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Damage to Children’s Education — And Their Health — Could Last a Lifetime

By Liz Szabo July 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Black and Hispanic students have lost up to 12 months of learning, which could lead to lower incomes and shorter, sicker lives.

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.

To Extract More Doses per Vial, Vaccinators Put Squeeze on FDA to Relax Vaccine Handling Advice

By Arthur Allen March 12, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Although vaccine supply is ramping up, the supply gap puts pressure on vaccinating teams to extract every drop they can. Some are asking the FDA to waive guidance against extracting vaccine from two vials with the same needle. It’s worth a shot.

COVID Crackdowns at Work Have Saved Black and Latino Lives, LA Officials Say

By Anna Almendrala October 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Strict enforcement of coronavirus protocols at factories and shops where some of the worst outbreaks have occurred has reduced the racial and ethnic disparities in COVID deaths and illness, say public health officials. They want to expand the effort by creating workplace safety councils.

The ACA Marketplace Is Open Again for Insurance Sign-Ups. Here’s What You Need to Know.

By Michelle Andrews February 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

On Monday, the federal insurance exchange reopened for an unusual midyear special enrollment period. People who are uninsured can buy a plan, and those who want to change their marketplace coverage can do so. Here are some answers about how it works.

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.

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?

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.

Another Problem on the Health Horizon: Medicare Is Running Out of Money

By Julie Rovner July 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

With millions out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, fewer payroll taxes are coming in to help keep Medicare’s trust fund intact.

Amid Surge, Hospitals Hesitate To Cancel Nonemergency Surgeries

By Samantha Young July 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Unlike earlier in the year, most hospitals are not proactively canceling elective surgeries, even in some places seeing spikes in coronavirus patients.

At Lake Of The Ozarks, It’s (Almost) Business As Usual, Despite The Coronavirus

By Sara Shipley Hiles June 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

This popular resort area gained national attention for a viral video showing Memorial Day partiers disregarding guidelines to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Now, with summer looming and at least one COVID-19 case connected to the gathering, it reflects the difficult balance between safety and tourism.

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.

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.

One College’s Pop-Up COVID Test: Stop and ‘Smell the Roses’ (Or the Coffee)

By Ann Bauer August 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Forget those thermometers. Researchers, finding a surer link between the loss of the sense of smell and a coronavirus infection, suggest the symptom may be an easy and less expensive method for screening.

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.

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.

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.

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.

New Coronavirus Hot Spots Emerge Across South And In California, As Northeast Slows

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio and Jackie Fortiér, LAist June 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Nationwide, coronavirus infection numbers are trending down, but several states are seeing upticks, with the heaviest impact falling on communities of color and nursing home residents.

Different Takes: Steps Health Care Leaders Can Take To Ease Employee Burnout; Ways To Manage Covid-19

October 7, 2021 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers tackle covid burnout, how to defeat the coronavirus and vaccinating while pregnant.

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