Doctors More Likely to Prescribe Opioids to Covid ‘Long Haulers,’ Raising Addiction Fears
By Liz Szabo
April 28, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Chronic pain from covid can linger for months after patients appear to recover from the disease.
Coronavirus Deranges the Immune System in Complex and Deadly Ways
By Liz Szabo
March 4, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Researchers are testing treatments to overcome autoimmune reactions that begin when the body’s defenses respond to the coronavirus.
Activistas antivacunas difunden falsas teorías de que las dosis de covid son letales
By Liz Szabo
January 25, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Los grupos antivacunas están desinformando y difundiendo falsas noticias, lo que amenaza con socavar la campaña de vacunación más grande en la historia de los Estados Unidos.
Anti-Vaccine Activists Peddle Theories That Covid Shots Are Deadly, Undermining Vaccination
By Liz Szabo
January 25, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Thousands of people died shortly after inoculation, but their deaths weren’t related to getting a vaccine.
Listen: Which Is The Greater Threat — The Coronavirus Or The Flu?
February 4, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Kaiser Health News reporter Liz Szabo talked to Connecticut Public Radio about the risks of the novel coronavirus compared with influenza.
Covid: 5 razones para seguir usando máscara después de vacunarse
By Liz Szabo
January 15, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Las vacunas se probaron en ensayos clínicos, en los mejores centros médicos, en condiciones óptimas. Pero en el mundo real, suelen ser un poco menos efectivas.
5 Reasons to Wear a Mask Even After You’re Vaccinated
By Liz Szabo
January 15, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Vaccination, face coverings and physical distancing are essential parts of a team effort against the coronavirus.
KFF Health News Awards and Honors
By Kathleen Hayden
January 28, 2021
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KFF Health News has been recognized repeatedly by our peers in journalism with an increasing number of awards honoring our reports on the American health care system. 2024 The Sacramento Press Club Awards Public Health Reporting: Angela Hart, Beat Reporting on Homelessness The Shorenstein Center Goldsmith Awards Special Citation for Reporting on Government: Overpayment Outrage […]
Análisis: expertos desestimaron al coronavirus, hasta que fue demasiado tarde
By Liz Szabo
December 21, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Muchos de los principales especialistas en enfermedades infecciosas subestimaron el veloz brote en sus primeras semanas y meses, asumiendo que Estados Unidos, otra vez, saldría ileso.
Many US Health Experts Underestimated the Coronavirus … Until It Was Too Late
By Liz Szabo
December 21, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Scientists learned the wrong lesson from past outbreaks, but Dr. Anthony Fauci doesn’t cast blame.
‘Breakthrough Finding’ Reveals Why Certain COVID Patients Die
By Liz Szabo
November 13, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Scientists have found that some people have antibodies against parts of their own immune system, allowing viruses to multiply rapidly.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: The Pandemic Shifts; The Politics, Not So Much
June 25, 2020
KFF Health News Original
While federal and state officials continue to wrangle over coronavirus testing, the population testing positive is skewing younger. Meanwhile, the Trump administration wins a round in court over its requirements for hospitals to publicly reveal their prices, and the fight over the fate of the Affordable Care Act heats up once again. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews former Obama administration health aide Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, who has written a new book comparing international health systems.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Protests And The Pandemic
June 4, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The outrage over the death of an African American man, George Floyd, after he was restrained and knelt on by Minneapolis police officers has sparked national protests, including in places where the coronavirus is still spreading. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s attempt to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization could have ramifications for Americans. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Mary Agnes Carey of KHN and Joanne Kenen of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews Jonathan Oberlander, a University of North Carolina health policy professor and the editor of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, about articles examining the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of health inequity and structural racism.
Oficiales de salud temen que el país no esté listo para una vacuna contra COVID-19
By Liz Szabo
September 2, 2020
KFF Health News Original
El camino para entregar vacunas a 330 millones de personas sigue sin estar claro para los funcionarios de salud locales que, se espera, sean los que realicen el trabajo.
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.
Fauci Says COVID Vaccine Trials Could End Early If Results Are Overwhelming
By Liz Szabo
September 1, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The nation’s top infectious disease official is confident that an independent panel will base vaccine approval on science, not politics.
Fauci dice que una vacuna contra COVID podría estar lista antes de lo esperado
By Liz Szabo
September 1, 2020
KFF Health News Original
El experto en enfermedades infecciosas de más alto rango en el país dice que esto podría ocurrir si los ensayos clínicos en curso producen resultados abrumadoramente positivos.
No importa cuál te toque. Cuando tengas oportunidad, vacúnate contra covid
By Arthur Allen and Liz Szabo
February 1, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Expertos afirman que debes ponerte la primera vacuna autorizada que te ofrezcan. ya que es la forma de comenzar a generar inmunidad colectiva.
When Your Chance for a Covid Shot Comes, Don’t Worry About the Numbers
By Arthur Allen and Liz Szabo
Updated February 28, 2021
Originally Published February 1, 2021
KFF Health News Original
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine that the FDA cleared Saturday was 66% effective overall in preventing moderate to severe covid, while the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were more than 90% effective. But the numbers aren’t exactly comparable. And all three shots prevent hospitalization and death.
Fauci Unfazed as Scientists Rely on Unproven Methods to Create COVID Vaccines
By Liz Szabo
August 3, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Teams are starting to test vaccines using messenger RNA or chimpanzee cold viruses to inoculate humans. Will their benefits last?