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As a Nurse Faces Prison for a Deadly Error, Her Colleagues Worry: Could I Be Next?

By Brett Kelman March 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Former nurse RaDonda Vaught is on trial for reckless homicide, and her case raises consequential questions about how nurses use computerized medication-dispensing cabinets.

Patients With Vulnerable Immune Systems Worry Vaccine Exemptions May Put Them in Peril

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR March 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Montana’s governor pushed the state’s health workers to seek religious exemptions to a federal mandate to be vaccinated against covid, but the number who have done so is unknown.

Cuando se desestima o estigmatiza a las muertes por covid, el dolor se mezcla con ira y vergüenza

By Brett Sholtis, WITF September 21, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Las víctimas de covid están sufriendo la misma estigmatización que los que mueren por sobredosis o suicidio. Ellos son los responsables, piensan algunos.

One Year In: How Covid’s Toll Compares With Other Causes of Death

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact March 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Covid-19 has become the country’s third-leading cause of death, and isn’t far behind cancer.

Biden Kept His Promise to Increase Covid-Testing Capacity, Even as Demand for Testing Drops

By Victoria Knight June 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Experts told us that the system’s capacity has improved and people now have access to different testing options.

‘Project Next Gen’ Aims To Expedite Vaccines To Combat Future Coronaviruses

April 11, 2023 Morning Briefing

As the successor to “Operation Warp Speed,” the White House is kicking off a new $5 billion initiative to develop vaccines and treatments for future covid variants as well as new coronaviruses that might emerge as public health threats. Also, President Joe Biden signs the bill ending the covid national emergency. The public health emergency remains in place until May 11.

Researchers Mapped Covid Virus 2 Weeks Before China Disclosed To World

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Wall Street Journal reports that a Chinese lab sequenced the coronavirus in December 2019. The Chinese government did not reveal details for another 2 weeks, raising further questions about information transparency in the early days of the pandemic.

They Lost Medicaid When Paperwork Was Sent to an Empty Field, Signaling the Mess to Come

By Brett Kelman August 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Tennessee expects to soon disenroll about 300,000 people from its Medicaid program. But families like the Lesters have suffered when bureaucracy and clerical mistakes caused them to unfairly lose coverage under the same program.

Health Officials See Bright Future in Poop Surveillance

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester March 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Sewage surveillance is proving so useful in mapping covid trends that many public health officials say it should become standard practice in tracking infectious diseases. Whether that happens will depend on the nation’s ability to make it viable in communities rich and poor.

New Laws Let Visitors See Loved Ones in Health Care Facilities, Even in an Outbreak

By Stephanie Colombini, WUSF April 8, 2022 KFF Health News Original

To contain the spread of covid, hospitals and nursing homes barred visits. The separation and isolation took a toll on patients and families. Florida is one of the latest states to ensure access for visitors.

Lie of the Year: The Downplay and Denial of the Coronavirus

By Daniel Funke, PolitiFact and Katie Sanders, PolitiFact December 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

It’s no worse than the flu, and other deadly disinformation about the coronavirus

Firefighters on Front Lines, No Strangers to Risk, Push Back Against Covid Vaccine Mandates

By Sandy West September 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Among the people still reluctant to get vaccinated — and pushing against mandates — are firefighters, many of whom also respond to medical calls as paramedics and EMTs and have witnessed the ravages of the pandemic firsthand.

Coronavirus ‘Lab Leak’ Theory Supported By FBI Director

March 1, 2023 Morning Briefing

FBI Director Christopher Wray said the source of covid was likely a laboratory leak in China, The Wall Street Journal reports. China’s government maintains it has been “open and transparent” on its own efforts to trace covid’s origin. Other news includes efforts to prevent the next pandemic.

Montana Mice May Hold the Secret to Virus Spillover

By Jim Robbins February 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Researchers in Montana are working to figure out how climate change and biodiversity affect viruses’ jump from animals to people.

Wildfires and Omicron Prompt a Special Health Insurance Enrollment Period in Colorado

By Markian Hawryluk January 20, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Disasters have previously prompted special enrollment periods in California, Maine, and the South. Now, Colorado is extending the state insurance marketplace sign-up period by two months.

‘It Didn’t Really Stick With Me’: Understanding the Rural Shrug Over Covid and Vaccines

By Sarah Jane Tribble April 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Fort Scott, Kansas, was hit hard by the pandemic, and it no longer has a hospital. But residents remain skeptical about the impact of the coronavirus.

Ask KHN-PolitiFact: Is My Cloth Mask Good Enough to Face the Delta Variant?

By Amanda Michelle Gomez September 20, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Public health experts increasingly urge people to upgrade to surgical masks, but also maintain that cloth masks still offer protection.

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.

El regreso de la poliomielitis y la vuelta a clases: lo que debes saber

By Céline Gounder September 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Ahora que la poliomielitis vuelve a aparecer décadas después de que se considerara eliminada en Estados Unidos, los que no están familiarizados con la temida enfermedad necesitan una guía para protegerse a sí mismos y a sus hijos

States Were Sharing Covid Test Kits. Then Omicron Hit.

By Katheryn Houghton January 31, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The omicron variant upended a system in which states shared rapid covid tests with those that needed them more. Cooperation has turned into competition as states run out of supplies, limit which organizations get them, or hold on to expired kits as a last resort.

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