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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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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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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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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?

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Covid Strikes Clergy as They Comfort Pandemic’s Sick and Dying

By Bruce Alpert February 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Spiritual leaders risk their own lives and health to tend to covid’s victims and their loved ones.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Mask Hypocrisy: How COVID Memos Contradict the White House’s Public Face

By Lauren Weber and Katheryn Houghton October 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

When in public, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence join crowded rallies where many do not wear masks. Behind the scenes, the White House is recommending states adopt mask mandates and even fines — leaving it up to local officials to handle the consequences.

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Covid no discrimina por edad: dramático aumento de casos en adultos jóvenes

By Will Stone May 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Es tanto una señal del éxito del país en la protección de los adultos mayores con la vacunación como un recordatorio urgente de que las generaciones más jóvenes pagarán un alto precio si se permite que siga habiendo brotes en todo el país.

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Back to Life: COVID Lung Transplant Survivor Tells Her Story

By Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media August 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The first known coronavirus patient in the U.S. to undergo a double lung transplant is now strong enough to share the story of her ordeal.

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Thousands of Minks Dead as COVID Outbreak Escalates on Utah Farms

By JoNel Aleccia October 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID-19 is killing minks. So far, it appears infections likely spread from people to minks, not from minks to people.

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In Tamer Debate, Trump and Biden Clash (Again) on President’s Pandemic Response

From the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact October 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Trump claims the U.S. is “rounding the corner” on COVID, while Biden predicts a “dark winter.” On another front, Trump warns Biden’s health care plan will lead to socialized medicine; Biden promises private insurance isn’t going anywhere.

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