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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.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A Little Good News and Some Bad on COVID-19

October 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Glimmers of hope are beginning to appear in the fight against the coronavirus, such as a decreasing death rate. But there’s not-so-good news, too, including a push for “herd immunity,” which could result in millions more deaths. Meanwhile, the Trump administration doubles down on work requirements for Medicaid. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.

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Blue Shield Spent Years Cultivating a Relationship with Newsom. It Got the State Vaccine Contract.

By Samantha Young and Angela Hart March 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Insurance giant Blue Shield of California has made millions in charitable and political donations to Gov. Gavin Newsom over nearly two decades, largely to his dearly held homeless initiatives. In turn, Newsom has rewarded the insurer with a $15 million no-bid contract to lead the state’s covid vaccination distribution.

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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.

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Why Even Presidential Pressure Might Not Get More Vaccine to Market Faster

By Liz Szabo and Sarah Jane Tribble and Arthur Allen and Jay Hancock January 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Even invoking the widely heralded Defense Production Act to pressure drugmakers wouldn’t overcome vast obstacles.

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COVID Vaccine Trials Move at Warp Speed, But Recruiting Black Volunteers Takes Time

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio September 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The National Institutes of Health has suggested minorities should be overrepresented in COVID-19 vaccine trials — perhaps at rates that are double their percentage of the U.S. population. But efforts to recruit patients from racial minority groups are just beginning, while some trials have already advanced to phase 3.

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El coronavirus prolifera entre trabajadores latinos en un condado rico de California

By Rachel Scheier August 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Las comunidades de color de bajos ingresos, especialmente los latinos, sufren cada vez más el peso de la pandemia de coronavirus en el estado.

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Don’t Fall for This Video: Hydroxychloroquine Is Not a COVID-19 Cure

By Daniel Funke, PolitiFact July 31, 2020 KFF Health News Original

This statement is taken from a video in which a group of doctors air unproven conspiracy theories about the coronavirus. Dr. Immanuel’s claims were among the most inaccurate. And, before it was removed from social media platforms, thee video was viewed millions of times. President Donald Trump retweeted it.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Open Enrollment, One More Time

February 18, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Keeping a campaign promise, President Joe Biden has reopened enrollment for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act on healthcare.gov — and states that run their own health insurance marketplaces followed suit. At the same time, the Biden administration is moving to revoke the Trump administration’s permission for states to impose work requirements for some adults on the Medicaid health insurance program. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also, Rovner interviews medical student Inam Sakinah, president of the new group Future Doctors in Politics.

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When the Pandemic Closes Your Gym, ‘Come for the Party, Stay for the Workout’

By Elizabeth Lawrence September 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As gyms throughout New York City had to close because of the coronavirus pandemic, some trainers just moved outdoors to the parks.

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Democratic Convention, Night 4: ‘Facts Over Fiction’ in Biden’s Speech

The Staffs of KHN and PolitiFact August 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The impact of the novel coronavirus, and the current administration’s response to it, were central themes in Joe Biden’s presidential nomination acceptance speech.

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Tourists Tote Dollars — And COVID — To U.S. Caribbean Islands

By Chaseedaw Giles and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez September 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Tension rises among residents and travelers as U.S. island territories work to stymie the coronavirus while attempting to keep their doors open to tourism.

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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.

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Is Rand Paul Mixing Up the Vaccine Message for Covid Survivors?

By Victoria Knight June 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The scientific literature shows that natural immunity does provide protection against covid-19, but experts say getting vaccinated can provide additional protection against variants.

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Children’s Hospitals Are Partly to Blame as Superbugs Increasingly Attack Kids

By Laura Ungar January 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A growing body of research shows that overuse and misuse of antibiotics in children’s hospitals is helping fuel superbugs, which typically strike frail seniors but are increasingly infecting kids. And the pandemic is making things worse.

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Trump White House Interfered With CDC Covid Reports, House Panel Finds

October 18, 2022 Morning Briefing

Routine “bullying” and job threats by Trump administration officials led to changes in pandemic-related public health guidance to suit the White House’s political message on issues like masking and travel bans, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials told the House select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis.

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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.

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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.

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NYC Hospital Workers, Knowing How Bad It Can Get, Brace for COVID 2nd Wave

By Fred Mogul, WNYC December 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals are in better shape now than in the spring, with more knowledge of how to handle COVID-19 and bigger stockpiles of protective equipment. Still, nurses worry about staffing shortages and unfilled jobs.

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California Budget Reflects ‘Pandemic-Induced Reality,’ Governor Says

By Angela Hart January 12, 2021 KFF Health News Original

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2021-22 budget blueprint would direct billions in state covid assistance to schools, businesses and the state’s vaccination effort. But he didn’t propose more funding for the state’s 61 local health agencies, which have taken on increased responsibility for testing, contact tracing and enforcement of health orders.

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