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Vaccine-or-Test Requirements Increase Work and Costs for Governments

By Amanda Michelle Gomez and Phil Galewitz November 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

But state and local officials embrace the requirement because it creates a safer workplace while allowing employees to continue working.

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Mounting Covid Deaths Fuel School Bus Drivers’ Fears

By Andy Miller and Phil Galewitz September 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Since August, school bus drivers and monitors have died of covid-19 in at least 10 states, including Georgia and Florida. Masks are required on school buses, but enforcing the rules in districts without school mask mandates is especially hard to do.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Getting Down to Work at HHS

March 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

After a bruising confirmation process, Xavier Becerra was sworn in as secretary of Health and Human Services this week. The Senate also confirmed the nominations of former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to return to the post he held in the Obama administration, and former Pennsylvania health secretary Rachel Levine as assistant secretary for health. Levine is the first openly transgender person to receive Senate confirmation. Meanwhile, questions continue to swirl around the AstraZeneca covid vaccine, which some public health experts worry will create more hesitancy toward other vaccines.

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Covid, delta y tu deporte favorito, ¿es seguro ir a un estadio?

By Phil Galewitz and Andy Miller September 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Antes de la era COVID, sentarse hombro con hombro en un estadio con decenas de miles de espectadores gritando era lo que más esperaban los fans en el otoño. Ahora no parece ser la mejor idea.

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Your Covid Game Plan: Are Stadiums Safe?

By Phil Galewitz and Andy Miller September 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Fall and football go hand in hand. But with covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths soaring from the delta variant, is it safe to go to the stadium? KHN asks the experts.

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Cuatro respuestas sobre el freno a la vacuna contra covid de Johnson & Johnson

By Phil Galewitz April 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Expertos en salud se preguntan si el freno a la vacuna de J&J a causa de seis casos de mujeres que desarrollaron coágulos luego de recibirla puede impactar negativamente en los esfuerzos de inmunización.

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4 Things to Know About the J&J Covid Vaccine Pause

By Phil Galewitz April 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The messaging surrounding vaccine safety and efficacy may mean as much as the science.

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Vermont to Give Minority Residents Vaccine Priority

By Phil Galewitz April 5, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Covid cases have disproportionately affected the state’s Black residents, so officials are moving them to the front of the line for vaccinations before the state expands eligibility to all adults.

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KHN on the Air This Week

December 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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Indiana’s Medicaid Expansion — Designed by Pence and Verma — Panned in Federal Report

By Phil Galewitz April 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Indiana’s program seeks to give expansion enrollees “skin in the game,” requiring that they pay small monthly premiums and manage health savings accounts.

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In America, Covid Vaccine Eligibility Is a ‘Crazy Quilt’ of State Rules

By Phil Galewitz March 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Across the country, a mishmash of rules to qualify for a precious covid shot is creating nightmares for consumers. Criteria including age, occupation and medical conditions vary dramatically.

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Impulsan monitores de glucosa aunque no ayudarían a muchos pacientes con diabetes

By Phil Galewitz March 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Aunque algunos médicos y las aseguradoras dicen que son útiles, expertos aseguran que no ayudan a la mayoría de las personas que viven con diabetes tipo 2.

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‘Painless’ Glucose Monitors Pushed Despite Little Evidence They Help Most Diabetes Patients

By Phil Galewitz March 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The numbers of people wearing these monitors are soaring as prices have fallen and device-makers promote them to doctors and patients. But few studies show the devices lead to better outcomes for the nearly 25 million Americans with Type 2 diabetes who don’t inject insulin to regulate their blood sugar.

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In Alabama, South Carolina and Louisiana, CVS Vaccine Appointments Go Unfilled

By Phil Galewitz March 9, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Dozens of open appointment slots in the three Southern states last week stood in sharp contrast to states such as Delaware, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, where spots generally were claimed by midmorning or earlier.

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DeSantis Advances Questionable Link Between Lockdowns and Despair

By Phil Galewitz February 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Experts agreed there’s no definitive evidence to back up the Florida governor’s assertion.

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KHN on the Air This Week

October 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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Tampa’s Mayor vs. a Covid-Era Super Bowl

By Phil Galewitz February 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor — an outspoken former cop — has clashed repeatedly with Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has limited what local officials can do to confront the pandemic. But she reached an uneasy peace with the state and is convinced that safeguards instituted by the NFL will help keep crowds safe at the NFL championship game.

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States Move Ahead With Canada Drug Importation While Awaiting Signal From Biden

By Phil Galewitz January 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As president, Donald Trump encouraged states to bring in drugs from Canada, where prices are cheaper. It’s not clear if the new administration will follow suit.

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Encuesta: casi la mitad de los adultos ahora quiere vacunarse contra covid lo antes posible

By Phil Galewitz January 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Ya se han vacunado unas 20 millones de personas. Sin embargo, persisten las disparidades raciales, étnicas y económicas en cuanto al acceso a las vacunas.

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Poll: Nearly Half of American Adults Now Want the Covid Vaccine — ASAP

By Phil Galewitz January 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The number of adults seeking to get inoculated has risen since December, according to a new poll.

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