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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?

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.

DeSantis Advances Questionable Link Between Lockdowns and Despair

By Phil Galewitz February 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Experts agreed there’s no definitive evidence to back up the Florida governor’s assertion.

Por qué Estados Unidos subestima las reinfecciones por covid

By JoNel Aleccia February 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Aunque se definen como “raras”, habría muchas reinfecciones por covid. El problema es que Estados Unidos no tiene la capacidad para hacer el análisis genético necesario para detectarlas.

As Covid Surged, Vaccines Came Too Late for at Least 400 Medical Workers

By Erin McCormick, The Guardian February 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A Guardian/KHN analysis of deaths nationwide indicates that at least 1 in 8 health workers lost in the pandemic died after the vaccine became available, narrowly missing the protection that might have saved their lives.

Comparing Death Tolls From Covid to Past Wars Is Fraught

By Will Stone and Carrie Feibel, NPR News February 5, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Covid-19 has now killed more Americans than World War II did. That fact helps some people put the viral death toll in perspective, while others find it offensive.

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.

Fear of Flying Is a COVID-Era Conundrum

By Victoria Knight November 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As coronavirus cases take off across the U.S., airlines promote holiday deals and encourage travel. But are flyers throwing caution to the wind?

Grab Your Mask and Notepad, We’re Headed Back to California’s State Capitol

By Rachel Bluth July 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

After being mostly closed to the public and the press for more than a year, California’s state Capitol is open again — masks, temperature checks, covid outbreaks and all.

Clots, Strokes and Rashes: Is COVID a Disease of the Blood Vessels?

By Will Stone November 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID-19 can cause symptoms that go well beyond the lungs, from strokes to organ failure. To explain these widespread injuries, researchers are studying how the virus affects the vascular system.

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.

‘Nine Months Into It, the Adrenaline Is Gone and It’s Just Exhausting’

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester December 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A UCSF emergency room physician reflects on California’s response to COVID-19 and on lessons learned — or not — as the coronavirus makes its second devastating surge.

How Billing Turns a Routine Birth Into a High-Cost Emergency

By Rae Ellen Bichell October 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

“Obstetrical emergency departments” are a new feature in some hospitals that can inflate medical bills for even the easiest, healthiest births. Just ask the parents of Baby Gus.

Going Home for the Holidays? For Many Americans, That’s a Risky Decision

By Victoria Knight December 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Public health officials have urged Americans to hunker down, but people are still planning trips and contemplating ways to mitigate the risk of catching or spreading the coronavirus.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Biden Health Agenda

January 21, 2021 KFF Health News Original

President Joe Biden is wasting no time getting to work. On his first day in office, Biden signed a series of executive orders addressing the covid pandemic, promising more to come. But even with Democrats taking the barest majority in the Senate, the new president’s ambitious proposals on covid and other health issues could be in for a rough ride. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet 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.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: 2020 in Review — It Wasn’t All COVID

December 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The coronavirus pandemic colored just about everything in 2020. But there was other health policy news that you either never heard or might have forgotten about: the Affordable Care Act going before the Supreme Court with its survival on the line; ditto for Medicaid work requirements. And a surprise ending to the “surprise bill” saga. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

Heading Off the Next Pandemic

By Jim Robbins January 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As long as humans encroach on nature, pandemics are inevitable — making it important to concentrate resources in areas where people and wildlife are linked.

Long-Term Care Workers, Grieving and Under Siege, Brace for COVID’s Next Round

By Judith Graham November 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the coronavirus surges around the country, workers in nursing homes and assisted living centers are watching cases rise in long-term care facilities with a sense of dread. Many of these workers struggle with grief over the suffering they’ve witnessed.

More Americans — Of All Political Persuasions — Are Donning Masks

By Jordan Rau December 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Half the public believes the worst of the pandemic is yet to come, but most are prepared to continue to take measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 until vaccines are distributed.

Behind The Byline: How Do You Say …?

By Victoria Knight November 5, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Check out KHN’s video series — Behind The Byline: How the Story Got Made. Come along as journalists and producers offer an insider’s view of health care coverage that does not quit.

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