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In Health-Conscious Marin County, Virus Runs Rampant Among ‘Essential’ Latino Workers

By Rachel Scheier August 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic is racing through packed apartment blocks as Mexican and Central American workers bring the virus home to their families.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Still Waiting for That Trump Health Plan

August 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump keeps promising a comprehensive plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. And he keeps not delivering. Meanwhile, members of Congress and White House officials seem unable to agree on a new COVID-19 relief bill. And Missouri becomes the sixth state where voters approved a Medicaid expansion ballot measure. Tami Luhby of CNN, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of Business Insider join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week they think you should read, too.

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.

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.

They Pledged to Donate Rights to Their COVID Vaccine, Then Sold Them to Pharma

By Jay Hancock August 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Advocates of cheap and widely available vaccines thought the pandemic might change business as usual. They were wrong.

Covid Testing, Critical To Halting Spread Of Virus, Has Slumped

May 11, 2022 Morning Briefing

Experts say coronavirus testing has dropped anywhere from 70% to 90% worldwide from the first to second quarter of 2022, AP reports. In other news, Bill Gates — the target of anti-vaccine conspiracists — has tested positive for covid.

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.

Behind The Byline: The Count — And the Toll

By Lydia Zuraw August 11, 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.

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.

Another Coronavirus Casualty: California’s Budget

By Angela Hart and Samantha Young and Rachel Bluth May 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Before the coronavirus hit, California was looking at a budget surplus of more than $5 billion and lawmakers were debating how to increase the size of government health programs. Now, the state faces a deficit, program cuts, high unemployment — and no significant investment in public health funding at a time when the state needs it the most.

Politics Slows Flow of US Pandemic Relief Funds to Public Health Agencies

By Lauren Weber and Hannah Recht and Laura Ungar and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press August 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Congress has allocated trillions of dollars to ease the coronavirus crisis. A joint KHN and AP investigation finds that many communities with big outbreaks have spent little of that federal money on local public health departments for work such as testing and contact tracing.

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.

Coronavirus Tests The Value Of Artificial Intelligence In Medicine

By Ashley Gold May 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic offers an opportunity to use artificial intelligence programs to help doctors in COVID-19 diagnosis. But some leading hospital systems have shelved their AI technology because it wasn’t ready to roll.

Florida’s Cautionary Tale: How Gutting and Muzzling Public Health Fueled COVID Fire

By Laura Ungar and Jason Dearen, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht August 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the nation hollowed out its public health infrastructure for decades, staffing and funding fell faster and further in Florida. Then the coronavirus ran roughshod, infecting more than half a million people and killing thousands.

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.

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.

For Nurses Feeling the Strain of the Pandemic, Virus Resurgence Is ‘Paralyzing’

By Charlotte Huff November 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID-19’s toll weighs heavily on nurses, who can suffer stress and other psychological problems if they don’t believe they are able to help their patients sufficiently.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: All I Want for Christmas Is a COVID Relief Bill

December 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Congress seems on the verge of finishing a long-delayed COVID-19 relief bill, which will reportedly include neither of the things each party wanted most — for Republicans, liability protections; for Democrats, funding for states and localities. That bill is likely to be tied to a package to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year and, possibly, include a fix for “surprise” medical bills that patients receive when they inadvertently receive care outside their insurance network. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Mary Agnes Carey of KHN join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner talks to Elizabeth Mitchell, president and CEO of the Pacific Business Group on Health, about the future of employer-provided health insurance.

Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on Vaccine

By Arthur Allen July 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The FDA must approve any coronavirus vaccine before it’s widely distributed, but political pressure could cloud the decision.

As Coronavirus Patients Skew Younger, Tracing Task Seems All But Impossible

By Anna Almendrala July 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Although younger people are hospitalized and die less frequently than their elders when infected with COVID-19, their cases are harder to trace. As a result, the virus is spreading uncontrollably throughout much of Southern California. Even hospital staffs are affected by community spread.

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