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‘We Acted Like An Army’: How South Korea Mobilized Its Health Experts To Put Easy, Comprehensive Testing In Place

March 19, 2020 Morning Briefing

South Korea and the United States identified their first coronavirus patient on the same days. Weeks later, South Korea has managed to easily and quickly test hundreds of thousands of its citizens, giving it the ability to isolate positive cases. The United States is still floundering. Meanwhile, when asked why rich celebrities seem to have quick access to tests that normal Americans are still being denied, President Donald Trump shrugged off the concern. “Perhaps that’s been the story of life,” he said.

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Death Toll In U.S. Rises To 11 Driven By Nursing Facility Outbreak; California Quarantines Cruise Ship After Passenger’s Death

March 5, 2020 Morning Briefing

California reported its first coronavirus death–a man who was elderly with underlying medical conditions and had been exposed to the illness while partaking in an international cruise. The case wasn’t discovered until the ship was back at sea. Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency and won’t let the passengers disembark. The CDC is sending test kits out to the ship. Meanwhile, Washington reported another death tied to the outbreak in a Seattle-area nursing facility.

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Positive Signs Emerge From Patients Given Gilead’s Remdesivir, But Good News Muted By Limited Scope Of Trial

April 17, 2020 Morning Briefing

“The best news is that most of our patients have already been discharged, which is great. We’ve only had two patients perish,” said Kathleen Mullane, of the University of Chicago, in a video obtained by Stat. The antiviral had been singled out in the early days as one that might offer the most hope as a coronavirus treatment. But the trial does not include what’s known as a control group, so it will be difficult to say whether the drug is truly helping patients recover better. In other pharmaceutical news: the dangerous rush to approve hydroxychloroquine; a look at where all treatment studies stand; herbal remedies growing in popularity; and more.

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Flattening The Curve And Social Distancing: Understanding The Drastic Measures That Experts Keep Talking About

March 11, 2020 Morning Briefing

Health experts have been vocal about how it is a make-it or break-it moment for America and that the outcome will rest on the country’s ability to “flatten the curve” of the spread of the disease by “social distancing.” What do those terms mean and what do they entail? Meanwhile, there’s a lot of comparison between the flu and the coronavirus, but they’re quite different illnesses. Scientists also take a look at the hardest-hit populations and how the fact that kids aren’t getting critically sick can help them better understand the virus.

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Urgent Health Challenges For 2020: WHO Cites Climate Change, Anti-Vaxxers As Deep Concerns Requiring Leaders To Work Together

January 15, 2020 Morning Briefing

“The list reflects a deep concern that leaders are not investing enough resources in core health priorities & systems, putting lives & economies in jeopardy,” WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted. Public health news is on China’s coronavirus, heart disease, exercise and health, weight loss, postpartum depression, X-ray protection, and home-care workers, as well.

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Mortality Rate Placed At 3.4%, But Some Experts Say That’s A ‘Crudely Calculated’ Snapshot That Will Change

March 4, 2020 Morning Briefing

It’s hard for WHO to get an official count on those infected–and thus the mortality rate associated with coronavirus–because the symptoms present as mild in so many patients. But experts are still working hard to figure out exactly how bad the outbreak will be in the end, with many guessing it will be less severe than the 1918 Spanish pandemic, but worse than the swine flu of recent years. Meanwhile, social media giants are attempting to wage a war against misinformation online and experts continue to warn against panic-buying medical supplies.

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Trump Will Ask Congress To Pass Payroll Tax Relief In Effort To Stem Economy’s Downward Plunge

March 10, 2020 Morning Briefing

As stocks continued to tumble on Monday amid coronavirus fears, President Donald Trump, who has tied much of his reputation to the success of the economy, scrambled to alleviate the pain from the losses. Along with a proposed payroll tax cut, Trump said he was seeking help for hourly-wage workers to ensure they’re “not going to miss a paycheck” and “don’t get penalized for something that’s not their fault.” Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Democrats could release an economic aid package this week.

