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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.

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.

Georgia’s Work Requirement Slows Processing of Applications for Medicaid, Food Stamps

By Andy Miller and Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead December 5, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Georgia’s ability to process applications for Medicaid and other public benefits has lagged since the launch of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s “Pathways” Medicaid work requirement, leaving Georgia with persistently slow Medicaid application processing times.

The Covid ‘Contrarians’ Are in Power. We Still Haven’t Hashed Out Whether They Were Right.

By Arthur Allen February 19, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Jay Bhattacharya, nominated to lead the National Institutes of Health, opposed most covid mandates. Without an honest public debate about what worked and what didn’t, public health experts say, we’re even less prepared for the next pandemic.

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.

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.

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.

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”?

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.

Recortes en servicios de idiomas generan temor a errores médicos, diagnósticos equivocados y muertes

By Vanessa G. Sánchez and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez May 29, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Cerca de 69 millones de personas en el país hablan un idioma que no es inglés, y 26 millones de ellas hablan inglés, pero no con fluidez.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Shrinking Number of Primary Care Physicians Is Reaching a Tipping Point

By Elisabeth Rosenthal September 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The declining share of U.S. doctors in adult primary care is about 25% — a point beyond which many Americans won’t be able to find a family doctor at all.

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.

As Links to MS Deepen, Researchers Accelerate Efforts to Develop an Epstein-Barr Vaccine

By Liz Szabo October 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Recent leaps in medical research have lent urgency to the quest to develop a vaccine against Epstein-Barr, a ubiquitous virus that has been linked to a range of illnesses, from mononucleosis to multiple sclerosis and several cancers.

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