Behind The Byline: ‘At Least I Got the Shot’
By Heidi de Marco
September 8, 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.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: It’s Scandal Week
September 17, 2020
KFF Health News Original
President Donald Trump this week issued a prescription drug pricing order unlikely to lower drug prices, and he contradicted comments by his director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the need for mask-wearing and predictions for vaccine availability. Meanwhile, scandals erupted at the CDC, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Food and Drug Administration. And the number of people without health insurance grew in 2019, reported the Census Bureau, even while the economy soared. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
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.
Vacuna contra el coronavirus: ¿en qué punto está la investigación?
By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
July 16, 2020
KFF Health News Original
A principios de julio, había cerca de 160 ensayos de vacunas en todo el mundo, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Las tres vacunas más avanzadas se encuentran en la fase 3.
Older COVID Patients Battle ‘Brain Fog,’ Weakness and Emotional Turmoil
By Judith Graham
October 20, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Seniors tend to have more serious symptoms than younger coronavirus patients, including the aftereffects of hospital-based delirium. Doctors recommend physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and cognitive rehabilitation.
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.
What It Means When Celebrities Stay Coy About Their Vaccine Status
By Eric Berger
June 21, 2021
KFF Health News Original
St. Louis Blues leading scorer David Perron took 10 days to explain he had indeed been vaccinated before he caught covid-19, which knocked him from playing in the NHL playoffs against the Colorado Avalanche. His case and those of other public figures raise questions about the role of celebrity in enticing people to get covid vaccinations.
‘It’s a Mission’: Volunteers Treat Refugees Massing at the Border
By Heidi de Marco
June 21, 2021
KFF Health News Original
A growing number of Mexican and Central American migrants are trying to cross into the U.S. at the southern border. Volunteers at one free clinic in Tijuana tend to the health needs of migrants waiting for their immigration cases to come up — and simply trying to survive in packed and dangerous encampments.
Montana Tribe Welcomes Back Tourists After Risky Shutdown Pays Off
By Aaron Bolton, MTPR
June 21, 2021
KFF Health News Original
When the Blackfeet tribe shut down the roads leading to the eastern side of Glacier National Park, businesses worried for their future. But it worked, and with one of the nation’s highest covid vaccination rates, the reservation has reopened to visitors.
Pathogen Research Limits Raised On Day 1 Of House Covid Origins Hearings
March 9, 2023
Morning Briefing
The curtain raised Wednesday on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic’s hearings into the covid origins, with theories about a possible lab leak discussed. Dr. Robert Redfield, who was the director of the CDC during the Trump administration, suggested lawmakers should limit or ban scientific research that alters pathogens.
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.
Corralling the Facts on Herd Immunity
By Aneri Pattani
September 29, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The term “herd immunity” has found its way into politicized discussions about how to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. But what does it actually mean? And does it work?
Democrats Are Running Hard on Health Care in Georgia’s Senate Runoffs. Republicans? Not So Much.
By Sam Whitehead, WABE
December 22, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Democrats are treating health care as a more critical issue than their Republican counterparts in Georgia’s two U.S. Senate runoffs. It’s a strategy they hope will woo independents and motivate base voters. The results will determine which party controls the chamber during the first years of the Biden administration.
Carpas, iglús, domos: ¿cuán seguro es comer al aire libre este invierno?
By Will Stone
January 21, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Los propietarios recurren a estas opciones como un salvavidas para ayudar a llenar algunas mesas, y tener al menos la posibilidad de ofrecer una experiencia gastronómica más segura.
One Ambulance Ride Leads to Another When Packed Hospitals Cannot Handle Non-Covid Patients
By Sandy West
January 11, 2021
KFF Health News Original
A Kansas woman thought she’d find help at her local emergency room. What she found instead was a packed hospital and an ambulance ride to someplace else.
Sex In The Time Of COVID: Gay Men Begin To Embrace A ‘New Normal’
By David Tuller
June 24, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Like other people, many men who have sex with men have done all they could to avoid the coronavirus. Now some are braving renewed contact while balancing risk.
Analysis: We Follow Laws on Seat Belts and Smoking. Why Not on Masks?
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
October 1, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Americans have gotten used to all sorts of mandates, from cleaning up after dogs to stopping at intersections. There’s no reason it should be this hard to enforce ones around the coronavirus.
Scientists Want to Know More About Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19 Spread
By Will Stone
July 22, 2020
KFF Health News Original
‘Germicidal’ ultraviolet light technology has a proven track record against indoor transmission of tuberculosis and other airborne microbes. It’s now being used in some restaurants and on subways.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Health Programs Are at Risk as Debt Ceiling Cave-In Looms
May 4, 2023
Podcast
A warning from the Treasury Department that the U.S. could default on its debt as soon as June 1 has galvanized lawmakers to intervene. But there is still no obvious way to reconcile Republican demands to slash federal spending with President Joe Biden’s demand to raise the debt ceiling and save the spending fight for a later date. Meanwhile, efforts to pass abortion bans in conservative states are starting to stall as some Republicans rebel against the most severe bans. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
Analysis: You’ve Checked for Fever. Now, What’s Your Risk Tolerance?
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
August 25, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Getting out of our bunkers doesn’t mean throwing caution to the wind.
