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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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Amid Coronavirus Distress, Wealthy Hospitals Hoard Millions

By Jordan Rau April 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the coronavirus threatens the finances of thousands of hospitals, wealthy ones that can draw on millions — and even billions — of dollars in savings are in competition with near-insolvent hospitals for limited pots of financial relief.

California Expands Privacy Protection to Public Health Workers Amid Threats

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester September 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded a confidential address program to public health officials in the wake of ongoing threats made against them tied to pandemic safety precautions such as masks and stay-at-home orders.

En Los Angeles, la tormenta económica por la pandemia ha pegado fuerte en los latinos

By Jackie Fortiér, LAist September 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los latinos ahora representan el 60% de los casos de COVID-19 en California, aunque son alrededor del 40% de la población.

Listen: Control of U.S. Senate Could Hinge on Obamacare Positions

September 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN senior Colorado correspondent Markian Hawryluk joined KUNC’s Erin O’Toole on “Colorado Edition” to discuss how the growing favorability of the Affordable Care Act could play a role in determining who wins control of the U.S. Senate this fall.

The Best COVID Warning System? Poop and Pooled Spit, Says One Colorado School

By Rae Ellen Bichell November 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

About 6% of large universities with in-person classes are routinely testing all students. For many institutions, that strategy is out of reach. To get ahead of the virus, Colorado State University is experimenting with a combination of sewage monitoring and a lesser-known approach to pool testing.

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.

Fear Of Coronavirus Propels Some Smokers To Quit

By April Dembosky, KQED April 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Increasing evidence suggests people who smoke are more likely to become severely ill and die from COVID-19 than nonsmokers. Some people are using that as inspiration to quit.

Men Spread Coronavirus More Easily Than Women Or Kids, Study Finds

December 6, 2021 Morning Briefing

The reason is based in biology: It’s because men have bigger lungs. Loud talkers and singers also spread the virus more readily, the study showed. Other news on covid’s spread is from Texas, Iowa, New Hampshire, counties that voted for Donald Trump and more.

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.

Coronavirus Surprise: IRS Allows Midyear Insurance And FSA Changes

By Michelle Andrews June 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Last month, the Internal Revenue Service announced it would let employees add, drop or change some of their benefits for the remainder of 2020. The catch: Your employer has to allow the changes. KHN explains how it could work.

COVID Data Failures Create Pressure for Public Health System Overhaul

By Harris Meyer August 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Poor information-sharing between hospitals and public health agencies has hurt the response to the pandemic. Some health care systems and IT companies are making inroads, but an overhaul would cost billions.

Public Health Officials Face Wave Of Threats, Pressure Amid Coronavirus Response

By Lauren Weber and Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press June 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Public health officials are confronting growing pressure — and threats — across the country as the backlash to the coronavirus response continues. At least 27 state and local health leaders have resigned, retired or been fired since April across 13 states.

El miedo a covid mantiene a muchos niños latinos fuera de las aulas

By Heidi de Marco May 12, 2021 KFF Health News Original

En California, los latinos constituyen el 39% de la población del estado, pero representan el 47% de las muertes por covid, según el Departamento de Salud Pública estatal. A nivel nacional, su riesgo de morir por covid es 2,3 veces mayor que el de los blancos no hispanos.

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.

Must-Reads of the Week

By Lauren Weber July 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber drills through the vital health care policy stories of the week, so you don’t have to.

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