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Religiosos enferman de covid mientras confortan a enfermos y moribundos

By Bruce Alpert February 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Esta labor espiritual es la clave del trabajo de los capellanes de los hospitales, pero puede exponerlos a la propagación de virus en el aire o, a veces, a través del tacto.

Paciente de transplante muere después de recibir pulmones infectados con covid

By JoNel Aleccia February 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

El incidente parece ser aislado, el único caso confirmado entre casi 40,000 trasplantes realizados en 2020. Pero ha generado el pedido de que se hagan pruebas más exhaustivas a los donantes.

San Francisco Wrestles With Drug Approach as Death and Chaos Engulf Tenderloin

By Rachel Scheier January 7, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Covid-19, distrust of police and cheap narcotics have turned parts of the wealthy city into cesspools of filth and drug overdose. City officials and residents profoundly disagree on what needs to be done.

Warning Sign Of Next Wave? Experts Monitor Rise In Europe’s Covid Cases

March 14, 2022 Morning Briefing

Coronavirus infections are up in places like the United Kingdom and the Netherlands — spots that have experienced spikes just before similar ones hit the U.S.

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.

Fauci Thanks US Health Workers for Sacrifices but Admits PPE Shortages Drove Up Death Toll

By Jessica Glenza, The Guardian April 9, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Exclusive: The head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says health workers ‘have lived up to the oath they take’ but says shortages of protective gear have contributed to excess deaths.

Covid ‘Doesn’t Discriminate by Age’: Serious Cases on the Rise in Younger Adults

By Will Stone May 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of their covid patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who remain unvaccinated.

Seniors Form COVID Pods to Ward Off Isolation This Winter

By Judith Graham November 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Older adults are deliberating what to do as days and nights turn chilly and coronavirus cases rise across the country. Some are forming “bubbles” with small groups of friends who agree on pandemic precautions and will see one another in person. Others are planning to go it alone.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Vaccines Coming Soon but COVID Relief Bill Still Stalled

December 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Even as the Food and Drug Administration nears emergency authorization for the first vaccine to protect against COVID-19, Congress remains at loggerheads over a COVID relief bill that could also provide the funding to fully distribute the vaccines. Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden announced the first members of his health team. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Michael Mackert of the University of Texas-Austin, an expert on communicating public health information.

As Vaccine Demand Slows, Political Differences Go on Display in California Counties

By Anna Almendrala May 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

California officials are optimistic they can vaccinate millions more before hitting a hard wall of vaccine resistance.

When False Information Goes Viral, COVID-19 Patient Groups Fight Back

By Alex Smith, KCUR November 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Fear and uncertainty about the coronavirus have made online patient support groups fertile ground for the spread of misinformation. But some in these groups make fact-checking a part of the mission to support fellow COVID sufferers.

Maryland County Pledges Investigation of Health Worker’s Coronavirus Death

By Laura Ungar August 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The disease intervention specialist at the Prince George’s County Health Department was among at least 20 department employees infected by the coronavirus, union officials say. The outbreak underscores the stark dangers facing the nation’s front-line public health army.

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.

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.

NIH ‘Very Concerned’ About Serious Side Effect in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

By Arthur Allen and Liz Szabo September 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The AstraZeneca trial is on hold in the U.S. as scientists try to unravel whether a rare neurological condition is linked to the vaccine. But regulators are frustrated by a lack of information from the drugmaker.

Trump’s Lame-Duck Status Leaves Governors to Wing It on COVID

By Matt Volz November 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As coronavirus cases surge, state officials can’t afford to wait for a new president to take office before taking action. But some governors’ initiatives seem to be little more than policy tweaks or symbolic gestures.

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.

Government-Funded Scientists Laid the Groundwork for Billion-Dollar Vaccines

By Arthur Allen November 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Drugmakers will walk away with massive profits, but much of the pioneering work on mRNA vaccines was done with government money.

In Rural Missouri, Latinos Learn to Contain and Cope With the Coronavirus

By Sebastián Martínez Valdivia, KBIA August 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In a town in the southwestern corner of Missouri, where COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Latino immigrants, language barriers and economic pressures among factory workers have stymied efforts to slow the virus that causes the disease.

Despite Pandemic, Newsom Declines to Boost Local Public Health Budgets — Again

By Angela Hart May 20, 2021 KFF Health News Original

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has, for the third consecutive year, rejected new state funding for local public health departments. Frustrated legislative leaders and public health officials are trying to change his mind.

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