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DeSantis, Newsom to Tangle Over Hot-Button Health Issues

By Angela Hart and Daniel Chang November 30, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Florida’s Republican presidential hopeful, Ron DeSantis,and Democratic firebrand Gavin Newsom of California square off today in a contest of governors that can best be described as the debate to determine ¿quién es más macho? — who is more manly — about protecting your freedoms.  Both men have led their respective states since 2019, and they’ve […]

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Covid sigue matando gente. Esto recomiendan los médicos para protegerse

By Amy Maxmen January 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Las pandemias no se definen por el tiempo ni por la gravedad, sino por grandes cantidades de infecciones en curso en todo el mundo. Las emergencias son agudas y se declaran para desencadenar una respuesta urgente.

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After Congress Ended Extra Cash Aid for Families, Communities Tackle Child Poverty Alone

By Kate Wells, Michigan Public November 14, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The child tax credit passed by Congress at the height of covid has expired, but states and localities are trying to fill the gap with their own programs and funding. In Michigan, Rx Kids already covers every family with a new baby in Flint. Now, other communities aim to follow.

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A Covid-19" sign at a coronavirus testing site at the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. California this week reported more signs of improvement in its outbreak, with 4,480 new cases, well below the 14-day average of 7,049. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg

California Says It Can No Longer Afford Aid for Covid Testing, Vaccinations for Migrants

By Don Thompson February 22, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Gov. Gavin Newsom is winding down state assistance for health care services to migrants seeking asylum. He’s lobbying the Biden administration to increase aid along the state’s southern border.

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Bird Flu Cases Are Going Undetected, New Study Suggests. It’s a Problem for All of Us.

By Amy Maxmen July 31, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Dairy workers in Texas show signs of prior, uncounted bird flu infections in a new study. Without labor protection and better health care, cases are bound to quietly rise as the outbreak among livestock blazes in the United States.

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Bird Flu Tests Are Hard To Get. So How Will We Know When To Sound the Pandemic Alarm?

By Amy Maxmen and Arthur Allen June 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

If widely used, flu tests could be helpful now. In the meantime, the government needs to clear a path for H5N1 tests, researchers warn, to avoid the early missteps of the covid pandemic.

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MRNA Vaccines, Once a Trump Boast, Now Face Attacks From Some in GOP

By Stephanie Armour March 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Republicans have proposed legislation in several states to ban the pioneering technology used in covid shots. Many doctors worry a huge medical advance could be rolled back.

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Florida Defies CDC in Measles Outbreak, Telling Parents It’s Fine to Send Unvaccinated Kids to School

By Amy Maxmen February 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The state’s surgeon general grants parents permission to send unvaccinated children to school during a measles outbreak, risking their health and that of others.

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Most People Dropped in Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Never Tried to Renew Coverage, Utah Finds

By Phil Galewitz January 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Medicaid officials in Utah conducted a survey to answer a burning question in health policy: What happened to people dropped from the program in the post-pandemic “unwinding”?

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A Covid-19" sign at a coronavirus testing site at the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. California this week reported more signs of improvement in its outbreak, with 4,480 new cases, well below the 14-day average of 7,049. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg

California dice que ya no puede costear las pruebas de covid ni las vacunas para los migrantes

By Don Thompson February 22, 2023 KFF Health News Original

El estado mantiene tres centros de recursos sanitarios —dos en el condado de San Diego y uno en el condado de Imperial— que realizan pruebas y vacunaciones contra covid y otros exámenes de salud, y han atendido a más de 300,000 migrantes desde abril de 2021.

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He Fell Ill on a Cruise. Before He Boarded the Rescue Boat, They Handed Him the Bill.

By Bram Sable-Smith May 22, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A man from Michigan was evacuated from a cruise ship after having seizures. First, he drained his bank account to pay his medical bills.

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Hoping to Clear the Air in Casinos, Workers Seek to Ban Tobacco Smoke

By Sandy West January 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Casinos in several states are fighting efforts to ban smoking, and trying to roll back existing anti-smoking laws. One planned facility even moved outside a city’s limits because of voter-approved smoking restrictions.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Covid Response Coordinator Speaks

December 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In this special episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, talks with host Julie Rovner, KHN’s chief Washington correspondent, about where we are in the pandemic and how we should transition out of the public health emergency. This episode was taped on Dec. 20.

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Bird Flu Is Bad for Poultry and Dairy Cows. It’s Not a Dire Threat for Most of Us — Yet.

By Amy Maxmen May 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Cattle across the country are infected by the H5N1 bird flu. The virus isn’t spreading among people — but if it evolves to do that, fears of another pandemic could be realized.

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A black-and-white photograph of Rahima Banu, as a toddler, being held by her mother is collaged on top of a color photograph of the courtyard of her present-day home. Clothes hang on a line across the yard. The house is made from bamboo and corrugated metal, and the mud stairs that lead inside are dotted with moss. The bright green leaves on the trees blanket the area in sun-dappled shade.

What I Learned From the World’s Last Smallpox Patient

By Céline Gounder November 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Declaring victory over a disease can be easier than meeting survivors’ needs.

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La nueva guía de Florida sobre los refuerzos de covid es pura desinformación

By Arthur Allen and Daniel Chang and Sam Whitehead September 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Clínicos y científicos denuncian este mensaje como una táctica de miedo con motivación política que también debilita los esfuerzos para proteger contra enfermedades como el sarampión y la tos ferina.

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These Appalachia Hospitals Made Big Promises to Gain a Monopoly. They’re Failing to Deliver.

By Brett Kelman and Samantha Liss September 29, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Ballad Health, the only hospital system across a large swath of Tennessee and Virginia, has fallen short of quality-of-care and charity care obligations — even as it’s sued thousands of patients for unpaid bills.

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Biden Administration Proposes New Standards to Boost Nursing Home Staffing

By Jordan Rau September 1, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The proposal would require major hiring at the most sparsely staffed homes. But the proposal is already badly received by the nursing home industry, which claims it can’t boost wages enough to attract workers.

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Rift Over When to Use N95s Puts Health Workers at Risk Again

By Amy Maxmen December 14, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering fuzzy guidelines on infection control in hospitals, critics say, leaving employers free to cut corners on N95 masks and other protective measures.

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Estudio revela que los casos de gripe aviar siguen sin detectarse

By Amy Maxmen September 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Si los casos de gripe aviar no se van informando, los oficiales de salud corren el riesgo de tardar en notar si el virus se vuelve más contagioso.

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