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Pandemic Highlights Need for Urgent Care Clinics for Women

By Rachel Scheier April 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

For years, women with painful gynecological issues have faced long waits in ERs or longer waits to see their doctors. During the pandemic, women have increasingly turned to women’s clinics that handle urgent issues like miscarriage or serious urinary tract infections.

Orange County Struggles With Health Equity — And Battles State Restrictions

By Anna Almendrala November 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Disneyland can’t reopen until Orange County’s coronavirus infection rates improve — especially among its poorest and most vulnerable residents. Local officials are protesting the requirements, saying the economy will suffer, and residents’ health along with it.

Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Wave of Mental Illness

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez January 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The disruption to daily life caused by the pandemic has increased the number of children seeking mental health care, further straining a system that already struggled to meet the need.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Trump vs. COVID

October 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump is one of at least two dozen people tied to the White House who have tested positive for COVID-19. Negotiations on the next round of COVID relief are off again — maybe. And the FDA and CDC continue to fight for scientific credibility. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider and Erin Mershon of Stat News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, Rovner interviews Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog about what the Supreme Court might do with the latest case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.

‘All You Want Is to Be Believed’: The Impacts of Unconscious Bias in Health Care

By April Dembosky, KQED October 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

One woman shares her experience trying to get care in a Bay Area hospital for COVID symptoms. At nearly every turn, a doctor dismissed her complaints. Is bias part of why people of color are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus?

Colleges’ Opening Fueled 3,000 COVID Cases a Day, Researchers Say

By Michael McAuliff September 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In a draft study, researchers correlated cellphone data showing students’ back-to-campus movements and county infection rates to quantify how the coronavirus spread as colleges and universities reopened for the fall semester.

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.

California’s Top Hospital Lobbyist Cements Influence in Covid Crisis

By Samantha Young January 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Carmela Coyle, who represents California’s hospitals in the state Capitol, is a power player whose clout has grown during the pandemic. Though she hasn’t won every battle, she has helped shape the state’s response to the crisis.

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.

Inside the Flawed White House Testing Scheme That Did Not Protect Trump

By Rachana Pradhan and Lauren Weber and Liz Szabo October 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

President Trump relied heavily on testing as protection against COVID exposure, eschewing masks and social distancing.

Anti-Vaccine Activists Peddle Theories That Covid Shots Are Deadly, Undermining Vaccination

By Liz Szabo January 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Thousands of people died shortly after inoculation, but their deaths weren’t related to getting a vaccine.

Doctors Scramble to Understand Long Covid, but Causes and Prognosis Are Elusive

By Michelle Andrews and Lydia Zuraw April 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Medical experts are struggling to define or explain the lingering, debilitating symptoms some covid patients experience. Part of the problem is the wide range of symptoms, but doctors say getting a better understanding will mean tracking patients and their outcomes and establishing clinical trials.

Most Adults Wary of Taking Any Vaccine Approved Before the Election

By Jordan Rau September 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

About 60% of poll respondents are worried that federal regulators will rush to allow a vaccine because of political pressure. Opposition to getting a vaccine that might be authorized before the November election is strongest among Republicans.

Mientras los vulnerables esperan, cónyuges de políticos reciben la vacuna contra covid

By Laura Ungar January 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Los políticos que recibieron la vacuna junto con sus cónyuges dijeron que querían dar el ejemplo y generar confianza. Pero algunos cuestionan esta razón.

Rural Hospitals Teeter on Financial Cliff as COVID Medicare Loans Come Due

By Sarah Jane Tribble September 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A lack of direction from federal administrators is causing confusion for many hospital administrators. Rural hospitals are among the ones hit hardest.

Native Americans Feel Double Pain of COVID and Fires ‘Gobbling Up the Ground’

By Miranda Green September 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Tribal leaders have worked to keep the coronavirus off their reservations because of its deadly impact on Native populations. But careful avoidance of the COVID virus has handcuffed the tribes as they face a devastating fire season.

Covid Forces Cohousing Communities to Examine Shared Values and Relationships

By Judith Graham April 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

How do dozens of people living communally decide what to do during a public health crisis when members have varying tolerance for risk and different opinions about safe practices?

Republican Convention, Day 3: Revisionist History

By the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact August 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Vice President Mike Pence officially accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for a second term.

Prognosis for Rural Hospitals Worsens With Pandemic

By Sarah Jane Tribble August 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Rural hospitals were already struggling before the coronavirus emerged. Now, the loss of revenue from patients who are afraid to come to the emergency room, postponing doctor’s appointments and delaying elective surgeries is adding to the pressure.

Tratamiento con aceites esenciales para niños que perdieron el olfato por covid

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A medida que la pandemia de covid ha ido evolucionando en los últimos 12 meses, un número creciente de niños han desarrollado la enfermedad. Y un grupo cada vez mayor sufre síntomas de larga duración.

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