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El resultado de una prueba de covid puede tardar horas, o hasta cinco días, dependiendo en donde vives

By Rae Ellen Bichell October 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Si bien la prueba de covid es mucho más fácil de conseguir de lo que era al principio de la pandemia, la capacidad de obtenerla, con resultados oportunos, puede variar ampliamente en todo el país.

Covid Testing, Turnaround Times Are Still Uneven This Far Into Pandemic

By Rae Ellen Bichell October 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The availability of covid testing and turnaround times for results still vary widely around the country, some 19 months since the pandemic was declared a national crisis. A jumbled testing system, technician burnout and squirrely spikes in demand are all part of the problem.

A Colorado Town Is About as Vaccinated as It Can Get. Covid Still Isn’t Over There.

By Rae Ellen Bichell October 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

San Juan County, Colorado, is one of the most vaccinated counties in the U.S. Leaders across the country continue to expound on the vaccine as the path forward in the pandemic. But San Juan’s experience the past few weeks with its first covid hospitalizations shows that, even with an extremely vaccinated population, masks are still necessary.

Journalists Explore Inefficiency and Inequities of Vaccine Rollout

February 5, 2021 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.

KHN on the Air This Week

December 11, 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.

¿Escuela o “ruleta rusa”? Entre delta y no exigir máscaras, algunos padres no ven ninguna diferencia

By Rae Ellen Bichell August 21, 2021 KFF Health News Original

En las escuelas de Colorado, en donde se registraron los primeros brotes de la variante delta, las autoridades no exigen el uso de cubrebocas en interiores. Pero padres se resisten.

School or ‘Russian Roulette’? Amid Delta Variant and Lax Mask Rules, Some Parents See No Difference

By Rae Ellen Bichell August 20, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Students in many places are starting the new school year with their masks off — even in one Colorado county that was one of the nation’s first delta variant hot spots.

KHN on the Air This Week

December 4, 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.

Red State, Blue State, Twin Outbreak: Behind Wyoming and Colorado’s Anomalous Covid Spikes

By Rae Ellen Bichell July 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Statistics show that Colorado residents are much more likely than Wyoming residents to be vaccinated against covid. Yet both Wyoming and Colorado were among the top 12 states with the highest covid case rates at the beginning of July. A closer look at a pair of similarly sized counties in those states helps explain why.

Delta Variant Surges in Colorado as the Bands Play On

By Rae Ellen Bichell July 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Mesa County is a breeding ground for the covid-19 delta variant, but few would guess with tens of thousands of people flocking to the state’s largest country music festival.

A Hospital Charged $722.50 to Push Medicine Through an IV. Twice.

By Rae Ellen Bichell June 28, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A college student never got an answer for what caused her intense pain, but she did get a bill that totaled $18,736 for an ER visit. She and her mom, a nurse practitioner, fought to understand all the charges.

Nurses in Crisis Over Covid Dig In for Better Work Conditions

By Christine Spolar and Mark Kreidler and Rae Ellen Bichell December 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In tough labor negotiations across the nation, here’s what nurses don’t want: “appreciation that is lip service,” “marketing campaigns” and “shiny new buildings.” And this year might well prove to be a turning point in efforts to organize health care’s essential workers.

Snag a Vaccine Appointment, Then Face the Next Hurdle: How to Get There?

By Rae Ellen Bichell April 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

For some, a vaccine appointment a few hours away is no biggie. For others, it’s a major barrier to gaining protection from the coronavirus.

Durango’s Covid ‘Cowboy’ Rounds Up Spring Break Scofflaws, Lines ’Em Up for Shots

By Rae Ellen Bichell March 31, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The city of Durango has hired an actor to bring his Old West acting skills to tackle a current problem: the Wild West of spring break, in which visitors from states such as Texas and Oklahoma flock to town. The “lawman” cajoles them into wearing masks while vaccinators stand ready for out-of-town visitors.

What Childhood Vaccine Rates Can, and Can’t, Teach Us About Covid Vaccines

By Rae Ellen Bichell March 10, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Hesitancy toward routine childhood vaccines doesn’t necessarily predict hesitancy toward a covid shot.

Mientras Colorado avanza una ley que garantiza su acceso a atención médica, trabajadores agrícolas recuerdan el maltrato que sufren

By Esther Honig and Rae Ellen Bichell June 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Colorado está a punto de aprobar una ley para que los trabajadores del campo puedan acceder a atención médica, algo que muchos empleadores al parecer no permiten.

Farmworkers Recall Mistreatment as Colorado Aims to Guarantee Medical Access

By Esther Honig and Rae Ellen Bichell June 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Agricultural workers living in employer-owned housing can have trouble getting health care. It’s symptomatic of bigger gaps in worker protections that the pandemic spotlighted, say proponents of a newly passed Colorado bill for farmworker rights.

Kidney Experts Say It’s Time to Remove Race From Medical Algorithms. Doing So Is Complicated.

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Cara Anthony June 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

When estimating how well a patient’s kidneys are working, doctors frequently turn to an equation that depends on a question: Is the patient Black? Kidney experts are now debating how to remove the race adjustment and whether the question is a function of sound science. It’s considered just the first step in dismantling institutional racism in kidney care.

Live Free or Die if You Must, Say Colorado Urbanites — But Not in My Hospital

By Rae Ellen Bichell December 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In a fracas between a largely rural county and neighboring cities, class and politics are just as relevant as the coronavirus. People are getting “stupid and mean,” as one mayor put it.

At Colorado’s Rural Edges, Vaccines Help Assisted Living Homes Crack Open the Doors

By Rae Ellen Bichell January 28, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Amid the disorganization and confusion of the vaccine distribution, smaller communities may have an advantage. In some long-term care facilities where vaccination is underway, things are looking up.

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