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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.

Health Workers Unions See Surge in Interest Amid Covid

By Aneri Pattani January 12, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Many front-line health workers who have faced a perpetual lack of PPE and inconsistent safety measures believe the government and their employers have failed to protect them from covid-19.

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.

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.

Bat Populations May Harbor Coronavirus Similar to SARS-CoV-2

November 10, 2021 Morning Briefing

A newly published study says researchers back in 2010 found a close cousin to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Cambodian bats. A fascinating French study suggests that having lingering long covid symptoms may have led participants to believe that they had COVID-19, when they did not. Other diseases, anxiety, or deconditioning related to the pandemic could be the cause of the symptoms, the study said.

Young Doctor Succumbs to COVID, One of the South’s Many Health Workers Lost

By Alastair Gee, The Guardian October 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A 28-year-old Texas doctor tested positive in early July and died in September — one of a dozen young health workers nationwide whose deaths from the coronavirus have been profiled by KHN and The Guardian as part of the “Lost on the Frontline” project.

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.

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.

Tough to Tell COVID From Smoke Inhalation Symptoms — And Flu Season’s Coming

By Mark Kreidler September 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Respiratory symptoms stemming from coronavirus infection and smoke inhalation are too similar to distinguish without a full workup. This is complicating the jobs of health care workers as wildfires rage up and down the West Coast.

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.

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.

Viewpoints: A Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine Could Shield From Future Variants; Covid Has Caused Hikikomori Increase

January 20, 2022 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers tackle these covid and vaccine issues.

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.

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.

Will Labor Day Weekend Bring Another Holiday COVID Surge?

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio September 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Epidemiologists are having a hard time predicting whether Labor Day will be like the Fourth of July and Memorial Day, when celebrations fanned the flames in coronavirus hot spots around the South and West.

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.

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.

Trabajadores agrícolas en alto riesgo de contraer coronavirus y sin protección federal

By Victoria Knight August 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Viven hacinados, durmiendo en literas y compartiendo baños y cocinas. Y aunque son trabajadores esenciales, suelen no tener seguro médico o licencia paga por enfermedad.

These 4 Things May Raise Your Chance Of Getting Long Covid, Researchers Say

January 26, 2022 Morning Briefing

They are: 1) the level of coronavirus RNA in the blood early in the infection; 2) the presence of certain autoantibodies that mistakenly attack tissues in the body; 3) the reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus; and 4) having Type 2 diabetes.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Politics of Science

September 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Republicans have all but abandoned the Affordable Care Act as a campaign cudgel, judging from their national convention, at least. Meanwhile, career scientists at the federal government’s preeminent health agencies — the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health — are all coming under increasing political pressure as the pandemic drags on. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Plus, Rovner interviews KHN’s Elizabeth Lawrence about the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” installment.

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