How the Mixed Messaging of Vaccine Skeptics Sows Seeds of Doubt
By Darius Tahir
June 8, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Some GOP members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic have two-stepped around vaccine skepticism, proclaiming themselves to be pro-vaccine while also validating the beliefs of people who oppose vaccine mandates. The result could have serious public health consequences.
Charts Paint a Grim Picture 2 Years Into the Coronavirus Pandemic
By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
March 7, 2022
KFF Health News Original
The on-off nature of the pandemic “has led to a lot of the confusion and grumpiness,” says one expert. Another compares it to the exhaustion of the American public when hearing body counts during the Vietnam War.
Colorado Moves Toward Statewide Coverage of Wastewater Surveillance
By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio
April 12, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Colorado was among the first states to embrace wastewater testing to track the coronavirus, an important public heath intervention that can give early warning of outbreaks.
California Says It Can No Longer Afford Aid for Covid Testing, Vaccinations for Migrants
By Don Thompson
February 22, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Gov. Gavin Newsom is winding down state assistance for health care services to migrants seeking asylum. He’s lobbying the Biden administration to increase aid along the state’s southern border.
Omicron and Other Coronavirus Variants: What You Need to Know
By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
November 30, 2021
KFF Health News Original
This new variant has set off alarm bells in the public health community, but much remains to be learned about it.
In Super-Vaxxed Vermont, Covid Strikes — But Packs Far Less Punch
By Sarah Varney
January 28, 2022
KFF Health News Original
With its highest-in-the-nation vaccination rates, Vermont offers a glimpse of what’s possible as the U.S. learns to live with coronavirus.
Journalists Recap Coverage of the Ongoing Pandemic and Lead Risks in Schools’ Drinking Water
March 26, 2022
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’s ‘What the Health?’: The Covid Response Coordinator Speaks
December 22, 2022
KFF Health News Original
In this special episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, talks with host Julie Rovner, KHN’s chief Washington correspondent, about where we are in the pandemic and how we should transition out of the public health emergency. This episode was taped on Dec. 20.
How Better Ventilation Can Help ‘Covid-Proof’ Your Home
By Liz Szabo
May 18, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Is someone at home sick with covid-19? One simple but effective strategy for keeping the virus from spreading is to make your indoor air as much like the outdoors as possible.
California dice que ya no puede costear las pruebas de covid ni las vacunas para los migrantes
By Don Thompson
February 22, 2023
KFF Health News Original
El estado mantiene tres centros de recursos sanitarios —dos en el condado de San Diego y uno en el condado de Imperial— que realizan pruebas y vacunaciones contra covid y otros exámenes de salud, y han atendido a más de 300,000 migrantes desde abril de 2021.
The End of the Covid Emergency Could Mean a Huge Loss of Health Insurance
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
April 6, 2022
KFF Health News Original
It is a perilous time to throw low- and middle-income Americans off the insurance cliff: A new omicron subvariant is spreading, and a program that provided coronavirus testing and covid-19 treatment at no cost to the uninsured has expired.
Better Ventilation Can Prevent Covid Spread. But Are Companies Paying Attention?
By Liz Szabo
April 19, 2022
KFF Health News Original
The research is clear that improving indoor air quality is an essential tool in stemming the spread of covid and a host of other diseases. But companies have to be willing to invest.
Todo lo que hay que saber sobre omicron y las otras variantes del coronavirus
By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
November 30, 2021
KFF Health News Original
La variante omicron, conocida oficialmente como B.1.1.529, apareció en noviembre en varios países del sur de África. Las alarmas saltaron en todo el mundo cuando los funcionarios de salud pública de Sudáfrica vieron que empezaba a superar a delta, la cepa dominante hasta ahora.
Cómo una mejor ventilación puede ayudar a que tu hogar sea “a prueba de covid”
By Liz Szabo
May 18, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Para las personas que no viven en casas grandes con varias habitaciones y baños, un familiar con covid genera riesgos extra. Mejorar la ventilación puede cambiar los resultados.
As Links to MS Deepen, Researchers Accelerate Efforts to Develop an Epstein-Barr Vaccine
By Liz Szabo
October 19, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Recent leaps in medical research have lent urgency to the quest to develop a vaccine against Epstein-Barr, a ubiquitous virus that has been linked to a range of illnesses, from mononucleosis to multiple sclerosis and several cancers.
Politics and Pandemic Fatigue Doom California’s Covid Vaccine Mandates
By Rachel Bluth
May 31, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Even in deep-blue California, Democratic lawmakers pulled their proposed covid vaccine requirements before they had a vote. The lawmakers blamed the ebbs and flows of the coronavirus, the public’s short attention span, and opposition from public safety unions.
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.
A Guide to Help You Keep Up With the Omicron Subvariants
By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
May 6, 2022
KFF Health News Original
How different are the seemingly endless stream of emerging omicron subvariants from one another and how protected are we?
Lie of the Year: The Downplay and Denial of the Coronavirus
By Daniel Funke, PolitiFact Katie Sanders, PolitiFact
December 16, 2020
KFF Health News Original
It’s no worse than the flu, and other deadly disinformation about the coronavirus
Tech Titans Want the Richest Californians to Pay for Pandemic Preparedness
By Angela Hart
April 26, 2022
KFF Health News Original
A measure likely to be on California’s November ballot would tax the state’s wealthiest residents to rebuild crumbling public health infrastructure and try to head off another pandemic. But are inflation-weary Californians willing to vote for new taxes?
