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.
Coronavirus Crisis Disrupts Treatment For Another Epidemic: Addiction
By Giles Bruce
July 6, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The coronavirus has forced drug rehabilitation centers to scale back operations or temporarily close, leaving people who have another potentially deadly disease — addiction — with fewer opportunities for help.
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.
The First Presidential Debate: A Night of Rapid-Fire Interruptions and Inaccuracies
By the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact
September 30, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Tuesday night’s presidential debate offered voters their first side-by-side comparison of the candidates, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.
Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection to Harvest Crops
By Victoria Knight
August 10, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Skeptics say the lack of enforceable federal safety standards geared toward the coronavirus allows these employers to prioritize the harvest over worker safety.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: ACA in Peril With Ginsburg’s Seat in Play
September 24, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is giving new life to the latest constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act. It also places anti-abortion activists on the cusp of a court majority large enough to ensure the rollback of the right to abortion and, possibly, some types of birth control. Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar tries to centralize power at the sprawling department plagued by miscommunications and scandals. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, Rovner interviews KHN’s Sarah Jane Tribble about her new podcast, “Where It Hurts,” debuting Sept. 29.
Facebook Live: Helping COVID’s Secondary Victims: Grieving Families and Friends
November 16, 2020
KFF Health News Original
More than 246,000 people in the U.S. have been killed by the coronavirus, leaving hundreds of thousands of others grieving. Judith Graham, author of KHN’s Navigating Aging column, hosted a discussion on these unprecedented losses and dealing with bereavement. She was joined by Holly Prigerson, co-director of the Center for Research on End-of-Life Care at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, and Diane Snyder-Cowan, leader of the bereavement professionals steering committee of the National Council of Hospice and Palliative Professionals.
Making Gyms Safer: Why the Virus Is Less Likely to Spread There Than in a Bar
By Will Stone
September 11, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Gyms are reopening with fewer people and more protocols, and they want to rehabilitate their pandemic-battered image. Although there’s not much evidence, they say science is on their side.
‘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.
As Nation Awaits Vaccine, Biden Is Under Pressure to Name New FDA Chief ASAP
By Rachana Pradhan
November 8, 2020
KFF Health News Original
It typically takes months to install new leadership, but with COVID deaths set to surge through the winter, many Democrats say Biden doesn’t have that sort of time.
La pandemia de covid-19 está devastando a los profesionales de salud de color
By Danielle Renwick, The Guardian
January 5, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Las personas de color representan aproximadamente el 65% de las muertes en los casos en los que hay datos registrados de raza y etnia.
Trump Says He Saved 2 Million Lives From COVID. Really?
By Victoria Knight
October 21, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The number is taken from a hypothetical modeling scenario that doesn’t offer a realistic comparison.
Tracking COVID’s Spread Inside a Tight-Knit Latino Community
By Markian Hawryluk
December 8, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Contact tracing for COVID-19 in a Latino immigrant community has some unique challenges. But as public health officials in Telluride, Colorado, are showing, using resources from inside those communities can help track and contain the coronavirus.
Frente a la próxima pandemia
By Jim Robbins
January 4, 2021
KFF Health News Original
La creciente invasión de entornos naturales a medida que aumenta la población mundial hace que la pregunta sea cuándo ocurrirá otra pandemia mortal, no si ocurrirá.
Covid-Certified Businesses Try to Woo Leery Patrons
By Christie Aschwanden
February 4, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Public health officials in Colorado have joined forces with local businesses in a new program meant to encourage people to shop and dine in a covid-crippled economy.
Sleep Well Before Getting Vaccines — It May Alter The Shot’s Effectiveness
March 14, 2023
Morning Briefing
A study found startling implications concerning vaccine effectiveness, whether for covid or the flu: Sleeping less than six hours was found to limit the body’s response to the shot, reducing protection. Also: How little we still know about the coronavirus.
‘It Doesn’t Feel Worth It’: Covid Is Pushing New York’s EMTs to the Brink
By Martha Pskowski, The Guardian
February 24, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Struggling with low pay and high stress, New York paramedics and EMTs are reaching a breaking point.
Essential and in Danger: Coronavirus Sickens, Even Kills Public Health Workers
By Laura Ungar
July 22, 2020
KFF Health News Original
As the coronavirus threatens the nation’s public health army, an outbreak in Maryland reflects the tension between serving the community and protecting workers from a deadly disease.
At Risk of Extinction, Black-Footed Ferrets Get Experimental COVID Vaccine
By JoNel Aleccia
December 23, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Months before federal officials authorized experimental vaccines to ward off the coronavirus in humans, scientists tried a veterinary vaccine in endangered ferrets. Drugmakers are researching similar efforts for other animals proving vulnerable to the virus, such as farmed minks, in part to guard against virus mutations that could pose new risks to people.
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.
