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Nurses in Crisis Over Covid Dig In for Better Work Conditions

By Christine Spolar and Mark Kreidler and Rae Ellen Bichell December 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In tough labor negotiations across the nation, here’s what nurses don’t want: “appreciation that is lip service,” “marketing campaigns” and “shiny new buildings.” And this year might well prove to be a turning point in efforts to organize health care’s essential workers.

Home Births Gain Popularity in ‘Baby Bust’ Decade

By Phillip Reese September 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Over the past decade, California has seen a sustained rise in the proportion of people who opt to give birth at home or in midwife-run birthing centers rather than in a hospital. Covid has further fueled that trend.

Even in Red States, Colleges Gravitate to Requiring Vaccines and Masks

By Michelle Andrews September 9, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As students return to campus, schools across the country are taking steps to enforce public health advice to keep people safe from covid. In deeply conservative South Carolina when elected officials tried to stop that, a professor took on the establishment and won.

Why the U.S. Is Underestimating Covid Reinfection

By JoNel Aleccia February 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Hundreds of Americans suspect they contracted covid early in the pandemic and recovered, only to get infected again months later. But because the U.S. does so little genetic sequencing of covid samples, we don’t know much about reinfection rates.

Por qué los piojos siguen acechando, a pesar del distanciamiento social

By Rae Ellen Bichell November 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Desafortunadamente, las medidas que han tomado muchas escuelas para prevenir la transmisión del covid-19 al reabrir hacen poco para prevenir la propagación del piojo de la cabeza.

Do You Have Health Care and Health Policy Questions? We Want to Hear From You!

March 8, 2021 Page

Whether it’s health coverage, surprise medical bills, or navigating the ins and outs of the coronavirus, it’s no secret that the American health system can be confusing. KFF Health News wants to hear the health care and health policy questions you would like answered by health reporters from our newsroom.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Expanding the ACA in an Unpredicted Way

March 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Beyond the billions of dollars aimed squarely at the pandemic, the covid relief bill cleared by Congress this week includes significant changes to health policy. Among them are the first major expansions to the Affordable Care Act since its enactment 11 years ago and changes that could expand coverage for the Medicaid program. Tami Luhby of CNN, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.

Door to Door in Miami’s Little Havana to Build Trust in Testing, Vaccination

By Verónica Zaragovia, WLRN January 21, 2021 KFF Health News Original

It’s time-consuming but worthwhile: Residents respond to messages about Covid testing and vaccines when outreach teams speak their language and make a personal connection.

Research Roundup: Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine; Long Covid; Supplemental Vitamin D; Cell Movement

July 28, 2022 Morning Briefing

Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.

As Biden Gets Sworn In, White House Will Get Scrubbed Down

By Phil Galewitz December 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Fears about lingering coronavirus at the White House are prompting a massive disinfection initiative before the Bidens move in.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Covid and Kids

February 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Can schools safely reopen before all teachers and staffers are vaccinated against covid? And what’s the best way to communicate that science — and scientific recommendations — change and evolve? Also, get ready for a redo of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act coverage, this time with help and outreach to find those eligible. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

Nosing In on Kids Who Had Covid and Lost Their Sense of Smell

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Clinicians at pediatric hospitals are experimenting with “smell training” among children who had covid-19 and have now lost this sense.

Firefighters — ‘Health Care Providers on a Truck’ — Signal Pandemic Burnout

By Sandy West March 5, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Grappling with stagnant pay and a lack of personal protective equipment, firefighters are even more frustrated to find they are lower down the vaccine priority list than health care workers despite serving on the front lines of the medical system.

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: Winter Is Coming for Bars. Here’s How to Save Them. And Us.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal October 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

To stop the coronavirus, we need to stop super-spreader events.

Government Oversight of Covid Air Cleaners Leaves Gaping Holes

By Lauren Weber and Christina Jewett July 12, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Thousands of schools have spent millions of federal covid relief dollars snapping up air cleaning technology that claims to inactivate covid-19. But the devices fall into a regulatory gap.

A Quarter of US Hospitals, and Counting, Demand Workers Get Vaccinated. But Not Here.

By Katheryn Houghton August 10, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Amid a surge in covid-19 cases driven by the highly contagious delta variant, nearly 1,500 health systems across the nation are requiring their employees to get vaccinated. In Montana and Oregon, that’s not an option.

‘The Vaccination Queen’: Nurse Practitioner Takes Covid Shots House to House in Puerto Rico

By Caroline Almy and Alicia Carter August 9, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Abigail Matos-Pagán, a critical care expert who has galvanized relief efforts after hurricanes and earthquakes, is on a mission to inoculate as many Puerto Rican residents as possible.

Covid Forever? Most Think Virus Will Be Around For Rest Of Their Lives

July 20, 2022 Morning Briefing

When asked if “we will never fully be rid of the coronavirus in my lifetime,” 78% of the Americans surveyed agreed. Meanwhile, the dominance of the omicron BA.5 subvariant grows.

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.

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