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“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.

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.

‘It’s Science, Stupid’: A School Subject Emerges as a Hot-Button Political Issue

By Victoria Knight October 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Science is becoming increasingly politicized, so how will it fare on the campaign trail — in 2020 and beyond?

In Debate, Pence and Harris Offer Conflicting Views of Nation’s Reality

By the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact October 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

During this, the first and only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election season, the two candidates clashed over the coronavirus and other health care issues, as well as a range of other topics.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Yurts, Igloos and Pop-Up Domes: How Safe Is ‘Outside’ Restaurant Dining This Winter?

By Will Stone January 21, 2021 KFF Health News Original

All kinds of new structures are popping up to extend the outdoor dining season. Some are safer than others.

Deadly Mix: How Bars Are Fueling COVID-19 Outbreaks

By Will Stone August 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In some states, bars and taverns have brought legal challenges to the coronavirus restrictions that have slowed sales and business.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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