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‘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: 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.

Trump’s Wrong. 15% ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Not on Par With Strength of a Vaccine

By Victoria Knight December 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Experts agree that more than 70% of a population needs to be inoculated to reach “herd immunity.”

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Sharing Vaccines With the World

May 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The Biden administration is bucking the drug industry and backing a waiver of covid-19 vaccine patent protections to help the rest of the world vaccinate its populations. Here at home, the Food and Drug Administration wants to ban menthol flavorings for cigarettes, setting off a fight with the tobacco industry. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN and Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider 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.

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.

Stop Blaming Tuskegee, Critics Say. It’s Not an ‘Excuse’ for Current Medical Racism.

By April Dembosky, KQED March 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The Tuskegee syphilis study is often cited as a reason Black Americans might hesitate to take the covid-19 vaccine. But many people say that current racism in health care and lack of access deserve more attention to move more Black Americans toward vaccine protection.

Black Doctors Work to Make Coronavirus Testing More Equitable

By Nina Feldman, WHYY October 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium has increased access to coronavirus testing in the Philadelphia region, testing more than 10,000 people. The group’s mobile unit and pop-up testing sites also offer patients an opportunity to connect with African American health care providers.

CDC Adds Covid Jab To Routine Lineup; Scientific Find Offers Clues To Virus

February 10, 2023 Morning Briefing

The CDC on Thursday formally added covid vaccines to its immunization schedule for kids and adults, joining other shots like polio, measles, and chickenpox. In other news on the virus, researchers in Australia have discovered a protein in the lungs that sticks to coronavirus like Velcro and forms a natural protective barrier in a person’s body.

A Year Into Pandemic, Federal Officials Move to Better Protect Front-Line Workers

By Christina Jewett April 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Changes would allow N95 sales for industries other than health care and signal an end to the hospital practice of reusing the masks considered essential for worker safety.

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?

Solitary Confinement Condemns Many Prisoners to Long-Term Health Issues

By Katja Ridderbusch October 5, 2021 KFF Health News Original

An estimated 300,000 people were held in solitary confinement in U.S. jails and prisons at the height of the pandemic. An international movement is pushing to limit the form of incarceration due to its damaging physical and psychological effects.

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.

At Texas Border, Pandemic’s High Toll Lays Bare Gaps in Health and Insurance

By René Kladzyk, El Paso Matters and Phil Galewitz and Elizabeth Lucas June 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In Texas’ border communities, which are overwhelmingly Hispanic, covid-19 death rates for people under age 65 were double those in the rest of the state and three times the national average. They were also significantly higher than rates in New Mexico border areas.

Hard Lessons From a City That Tried to Privatize Public Health

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester August 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Facing bankruptcy, Detroit largely dismantled its public health department in 2012, and the city essentially went two years without a government-run public health system. Five years later, this major American city offers a grim cautionary tale.

California’s Highest Covid Infection Rates Shift to Rural Counties

By Phillip Reese July 7, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As vaccination rates rise across the state, the overall numbers of covid cases and deaths have plunged. But health officials are still reporting nearly 1,000 new cases and more than two dozen deaths a day. So, where does covid continue to simmer in California? And why?

The Shock and Reality of Catching Covid After Being Vaccinated

By Steven Findlay April 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

At least 5,800 people have fallen ill or tested positive for covid two weeks or more after being fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. “I now tell everyone, including my colleagues, not to let their guard down.”

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.

Mysterious Ailment, Mysterious Relief: Vaccines Help Some Covid Long Haulers

By Will Stone April 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Scientists who study the post-illness syndrome are taking a close look at patients’ reports of this unexpected benefit of the vaccine.

In Philadelphia, a Scandal Erupts Over Vaccination Startup Led by 22-Year-Old

By Nina Feldman, WHYY and Max Marin, WHYY and 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.

Health Care Unions Defending Newsom From Recall Will Want Single-Payer Payback

By Angela Hart September 13, 2021 KFF Health News Original

If Gov. Gavin Newsom survives Tuesday’s recall election, the health care unions that have campaigned on his behalf intend to pressure him to follow through on his promise to establish a government-run health system in California.

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