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Demand for COVID Vaccines Expected to Get Heated — And Fast

By JoNel Aleccia December 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

With two vaccines against coronavirus disease poised for release within weeks, experts say they expect attitudes to shift dramatically from hesitancy to “Beanie Baby”-level urgency.

Covid ‘Decimated Our Staff’ as the Pandemic Ravages Health Workers of Color

By Danielle Renwick, The Guardian January 5, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Covid-19 has taken an outsize toll on Black and Hispanic Americans — and those disparities extend to medical workers.

Imponen toques de queda en restaurantes y bares mientras aumentan los casos de Covid-19

By Jordan Rau December 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Con brotes de coronavirus originándose en bares y restaurantes, los toques de queda están siendo adoptados no solo por funcionarios, sino también por propietarios de establecimientos.

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.

Paying Billions for Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug? How About Funding This Instead?

By Judith Graham July 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Aduhelm, approved by the Food and Drug Administration last month despite questions about its efficacy, could be prescribed to at least 1 million patients a year, for a price tag of about $56 billion. Experts suggest there might be better ways to spend that money.

Científicos dicen que una píldora diaria para tratar covid estaría a meses de distancia

By JoNel Aleccia September 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Los medicamentos que se están investigando tendrían el potencial de interferir con la capacidad del virus para replicarse en las células humanas.

Lo que sabemos sobre la transmisión aérea del coronavirus

By Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact September 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Aunque los CDC removieron la información de su sitio web, muchos incidentes y estudios apuntan hacia la idea de que las partículas en el aire juegan un papel más importante de lo que se pensaba.

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.

The Delta Variant Thrives in a State of Political and Public Health Discord

By Lauren Weber July 21, 2021 KFF Health News Original

At the center of the nation’s delta variant outbreak, public health efforts are mired in a political turf war.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Who Will Run the Biden Health Effort?

December 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The official transition to a Joe Biden administration has finally begun, and he is expected to announce his health care team soon, including a new secretary of Health and Human Services. Meanwhile, as the COVID-19 pandemic worsens in the U.S., officials are preparing for the effort to get Americans vaccinated as soon as vaccines are approved by the FDA. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Julie Appleby, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” installment.

Lions and Tigers and Anteaters? US Scientists Scan the Menagerie for COVID

By JoNel Aleccia November 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Thousands of animals in the U.S. have been tested for the coronavirus, as researchers work to understand its transmission and which other species might be at risk. So far, dozens have tested positive, mostly cats and dogs exposed to sick owners.

‘I Can Breathe Again’: Older Adults Begin to Test Freedom After Covid Vaccinations

By Judith Graham March 31, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Whether it’s making plans to hug their grandchildren, scheduling long-overdue medical appointments or just petting the neighbor’s dog, seniors are inching back to a lifestyle they’ve missed during the pandemic.

Surging LA

By Heidi de Marco November 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Eight months after California Healthline’s Heidi de Marco photographed LA under lockdown, she returned to the same iconic spots. Vehicle and foot traffic are up — as are coronavirus cases.

“La reina de la vacunación”: enfermera lleva las dosis contra covid de casa en casa en Puerto Rico

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

Abigail Matos-Pagán, experta en cuidados críticos que ha impulsado tareas de ayuda tras huracanes y terremotos, se ha propuesto vacunar al mayor número posible de residentes de Puerto Rico.

Trusted Messengers May Help Disenfranchised Communities Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy

By Sheila Mulrooney Eldred December 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Persuading vulnerable low-income and ethnic communities hit hard by the coronavirus to take a new vaccine may be challenging. But established local health leaders, like a group in Rochester, Minnesota, may be one answer.

On Vacci-Dating: Singles Seem Enamored of Sharing Vaccination Status Online. Is That Wise?

By Victoria Knight March 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

When considering whether to meet up with someone who is vaccinated versus unvaccinated, vaccinated sounds somewhat safer. But before you give pandemic dating a shot, heed these warnings from experts.

How Fauci and the NIH Got Ahead of the FDA and CDC in Backing Boosters

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Arthur Allen September 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

With real-time data streaming in from highly specialized researchers in the U.S. and abroad, NIH scientists became convinced that boosting the covid-19 vaccine was needed to save lives, prompting the president to announce a plan with a Sept. 20 start date. Scientists at the regulatory agencies weren’t yet convinced. A meeting Friday will determine what happens next. Here’s the story from behind the scenes.

A Coronavirus Vaccine: Where Does It Stand?

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact July 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Under ordinary circumstances, these phases of vaccine development can take years to complete. But now, during the age of coronavirus, the timeline is being shortened. Here’s an inventory of where things stand.

Take It From an Expert: Fauci’s Hierarchy of Safety During COVID

By Elisabeth Rosenthal November 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In a new interview, the nation’s top infectious disease expert tells us how to survive the coming months and describes how hard it is when people still insist the coronavirus outbreak is “fake news.”

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