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Can Vaccination and Infection Rates Add Up to Reach Covid Herd Immunity?

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 17, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A financial research firm offered its take on when states might be reaching the sought-after status of herd immunity. But some experts say the analysis is oversimplified.

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Rural Areas Send Their Sickest Patients to Cities, Straining Hospitals

By Alex Smith, KCUR November 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Critically ill rural patients are often sent to city hospitals for high-level treatment, and as their numbers grow, some urban hospitals are buckling under the added strain. Meanwhile, mask-wearing and other pandemic prevention measures remain spotty in rural counties.

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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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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.

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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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How One Indie Artist Used Her Pandemic Lockdown to Create an Album With Global Collaborators

By Chaseedaw Giles April 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic-induced lockdowns have only increased the demand for music-streaming services. This independent singer wrote, recorded and produced an album with musicians around the world during the pandemic’s rolling stay-at-home mandates.

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Health Officials Worry Nation’s Not Ready for COVID-19 Vaccine

By Liz Szabo September 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the nation awaits a vaccine to end the pandemic, local health departments say they lack the staff, money, tools ― and a unified plan ― to distribute, administer and track millions of vaccines, most of which will require two doses. Dozens of doctors, nurses and health officials interviewed by KHN and The Associated Press expressed their concern and frustration over federal shortcomings.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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Ejercicio y dieta son más importantes que nunca en tiempos de coronavirus

By Bernard J. Wolfson September 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

En tiempos de COVID, el desafío es doble: proteger nuestra salud, incluyendo nuestro sistema inmunológico, mientras se lucha contra las tentaciones poco saludables.

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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.

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In a Year of Zoom Memorials, Art Exhibit Makes Space for Grief

By Anna Almendrala March 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

After his father died, artist Taiji Terasaki created a ritual to memorialize him. Now, Terasaki honors front-line health care workers who succumbed to covid with an exhibit inspired by “Lost on the Frontline,” the investigation by KHN and The Guardian.

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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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Despite Pandemic Threat, Gubernatorial Hopefuls Avoid COVID Nitty-Gritty

By Katheryn Houghton and Matt Volz October 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the pandemic continues to cast shadows on everyday life, some candidates for governor are talking about everything except the specifics of how they would manage COVID-19 into the future.

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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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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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Biden Seeks $400 Billion to Buttress Long-Term Care. A Look at What’s at Stake.

By Judith Graham April 12, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Long-term care options are expensive and often out of reach for seniors and people with disabilities. The president has proposed a massive infusion of federal funding for home and community-based health services that advocates say will go a long way toward helping individuals and families.

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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.

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