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February 12, 2019 Page

KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with policy analysis and polling, KFF Health News is one of the three major operating programs at KFF. KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation. KFF Health News reports on how the health […]

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For Most People, It’s Not Virus Itself That’s Dangerous, But Rather How It Overwhelms Health Systems, Communities

March 5, 2020 Morning Briefing

Most people who get the coronavirus will only develop mild symptoms. But because of the extra burden on local health systems and how the virus spreads to older, more vulnerable populations, the virus’ repercussions run deeper than just mild inconvenience. In other news: we’re learning more each day about the virus; kids seem to be less susceptible but they can still spread infection; the fast-moving nature of the virus makes it hard to understand and contain; the EPA releases a list of disinfectants people should be using; and more.

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Google Will Offer Government Massive Trove Of ‘Mobility Data’ To Assist With Social Distancing Measures

April 3, 2020 Morning Briefing

Amid sweeping efforts to get Americans to stay at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Google will offer the government a report of how foot traffic has increased or declined to six types of destinations: homes, workplaces, retail and recreation establishments, parks, grocery stores and pharmacies, and transit stations. In other news on social distancing measures: Dr. Anthony Fauci wants every state to institute a stay-at-home order; public compliance soars; projections show where the next hotspots may emerge; places that defy state orders mapped; historical data reveals cities that social distance emerge stronger economically in the long run; and more.

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Based On Trump’s Past Responses To Pandemics, Experts Worry About A Harmful Overreaction From President

January 28, 2020 Morning Briefing

“With the Ebola epidemic, it was urging quarantines, travel bans, overreacting in all the ways that would be counterproductive. I would hate to see that now,” said Lawrence Gostin, a senior professor at Georgetown University, of President Donald Trump’s past responses to outbreaks. Public officials say the coronavirus isn’t spreading in the U.S. yet, and that threat for Americans remains low. Still, anxiety and panic over the illness is ramping up as the possible cases in the U.S. climbs past 100.

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China Invested Billions To Rate As A Giant In Health Sciences. Now That Infrastructure Is Put To The Test.

January 27, 2020 Morning Briefing

Nearly a month after discovering the first cases, Chinese health officials have made little progress in stopping its spread. Experts say China’s skills in certain basic public-health tasks, such as outbreak investigations, are uneven. So what does all that mean for China’s investments in becoming a world leader in health? Meanwhile, Chinese scientists are testing an HIV drug to treat coronavirus symptoms. And media outlets take a look at the science behind the outbreak and response.

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Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut About A Trillion Dollars From Medicaid Programs, ACA Subsidies

February 11, 2020 Morning Briefing

While President Donald Trump’s budget doesn’t offer specifics on his “health care vision,” an $844 billion mystery pot — along with other Medicaid changes — signal deep cuts to health programs. Critics were quick to challenge Trump’s promises to protect people’s coverage despite any funding cuts. “You can’t cut $1 trillion from these programs and protect the most vulnerable,” said Aviva Aron-Dine of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The budget also includes a big funding drop for CDC, a proposal to strip the FDA of its authority over tobacco products, a provision to slash funding for the agency currently working to create a coronavirus vaccine, and more.

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Up Next, Nov. 16: Helping COVID’s Secondary Victims: Grieving Families and Friends COVID-19 is taking a devastating toll — not just on patients but also their families and friends. For every person who dies of the virus, nine close family members are affected, researchers estimate. Many people are shaken by the circumstances under which […]

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May 29, 2014 Page

Elisabeth Rosenthal, Editor-in-Chief, joined KFF Health News in September 2016 after 22 years as a correspondent with The New York Times, where she covered a variety of beats from health care to environment and did a stint in the Beijing bureau. While in China, she covered SARS, bird flu, and the emergence of HIV/AIDS in […]

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Fear of Flu: Shifting the Goalposts

By Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer November 17, 2009 KFF Health News Original

Are fears about kids and the swine flu overblown?

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WHO Announces Coronavirus as Cause of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

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