What Is the Risk of Catching the Coronavirus on a Plane?
By Noah Y. Kim
September 10, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says airplanes are not vectors for the spread of COVID-19 and that flying is “something that is safe for people to do.” Is the evidence really so clear?
Last Call for COVID: To Avoid Bar Shutdowns, States Serve Up Curfews
By Jordan Rau
December 4, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Authorities are ordering early closures — generally around 10 p.m. — to curb the spread of COVID-19. But will the coronavirus observe this curfew?
It’s Time to Get Back to Normal? Not According to Science.
By Victoria Knight
February 23, 2021
KFF Health News Original
With covid, and its newly emerging variants, still circulating throughout the nation and the world, experts say it is definitely not the time to abandon efforts to control the virus’s spread.
S.D. Governor Gives State High Marks in Handling the Pandemic. Are They Deserved?
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
February 12, 2021
KFF Health News Original
While South Dakota is excelling in vaccine distribution and in keeping its economy intact, some health measures show the state is also dealing with one of the highest per capita covid death rates in the country.
Covid: 5 razones para seguir usando máscara después de vacunarse
By Liz Szabo
January 15, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Las vacunas se probaron en ensayos clínicos, en los mejores centros médicos, en condiciones óptimas. Pero en el mundo real, suelen ser un poco menos efectivas.
Do-It-Yourself Contact Tracing Is a ‘Last Resort’ in Communities Besieged by Covid
By Brett Dahlberg, WCMU
January 8, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Covid-19 cases are spreading so fast that they’re outpacing the contact-tracing capacities of some local health departments. Faced with mounting caseloads, those departments are asking people who test positive for the coronavirus to do their own contact tracing.
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.
For Covid ‘Long Haulers,’ Battling for Disability Benefits Adds Aggravation to Exhaustion
By David Tuller
March 10, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Early in the pandemic, many patients couldn’t be tested. The lack of a covid diagnosis complicates disability insurance for those whose illness continues.
Easier-to-Use Coronavirus Saliva Tests Start to Catch On
By David Tuller
October 6, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Regulators and scientists have been leery of introducing the tests, preferring to rely on tried-and-true methods, but evidence is mounting that the spit and swab tests may be more convenient and just as accurate.
Census: Insured Population Holds Steady, With a Slight Shift From Private to Public Coverage
By Victoria Knight Julie Appleby
September 14, 2021
KFF Health News Original
The Census Bureau on Tuesday released its 2020 findings regarding Americans’ income, poverty and health insurance coverage.
Vacuna de Pfizer para adolescentes: lo que tienes que saber
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
May 14, 2021
KFF Health News Original
El gobierno federal aprobó para uso de emergencia la vacuna de Pfizer para adolescentes de 12 a 15 años. ¿Qué significa esto para tu hijo? La ampliación del uso de emergencia de la vacuna de Pfizer-BioNTech para preadolescentes y adolescentes jóvenes añade casi 17 millones de estadounidenses más al grupo de personas elegibles para ser […]
Analysis: Don’t Want a Vaccine? Be Prepared to Pay More for Insurance.
By Elisabeth Rosenthal Glenn Kramon
August 4, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Health insurers could do more to encourage vaccination, including letting the unvaccinated foot their bills.
‘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.
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.
Peligran avances contra el VIH por la lucha contra covid, en especial en el sur del país
By Sarah Varney
April 21, 2021
KFF Health News Original
El impacto exacto de una pandemia sobre la otra todavía está por evaluarse, pero los datos preliminares inquietan a expertos que hasta hace poco celebraban los enormes avances en el tratamiento del VIH.
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.
Different Virus, ‘Same Mistakes’: Birx Sounds Alarm About Bird Flu Response
June 5, 2024
Morning Briefing
Deborah Birx, the former federal coronavirus response coordinator, thinks the U.S. should be testing cows and people often for the H5N1 bird flu virus so that we don’t reach pandemic stage. Meanwhile, Michigan pumps the breaks on field trips to dairy farms. Mpox and covid are also in the news.
What We Know About the Airborne Spread of the Coronavirus
By Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact
September 30, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has gone back-and-forth on this issue. One thing remains clear: Though science is evolving, indications do point toward the potential for airborne transmission.
How One Health Center Is Leading Chicago on Kid Covid Shots
By Giles Bruce
November 10, 2021
KFF Health News Original
A health center with clinics on Chicago’s southwest side that serves mostly Hispanic patients has provided the most covid shots to kids in the city by being accessible, (literally) speaking the language of the community and setting up pop-up clinics at schools and parks. It provides a few lessons as the nation gears up to vaccinate 5- to 11-year-olds.
In Philadelphia, a Scandal Erupts Over Vaccination Startup Led by 22-Year-Old
By Nina Feldman, WHYY Max Marin, WHYY Alan Yu, WHYY
February 2, 2021
KFF Health News Original
City officials gave coronavirus vaccines to Philly Fighting Covid, whose brash CEO had no health care experience. After a WHYY investigation, the city cut ties with the group over alleged mismanagement.
