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The Shrinking Number of Primary Care Physicians Is Reaching a Tipping Point

By Elisabeth Rosenthal September 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The declining share of U.S. doctors in adult primary care is about 25% — a point beyond which many Americans won’t be able to find a family doctor at all.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Happy Open Enrollment Eve!

October 30, 2025 Podcast

A standoff in Congress is keeping much of the government shut down as open enrollment begins in most states for Affordable Care Act plans. Democrats are demanding Republicans agree to extend ACA tax credits, but there has been little negotiating — even as customers are learning what they’ll pay for coverage next year. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is telling states they can’t pass their own laws to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more.

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Las pruebas para la gripe aviar son difíciles de conseguir. ¿Cómo saber si estamos en una pandemia?

By Amy Maxmen and Arthur Allen June 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Muchos laboratorios de diagnóstico están capacitados para detectar el virus. Sin embargo, la burocracia, los problemas de facturación y la falta de inversión no permiten aumentar rápidamente la disponibilidad generalizada de pruebas.

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The CDC Works to Overhaul Lab Operations After Covid Test Flop

By Sam Whitehead August 21, 2023 KFF Health News Original

In early 2020, U.S. public health labs received covid-19 tests from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that were flawed, as a result of poor design and contamination. Now the CDC is overhauling its lab operations, but efforts to be better prepared for future threats won’t be easy, observers say.

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Brote de sarampión: Florida dice que niños no vacunados pueden ir a la escuela, desafiando a los CDC

By Amy Maxmen February 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

La mayoría de las personas que no están protegidas por una vacuna contraerán sarampión si se exponen al virus. Existe riesgo de muerte.

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Hospital Financial Decisions Play a Role in the Critical Shortage of Pediatric Beds for RSV Patients

By Liz Szabo December 9, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Yes, the U.S. is experiencing an unusual spate of childhood RSV infections. But the critical shortage of hospital beds to treat ailing children stems from structural problems in pediatric care that have been brewing for years.

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An illustration shows 3D renderings of the Epstein-Barr virus.

As Links to MS Deepen, Researchers Accelerate Efforts to Develop an Epstein-Barr Vaccine

By Liz Szabo October 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Recent leaps in medical research have lent urgency to the quest to develop a vaccine against Epstein-Barr, a ubiquitous virus that has been linked to a range of illnesses, from mononucleosis to multiple sclerosis and several cancers.

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Health Policies Were a Prominent Theme in Biden’s State of the Union Speech

By KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs February 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Our partners at PolitiFact fact-checked a range of President Joe Biden’s statements, including key health-related comments.

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A photo from 2020 of medical workers loading a dead body into an ambulance while wearing masks and personal protective equipment at Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in New Jersey.

Nursing Homes Wield Pandemic Immunity Laws To Duck Wrongful Death Suits

By Fred Schulte May 14, 2024 KFF Health News Original

More than 172,000 nursing home residents died of covid. In lawsuits, some families who lost loved ones say they were misled about safety measures or told that covid wasn’t a danger in their facilities.

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La gripe aviar es mala para las aves de corral y las vacas lecheras. No es una amenaza grave para la mayoría de nosotros… por ahora

By Amy Maxmen May 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Las pruebas han detectado el virus en el ganado en nueve estados, principalmente en Texas y Nuevo México, y más recientemente en Colorado. Una persona ha dado positivo para el H5N1.

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As Covid Infections Rise, Nursing Homes Are Still Waiting for Vaccines

By Jordan Rau and Tony Leys September 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

“People want covid-19 to be in the rearview mirror,” one nursing home official says. Faced with a slow rollout of the updated covid vaccines, and without state mandates for workers to get vaccinated, most skilled nursing facilities are relying on persuasion to boost vaccination rates among staff and residents.

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Cardiovascular Disease Is Primed to Kill More Older Adults, Especially Blacks and Hispanics

By Judith Graham May 30, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer of older Americans, with Black and Hispanic people at higher risk. Despite medical advances, researchers say, disparities are expected to worsen in the coming decades.

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Concerns Grow Over New Bat Coronavirus Identified In China

February 24, 2025 Morning Briefing

Although much less powerful than SARS-CoV-2, the HKU5-CoV-2 virus’s ability to infect humans has raised alarm over the potential of another pandemic, Fox News reports. Other outbreaks in the news include bird flu, seasonal flu, listeria, and more.

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California Dangles Bonuses for Nursing Homes That Add Staff

By Samantha Young February 24, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Rather than simply reward top-performing facilities, the state’s Medicaid program will hand bonuses to nursing homes — even low-rated ones — for hiring more workers and reducing staff turnover.

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A doctor wearing a jacket over his scrubs presses his hand to his head and winces while talking on the phone in a hospital. Another man is seen out of focus on the right in the foreground.

Charts Paint a Grim Picture 2 Years Into the Coronavirus Pandemic

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact March 7, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The on-off nature of the pandemic “has led to a lot of the confusion and grumpiness,” says one expert. Another compares it to the exhaustion of the American public when hearing body counts during the Vietnam War.

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The Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments

By Brett Kelman and Anna Werner, CBS News April 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

TMJ disorders affect as many as 1 in 10 Americans and yet remain poorly understood and ineffectively treated. Many common treatments used by dentists lack scientific evidence.

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An illustration shows a figure facing to the side with coronavirus particles flying through the air in shades of pink and orange.

How Better Ventilation Can Help ‘Covid-Proof’ Your Home

By Liz Szabo May 18, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Is someone at home sick with covid-19? One simple but effective strategy for keeping the virus from spreading is to make your indoor air as much like the outdoors as possible.

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Burnout Threatens Primary Care Workforce and Doctors’ Mental Health

By Lauren Sausser June 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Burnout is a widespread problem in the health care industry. Although the pandemic made things worse, burnout among doctors is a long-standing concern that health systems have become more focused on as they try to stop doctors from quitting or retiring early.

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As Federal Emergency Declaration Expires, the Picture of the Pandemic Grows Fuzzier

By Sam Whitehead April 26, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic gave federal officials expanded power to access crucial data about the spread of covid-19, but that authority will change when the public health emergency sunsets in May. That, along with the end of popular covid trackers, will make it harder for policymakers and the public to keep an eye on covid and other threats.

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Colorado Moves Toward Statewide Coverage of Wastewater Surveillance

By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio April 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Colorado was among the first states to embrace wastewater testing to track the coronavirus, an important public heath intervention that can give early warning of outbreaks.

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