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More Than 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year — And the Government Barely Kept Track

By Christina Jewett and Robert Lewis and Melissa Bailey December 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The National Academy of Sciences cites journalists’ “Lost on the Frontline” project in a push to expand federal tracking of worker fatalities.

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Científicos advierten que se espera demasiado de una vacuna para COVID

By Liz Szabo and JoNel Aleccia October 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

La Casa Blanca y muchos estadounidenses han depositado sus esperanzas de derrotar a la pandemia en una vacuna. Pero científicos advierten que se espera demasiado, y demasiado pronto.

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Coronavirus Fuels Explosive Growth In Telehealth ― And Concern About Fraud

By Fred Schulte April 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

“Unscrupulous providers” could take advantage of the boom in treatment delivered via voice or video calls.

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Hospitals, Nursing Homes Fail to Separate COVID Patients, Putting Others at Risk

By Christina Jewett September 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID patients have been commingled with uninfected patients in California, Florida, New Jersey, Iowa, Ohio, Maryland, New York and beyond. While officials have penalized nursing homes for such failures, hospitals have seen less scrutiny.

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Nuevos casos de Covid caen un 25% o más a medida que cambian conductas

By Christina Jewett January 28, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Expertos dicen que la caída puede estar relacionada con el creciente temor al virus después que alcanzara niveles récord, así como con la esperanza de vacunarse pronto.

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Analysis: He Got Tested For Coronavirus. Then Came The Flood Of Medical Bills.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Emmarie Huetteman April 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hidden costs for ER visits and other fees could cost people thousands of dollars.

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Listen: How the Pandemic Further Politicized Public Health

July 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber joined Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies on “The Source” show to talk about the politicization of public health during the COVID pandemic.

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Coronavirus Cases Surging From Coast To Coast

July 21, 2021 Morning Briefing

Outlets report on the rise in coronavirus cases from Virginia, Maryland, Arkansas, California, Massachusetts, Texas and Alaska; plus, travel advisories and contact tracing.

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Fewer Traffic Collisions During Shutdown Means Longer Waits For Organ Donations

By April Dembosky, KQED May 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Accident deaths are typically the biggest source of donor organs nationwide. But when the coronavirus forced Californians indoors, accidents declined.

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COVID-Plagued California Nursing Homes Often Had Problems In Past

By Jordan Rau and Anna Almendrala May 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Nursing homes with COVID-19 infections tend to violate health rules more often and have more complaints and fines, records show. But infections also plague highly rated facilities — while sparing some low-ranked ones.

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Big Business Boosts Vaccine Effort, but It’s ‘Complex Choreography’ to Get Shots in Arms 

By Will Stone January 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Corporations like Starbucks, Honeywell, Microsoft, Costco and Google are lining up to help with vaccine logistics. But the problem of the moment is supply, not systems.

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Readers and Tweeters Fight Stigma and Salute Front-Line Workers

January 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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When Green Means Stop: How Safety Messages Got So Muddled

By Nina Feldman, WHYY August 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Philadelphia is in the “restricted green” reopening phase. What does that mean? And why does the U.S. have so many different pandemic safety rules? 

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Millennial Zeitgeist: Attitudes About COVID-19 Shift As Cases Among Young Adults Rise

By Victoria Knight April 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Twenty- and 30-somethings were initially told the coronavirus was more likely to strike older people. But then people in younger age groups started getting seriously sick.

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New Laws Keep Pandemic-Weary California at Forefront of Health Policy Innovation

By Samantha Young and Angela Hart October 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Gov. Gavin Newsom approved many consequential health care bills by his bill-signing deadline Wednesday, including a ban on the sale of menthol and other flavored tobacco products, the creation of a state generic drug label and better coverage for mental health disorders.

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Job-Based Health Insurance Costs Are Up 4% This Year, 55% in Past Decade

By Phil Galewitz October 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A family plan costs, on average, more than $21,000 this year and workers pay nearly $5,600 toward that cost, the annual KFF survey of employers finds.

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COVID-19 abruma a las terapias intensivas en la frontera

By Heidi de Marco June 5, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A pesar que la mayoría de los hospitales de California no tuvieron un aumento dramático de pacientes, algunas instalaciones cerca de la frontera con México se han visto desbordadas.

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Readers and Tweeters Shed Light on Vaccine Trials and Bias in Health Care

October 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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As Coronavirus Testing Gears Up, Specialized Swabs Running Out

By Lauren Weber and Christina Jewett March 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Nationwide, testing for coronavirus is ramping up. But the supply of specialty swabs needed to collect potential coronavirus specimens can’t keep up with demand, creating a bottleneck in testing capabilities. So two top manufacturers are working with U.S. and Italian governments to increase production.

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Scam Alert: Things a COVID Contact Tracer Wouldn’t Say

By Julie Appleby August 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Criminals are finding ways to reap gains under the guise of this public health intervention.

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