en un siglo.
Regeneron Says Covid Antibody Drug Also Effective As Preventive
April 12, 2021
Morning Briefing
The drugmaker says a single shot of its monoclonal antibody treatment reduced the chances of developing covid after exposure to the virus by 81%, which suggests it could be effective as a preventive. Regeneron is now seeking FDA approval for this.
Estudio federal analiza COVID-19 y las disparidades raciales en Estados Unidos
By Ashley Gold
July 21, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Investigadores del NIH tratan de establecer la relación entre factores socioeconómicos como el ingreso, la estructura familiar, la dieta, el acceso a la atención médica y las infecciones por COVID y sus resultados.
Is A Second Wave Of Coronavirus Coming?
By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
June 23, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Some experts say the United States is arguably still in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic and history tells us that the 1918 influenza pandemic came in at least three waves. But that’s not necessarily a template for how the coronavirus pandemic will play out, because the coronavirus doesn’t have the same degree of seasonality that influenza does.
Stalked By The Fear That Dementia Is Stalking You
By Judith Graham
February 21, 2020
KFF Health News Original
For those worried they have an elevated risk of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, testing is an option. But words to the wise: It’s hardly foolproof and could even backfire by heightening your fear of memory loss.
Seniors With COVID-19 Show Unusual Symptoms, Doctors Say
By Judith Graham
April 24, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Older bodies respond to infection in different ways. Seniors may sleep more or stop eating. They may be confused or dizzy. They might simply collapse.
As COVID Cuts Deadly Path Through Indiana Prisons, Inmates Say Symptoms Ignored
By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media
May 29, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Since the start of the pandemic, prisoners and their families have contradicted state officials about the conditions inside Indiana prisons. Many inmates report they’ve had no way to protect themselves from close contact with other inmates and staff members. They believe contracting the coronavirus is inevitable.
Health Officials Worry Nation’s Not Ready for COVID-19 Vaccine
By Liz Szabo
September 2, 2020
KFF Health News Original
As the nation awaits a vaccine to end the pandemic, local health departments say they lack the staff, money, tools ― and a unified plan ― to distribute, administer and track millions of vaccines, most of which will require two doses. Dozens of doctors, nurses and health officials interviewed by KHN and The Associated Press expressed their concern and frustration over federal shortcomings.
Judge Says New York Prisoners Must Be Offered Covid Vaccines
March 30, 2021
Morning Briefing
A judge rules that New York state must offer covid vaccines to its prisoners. In other news from across the country, Arizona’s Senate lifts its mask mandate and federal investigators flag payments to a California clinic that received $81 million under a relief program.
The Pandemic Is Hurting Pediatric Hospitals, Too
By Bernard J. Wolfson
May 19, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Children’s hospitals were generally in good shape before COVID-19, but now their revenues are plunging as beds they reserved to assist in the pandemic effort remain empty.
Consumer Beware: Coronavirus Antibody Tests Are Still A Work In Progress
By JoNel Aleccia
April 27, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Public officials are putting high hopes on new blood tests as a means of determining who has developed antibodies to COVID-19, and with those antibodies, presumed immunity. But experts caution the tests are largely unreliable and the science is still catching up.
More People Died Of Drug Overdoses Last Year Than Ever Before In US
February 16, 2021
Morning Briefing
The data for the 12-month period ending last June showed 81,003 deaths, a 20% increase over the previous year. Separate research found that weekly counts of all drug overdoses were up to 45% higher in 2020 than in 2019.
Congressional Candidates Go Head-To-Head On Health Care — Again
By Ana B. Ibarra
February 24, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The California Democratic members of Congress who flipped seven Republican seats two years ago made health care a major campaign issue, criticizing their opponents for voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. As the Democrats defend their seats in this year’s elections, they are coming back to health care — but the issues are different.
Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester Hannah Recht Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press Lauren Weber
December 15, 2020
KFF Health News Original
At least 181 public health leaders in 38 states have resigned, retired or been fired amid the turmoil of the pandemic. The departures come as backlash against public health is rising with threats to officials’ personal safety and legislative and legal efforts to strip their governmental public health powers.
VCU Health Halts 30-Year Campaign That Seized Patients’ Wages, Put Liens On Homes
By Jay Hancock Elizabeth Lucas
March 11, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The bold move by the giant hospital system will help thousands of patients in the wake of a Kaiser Health News investigation last year.
COVID-Plagued California Nursing Homes Often Had Problems In Past
By Jordan Rau Anna Almendrala
May 4, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Nursing homes with COVID-19 infections tend to violate health rules more often and have more complaints and fines, records show. But infections also plague highly rated facilities — while sparing some low-ranked ones.
Médicos dicen que los adultos mayores con COVID-19 presentan síntomas inusuales
By Judith Graham
April 24, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Los adultos mayores, el grupo de edad de alto riesgo de sufrir complicaciones graves o morir por esta condición, podrían no mostrar ninguno de estos síntomas.
