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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.

Wear a Mask. If Only It Were That Simple.

By Michael McAuliff and Julio Ochoa, WUSF and Jackie Fortiér, LAist and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio October 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Health experts agree masks are the cheapest, best weapon against the coronavirus pandemic. But how should mask-wearing be enforced? Mandates? Fines? Polite requests? It’s hard to figure out what works as President Donald Trump’s behavior keeps the debate alive over whether they should be worn at all.

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.

Indiana School Goes Extra Mile to Help Vulnerable Kids Weather Pandemic

By Giles Bruce March 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Many students at Sarah Scott Middle School in Terre Haute, Indiana, deal with poverty, dysfunction and stress. Since the pandemic hit, teachers and administrators have struggled to give kids and families the support they need.

States’ Face-Covering Mandates Leave Gaps in Protection

By Markian Hawryluk November 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

States vary in how they define face coverings in their mandates. But a bandanna or neck gaiter isn’t nearly as effective as a surgical or cloth mask. Public health experts say every state needs more standardization to protect against COVID-19.

California and Texas Took Different Routes to Vaccination. Who’s Ahead?

By Anna Almendrala and Sandy West April 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

California stresses equity for minority groups. Texas is all about personal choice and liberty. Both are struggling to vaccinate Latinos and contending with vaccine hesitancy among conservative communities.

Con récord de internaciones por COVID, la crisis ahora es la falta de personal médico

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio December 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los hospitales en gran parte del país están tratando de hacer frente a un número sin precedentes de pacientes con COVID-19 con una creciente escasez de personal médico.

No, the WHO Didn’t Change Its Lockdown Stance or ‘Admit’ Trump Was Right

By Victoria Knight October 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The World Health Organization has been consistent throughout the pandemic in communicating that lockdowns should be employed only when COVID-19 cases are high — to give governments and health systems time to redouble efforts. Forced closures should not be the primary strategy to combat coronavirus transmission.

Vaccine Altruists Find Appointments for Those Who Can’t

By Anna Almendrala March 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

An army of volunteers help people who otherwise would have had difficulty securing a covid vaccination because of cumbersome computer or telephone registration systems.

COVID en restaurantes, el fallido rastreo de contactos deja a comensales sin saber qué hacer

By Anna Almendrala December 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Con el invierno y la gente se reúne cada vez más en interiores, muchos gobiernos locales se mueven a ciegas, al carecer de datos para crear y ajustar las políticas de restricción por COVID.

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.

California’s Data Failures Stymie Efforts to Curb the Virus

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Angela Hart August 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Counties say the ripple effects of the state’s COVID-19 data failures are impeding their ability to slow the spread of the coronavirus, even as they must make life-or-death decisions about business and school reopenings.

States Allow In-Person Nursing Home Visits As Families Charge Residents Die ‘Of Broken Hearts’

By Judith Graham July 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Half the states are rolling back strict policies that have kept family members out of nursing homes because of fears of spreading the coronavirus.

Scientist Has ‘Invisible Enemy’ In Sights With Microscopic Portraits Of Coronavirus

By Markian Hawryluk May 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As an electron microscopist at the National Institutes of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana, Elizabeth Fischer has captured stunning images of emerging pathogens such as Ebola, the MERS coronavirus and now SARS-CoV-2.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Election Preview: What’s Next for Health?

October 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

How will health issues affect voter choices? What will happen if President Donald Trump is reelected or the White House goes to Joe Biden? In this special election preview episode, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

When Flu And Covid Collide: Doctors Worry About Potential For ‘Twindemic’

January 6, 2022 Morning Briefing

“Flurona.” It’s a snappy term some medical professionals are not fond of (though news editors and social media users clearly are). Yet, doctors are concerned about the rising cases of people infected with both influenza and the coronavirus.

In His Continued Sparring With Fauci, Sen. Rand Paul Oversimplified the Science

By Julie Appleby March 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The Kentucky lawmaker was right that a recent study offered evidence that vaccination and previous infection appear to neutralize covid-19. But experts say that doesn’t mean people should be complacent.

Voz de un experto: los niveles de seguridad que propone Fauci durante COVID

By Elisabeth Rosenthal November 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

El doctor Anthony Fauci, la autoridad máxima en enfermedades infecciosas del país, dice que, si la mayoría de las personas se vacuna, se lograría cierta “normalidad” a mediados de 2021.

ICUs Become A ‘Delirium Factory’ For COVID Patients

By Liz Szabo June 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 targets more than just the lungs. New research shows it also penetrates the brain, complicating treatment and risking lifelong damage. And the pandemic limits hospitals from running MRIs or other tests on coronavirus patients.

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