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Aiding Her Dying Husband, a Geriatrician Learns the Emotional and Physical Toll of Caregiving

By Judith Graham May 18, 2021 KFF Health News Original

When the covid pandemic hit, Dr. Rebecca Elon was thrust into a new role, primary caregiver for her severely ill husband and her elderly mother. “Reading about caregiving of this kind was one thing. Experiencing it was entirely different,” she says.

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Evictions Continue Despite CDC Moratorium As COVID-19 Ravages U.S. Economy

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.

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No More ICU Beds at the Main Public Hospital in the Nation’s Largest County

By Photos by Heidi de Marco December 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As some patients linger near death, staffers at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center seek ways to expand capacity for a surge of cases that isn’t letting up.

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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.

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Comienzan a popularizarse las pruebas de saliva para COVID, que son fáciles de usar

By David Tuller October 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Ocho meses después del inicio de la pandemia, la prueba de saliva gana adeptos y decenas de miles de personas en todo el país se someten a estas pruebas diariamente.

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With Vaccine Delivery Imminent, Nursing Homes Must Make a Strong Pitch to Residents

By Judith Graham December 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

More than half of long-term care residents have cognitive impairment or dementia, raising questions about whether they will understand the details about the fastest and most extensive vaccination effort in U.S. history.

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A Child’s Death in the Heartland Changes Community Views About COVID

By Sara Shipley Hiles December 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As America enters a dark winter with no national directives against COVID-19, Washington, Missouri, faced the same dilemma numerous other communities are grappling with: enact restrictions to curb the pandemic or leave people to their own will? Then a local 13-year-old died.

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‘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?

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Fauci Unfazed as Scientists Rely on Unproven Methods to Create COVID Vaccines

By Liz Szabo August 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Teams are starting to test vaccines using messenger RNA or chimpanzee cold viruses to inoculate humans. Will their benefits last?

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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.

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CDC Turning Over Covid Case-Counting To Cruise Line Operators

July 19, 2022 Morning Briefing

Cruise lines will continue to report coronavirus cases to the agency, but they now have adequate tools to do it themselves, the CDC says. Meanwhile, even though covid cases are climbing across the U.S., some health experts are hesitant to “cry wolf.”

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Battle Rages Inside Hospitals Over How COVID Strikes and Kills

By Robert Lewis and Christina Jewett September 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The debate over how the coronavirus spreads heated up Friday when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conceded that the virus spreads through tiny particles, but then took down guidance that could have forced big changes in hospitals.

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En áreas rurales de Missouri, latinos aprenden a contener y hacer frente al coronavirus

By Sebastián Martínez Valdivia, KBIA August 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

El suroeste de Missouri ha experimentado un aumento de casos de coronavirus, incluido un brote entre los trabajadores de la planta de procesamiento de aves Butterball, en Carthage.

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Despite All the Talk, Covid Vaccination Does Not Infect People With Shingles

By Julie Appleby April 30, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Covid-19 vaccinations do not infect recipients with shingles or any form of herpes virus, despite some misleading headlines.

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How Mis- And Disinformation Campaigns Online Kneecap Coronavirus Response

By Shefali Luthra June 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic has been marked by a significant amount of misinformation — some spread on purpose — that could prove deadly.

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A Fair to Remember: County Fairs Weigh Risk of Outbreak Against Financial Ruin

By Justin Franz September 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The threat of COVID-19 forced many county fairs to cancel this year. But some rural communities that depend on the annual economic and cultural boost decided to go ahead despite a pattern of outbreaks.

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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.

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HHS Plan to Improve Rural Health Focuses on Better Broadband, Telehealth Services

By Sarah Jane Tribble September 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The proposal details a wide-ranging agenda to remedy the gaps in health care and myriad challenges in rural America. In addition to more telehealth options, it includes shifts in hospital payments and expanded funding for school-based mental health programs.

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COVID Stalks Montana Town Already Saddled With Asbestos Disease

By Nate Hegyi October 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Residents of a small Montana community exposed to decades of asbestos contamination are taking extra precautions to keep COVID-19 away.

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Teen Artist’s Portraits Help Frame Sacrifice of Health Care Workers Lost to COVID

By Elizabeth Lawrence August 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A 15-year-old high school student in New Jersey is memorializing doctors, nurses and others who died after tending to coronavirus patients.

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