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Many US Health Experts Underestimated the Coronavirus … Until It Was Too Late

By Liz Szabo December 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Scientists learned the wrong lesson from past outbreaks, but Dr. Anthony Fauci doesn’t cast blame.

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Colorado abre período especial para tener seguro de salud por omicron y un incendio forestal

By Markian Hawryluk January 20, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Funcionarios estatales anunciaron la apertura de un período especial de inscripción hasta el 16 de marzo, abierto para todos los residentes de Colorado sin seguro, independientemente de si fueron afectados por el fuego o por covid-19.

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In Missouri and Other States, Flawed Data Makes It Hard to Track Vaccine Equity

By Alex Smith, KCUR June 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Racial and ethnic categories for vaccination data vary widely from one state to another, complicating efforts to distribute shots where they are needed most. In Missouri, some red flags in the data surfaced, making health officials question its usefulness.

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Why Millions on Medicaid Are at Risk of Losing Coverage in the Months Ahead

By Rachana Pradhan February 14, 2022 KFF Health News Original

State Medicaid agencies for months have been preparing for the end of a federal mandate that has prevented states from removing people from the safety-net program during the pandemic.

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High Obesity Rates in Southern States Magnify Covid Threat

By Sarah Varney March 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In the American South — home to nine of the nation’s 12 heaviest states — obesity is playing a role not only in covid outcomes, but in the calculus of the vaccination rollout.

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To Help Farmworkers Get Covid Tests and Vaccine, Build Trust and a Safety Net

By Christine Herman, WILL / Illinois Public Media and Dana Cronin, WILL / Illinois Public Media March 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Testing and vaccinating essential workers on commercial farms and in meatpacking plants requires more than a pop-up clinic miles away. Missing work to get a test, or to quarantine after a positive result, can be financially devastating.

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Newer Covid Strains Lurking In US; Coronavirus Cases Swell In Europe

October 3, 2022 Morning Briefing

Health experts worry that another winter wave might be on its way. Meanwhile, a new study found that more than 16,000 Americans who died in the first 10 months of the pandemic had suffered from a combination of covid and cancer.

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Michigan’s Outbreak Worries Scientists. Will Conservative Outposts Keep Pandemic Rolling?

By Julie Appleby April 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The covid outbreak in Michigan stands out on the U.S. contagion map, but odds are it will be repeated elsewhere. How vaccine hesitancy, relaxed restrictions and a coronavirus variant combined to create the worst outbreak in the country.

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Prominent Scientists Call on CDC to Better Protect Workers From Covid

By Christina Jewett February 17, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The academics insist that more workers should get top-rated N95 masks, the best defense against airborne coronavirus particles.

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Journalists Dissect Covid Vaccines and Variants

March 6, 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.

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Evaluating President Joe Biden’s First 100 Days in Office

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact April 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Presidential historians say that Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office — a somewhat arbitrary but frequently cited milestone — have included an above-average number of major accomplishments.

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El futuro en la vigilancia de enfermedades infecciosas puede estar… en el popó

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

El lodo que se recolecta de las aguas residuales, adonde se arrojan las heces de la comunidad, puede ser clave para detectar no solo covid, sino otras enfermedades infecciosas.

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Análisis: expertos desestimaron al coronavirus, hasta que fue demasiado tarde

By Liz Szabo December 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Muchos de los principales especialistas en enfermedades infecciosas subestimaron el veloz brote en sus primeras semanas y meses, asumiendo que Estados Unidos, otra vez, saldría ileso.

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Si me recuperé de covid, ¿por qué tengo que seguir usando máscara?

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Más de 120 millones de estadounidenses se han unido al club más selecto de la Tierra: los inmunizados contra el coronavirus. Cómo siguen las pautas de seguridad.

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Sleep Well Before Getting Vaccines — It May Alter The Shot’s Effectiveness

March 14, 2023 Morning Briefing

A study found startling implications concerning vaccine effectiveness, whether for covid or the flu: Sleeping less than six hours was found to limit the body’s response to the shot, reducing protection. Also: How little we still know about the coronavirus.

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Being Vaccinated Doesn’t Mean You Must Go Maskless. Here’s Why.

By Bernard J. Wolfson June 15, 2021 KFF Health News Original

It won’t hurt to remain cautious, even as California reopens for business in response to mass vaccinations and diminishing cases of covid.

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La pandemia ha puesto más en peligro a los que no hablan inglés

By Martha Bebinger April 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Al comienzo de la pandemia, médicos del Brigham and Women Hospital observaron lo que se sería una siniestra estadística: los pacientes que sabían poco o nada de inglés tenían un 35% más de posibilidades de morir.

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Jessica Holloway, a vaccine protester, holds a sign at an anti-vaccine rally at the California Capitol in early January.

Vaccine Wars Ignite in California as Lawmakers Seek Stronger Laws

By Angela Hart January 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Anti-vaccination activists say California’s Democratic lawmakers are helping strengthen their movement nationally by pushing for tougher vaccine requirements — without exemptions for religious or personal beliefs. But a new pro-vaccine lobbying force is vowing to fight back.

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‘Covid Hit Us Over the Head With a Two-by-Four’: Addressing Ageism With Urgency

By Judith Graham November 5, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In light of the pandemic’s shocking death toll among seniors, organizations are trying new strategies to help older Americans get better care.

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‘Wisdom and Fear’ Lead 90% of U.S. Seniors to Covid Vaccines

By Phil Galewitz August 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The success in getting shots to older adults is likely due to states prioritizing that effort when the vaccines became available and motivation among the elderly after the virus killed so many in their age group.

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