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Birx Joins Air-Cleaning Industry Amid Land Grab for Billions in Federal Covid Relief

By Christina Jewett and Lauren Weber March 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Air-cleaning companies with limited oversight are targeting a growing market of schools desperate for covid-19 protection. Donald Trump’s former covid adviser lands with one that built its business, in part, on ozone-emitting technology.

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Feeling Anxious and Depressed? You’re Right at Home in California.

By Phillip Reese August 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In a series of July U.S. Census Bureau surveys, nearly half of California adult respondents reported levels of anxiety and gloom typically associated with diagnoses of generalized anxiety disorder or major depressive disorder, a stunning figure that rose through the summer alongside the menacing spread of the coronavirus.

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In The COVID Age, Bring A Mask And Gloves To A Protest

By Tarena Lofton May 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

After a police shooting in Indianapolis, activists held a protest — but, recognizing the dangers of the coronavirus in a crowd, many worked to make sure demonstrators took proper precautions.

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Why Doctors Keep Monitoring Kids Who Recover From Mysterious COVID-Linked Illness

By Fred Mogul, WNYC and Maria Godoy, NPR News July 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

About 1,000 children worldwide have had the condition known as MIS-C — Multisymptom Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. Children’s hospitals around the U.S. are trying to keep tabs on young people after they recover from the ailment, to gauge any long-term effects.

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Watch: Fauci, Other Health Officials Weigh California’s COVID Response

June 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California Healthline’s Samantha Young helped lead a discussion about the state’s response to the novel coronavirus. Infections and hospitalizations are surging across the state.

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My Mother Died Of The Coronavirus. It’s Time She Was Counted.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal May 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Not having an accurate, honest, nationwide way to tally COVID-19 cases will only add to the current tragedy.

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Amid COVID Chaos, California Legislators Fight for Major Health Care Bills

By Rachel Bluth August 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

There’s less time, less attention and fewer resources this year, but that isn’t stopping lawmakers from acting on controversial health care legislation not directly related to the coronavirus pandemic.

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US Nurses At For-Profit Hospital Chain To Strike Over Cuts And PPE Shortages

By Michael Sainato, The Guardian June 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Health care workers report understaffing, long hours and protective equipment shortages at HCA Healthcare hospitals.

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Workers Fired, Penalized for Reporting COVID Safety Violations

By Michelle Andrews October 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Many workers are resisting what they feel are unsafe, unhealthy conditions as companies restart. A few states have passed laws specifically aimed at protecting workers who face COVID-related safety risks and retaliation for speaking up, but advocates say stronger federal protections are needed.

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As Pandemic Surged, Contact Tracing Struggled; Biden Looks to Boost It

By Steven Findlay February 10, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Reaching people who may have been in contact with covid patients has helped cut the number of infections, but these tracing efforts become less effective as the number of cases grows.

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Tu restaurant o tienda favorita están abiertas. ¿Cómo saber si está bien ir?

By Julie Appleby August 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

El hecho de que muchas empresas vuelvan a abrir no significa que la pandemia haya terminado. El coronavirus todavía anda suelto, y hay que tomar decisiones difíciles cada día.

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Coronavirus Skyrockets In California

July 23, 2021 Morning Briefing

On Thursday, the state reported nearly 5,600 new cases, and the average positive-test rate over seven days was 4.9% — a nearly five-fold increase over last week. Despite the spike, two parents’ groups are suing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom over a mask mandate in public schools.

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Listen: How Coronavirus Looms Over Prisons

March 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber joined WAMU’s “1A” show to talk about the unique threats coronavirus is putting on those who are behind bars and those who guard them.

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Coronavirus Patients Caught In Conflict Between Hospital And Nursing Homes

By Judith Graham March 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals need to clear out patients who no longer need acute care. But nursing homes are alarmed at the prospect of taking patients who may have the coronavirus.

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‘Last Responders’ Seek To Expand Postmortem COVID Testing In Unexplained Deaths

By Michelle Andrews May 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Early in the outbreak, some coroners and medical examiners didn’t have enough tests to use for people who died unexpectedly at home to see whether the coronavirus was a factor. Now, as testing gradually becomes widely available, more such mysteries could be solved.

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Activistas antivacunas difunden falsas teorías de que las dosis de covid son letales

By Liz Szabo January 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Los grupos antivacunas están desinformando y difundiendo falsas noticias, lo que amenaza con socavar la campaña de vacunación más grande en la historia de los Estados Unidos.

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CVS and Walgreens Have Wasted More Vaccine Doses Than Most States Combined

By Joshua Eaton and Rachana Pradhan May 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

More than 200,000 doses of covid vaccine have gone to waste since December, KHN has learned. Two national pharmacy chains account for most of it.

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Democratic Convention, Night 2: Defending the ACA and Attacking Trump on Pandemic

August 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Democrats continued the virtual extravaganza. Health care was a hot topic.

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Seniors In Low-Income Housing Live In Fear Of COVID Infection

By Judith Graham June 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

On their own in dirty buildings with little guidance or support, vulnerable older residents worry about unchecked transmission of the potentially deadly virus. “We felt abandoned.”

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Longtime Health Advocate Donna Shalala Loses House Reelection Race

By Emmarie Huetteman November 5, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In a notable loss for Democrats, Shalala, who represented a Miami district, was defeated by Maria Elvira Salazar — a Republican former TV journalist who compared Democratic policy proposals to leftist oppression in countries like Cuba.

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