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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.

After a Deadly COVID Outbreak, Maryland County Takes Steps to Protect Health Workers

By Laura Ungar December 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Prince George’s County in Maryland is taking action after a coronavirus outbreak left veteran public health worker Chantee Mack dead and several colleagues with lasting medical problems. But some staffers say more still needs to be done to keep public health workers on the front lines of the COVID fight safe.

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.

¿Cuál es el riesgo de contagiarse el coronavirus en un avión?

By Noah Y. Kim September 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Expertos explican los riesgos, pero enfatizan que aunque volar es una actividad de riesgo relativamente bajo, se debe evitar viajar a menos que sea absolutamente necesario.

Without Enough Boots on the Ground, California’s Vaccination Efforts Falter

By Angela Hart June 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

California’s vaccination rates have stagnated, particularly in Black and Latino inner-city neighborhoods and in rural towns. County health officials, who say trust is their most important commodity, need more money for one-on-one interactions with holdouts, but the state has instead largely funneled money to advertising firms and tech companies.

Boeing Tested Air Purifiers Like Those Widely Used in Schools. It Decided Not to Use Them in Planes.

By Christina Jewett and Lauren Weber June 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The technology that schools have been snapping up in the fight against covid “has not shown significant disinfection effectiveness” to install on its planes, Boeing found. Now the company’s study is being debated in a proposed class-action suit.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Good and Not-So-Good News on Covid

March 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The FDA authorized the emergency use of a one-shot vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, which could help accelerate the pace of vaccinations to prevent covid-19. But after a dramatic decline, case numbers are again rising, and several states are rolling back public health mitigation efforts. Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Jordan Rau about the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode.

Are Public Health Ads Worth the Price? Not if They’re All About Fear

By Eric Berger January 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Public service announcements about drug use or other public health problems often fall short, public health marketing experts say, because they incite people’s worst fears rather than giving people solutions.

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.

Cómo COVID-19 resalta la incertidumbre de las pruebas médicas

By Ishani Ganguli December 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Según estimaciones, estas pruebas tienen una tasa de falsos negativos de hasta el 30%, es decir que 3 de cada 10 personas que realmente tienen la infección darán negativo.

Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Hannah Recht and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Lauren Weber December 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

At least 181 public health leaders in 38 states have resigned, retired or been fired amid the turmoil of the pandemic. The departures come as backlash against public health is rising with threats to officials’ personal safety and legislative and legal efforts to strip their governmental public health powers.

As Congress Bickers Over Pandemic Relief, Flight Attendant’s Life Is in a Holding Pattern

By Emmarie Huetteman December 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The coronavirus pandemic has hit hard for Troy Muenzer of Chicago. He had a “suspected case” of COVID in the spring, was billed nearly $1,000 after he unsuccessfully sought to get tested for COVID-19 and has been furloughed after the airline he worked for saw a major decline in passengers.

Behind Each of More Than 300,000 Lives Lost: A Name, a Caregiver, a Family, a Story

By Will Stone December 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Family members and health care workers say the statistic of 300,000 lost Americans cannot capture their grief or anger at the apathy they’ve encountered from those who minimize the dangers of the coronavirus. “The numbers do not reflect that these were people,” said Brian Walter, who lost his father.

Can Pfizer and Moderna End the Pandemic by Sharing Their Vaccine Designs? It’s Not that Simple

By Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact February 15, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Industry experts say it’s highly unlikely that dozens of pharmaceutical companies that aren’t already producing covid vaccines stand ready to do so.

La esperanza de vida de los hispanos y afroamericanos ha sufrido la peor baja desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial

By Liz Szabo June 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

La pandemia proyectará una larga sombra sobre la salud estadounidense, lo que hará que millones de personas vivan más enfermas y mueran más jóvenes debido a las crecientes tasas de pobreza, hambre e inseguridad en la vivienda.

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.

Long Drives, Air Travel, Exhausting Waits: What Abortion Requires in the South

By Sarah Varney August 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Restrictive abortion regulations enacted across the South require women to drive across state lines to find safe services. With the U.S. Supreme Court set to hear a challenge to Roe v. Wade, abortion rights defenders say long drives and wait times could become the norm across much of America.

Covid Vaccination Uptake Receding With Omicron

February 28, 2022 Morning Briefing

Demand for vaccinations and booster shots is dipping to its lowest levels, even among vulnerable groups. Meanwhile, new research points to the Wuhan animal markets as the origin of the novel coronavirus.

As the Vulnerable Wait, Some Political Leaders’ Spouses Get Covid Vaccines

By Laura Ungar January 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Spouses of governors and federal leaders are getting early access to scarce doses of covid-19 vaccines. Some officials have argued their inoculation sets an example for the public and shows the vaccines to be safe and effective. But critics say those doses should go to more vulnerable people first.

Covid Fears Keep Many Latino Kids out of Classrooms

By Heidi de Marco May 12, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Latinos got hit disproportionately hard by covid-19. When faced with the choice of sending their kids back to school or keeping them in online classes, many Latino parents say their kids are safer at home.

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