Scientists Examine Kids’ Unique Immune Systems as More Fall Victim to Covid
By Liz Szabo
September 17, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Doctors are trying to figure out why some kids become much sicker than others and, in rare cases, don’t survive.
Everything You Need to Know About Paxlovid — Especially, Should You Take It?
By Michelle Andrews
July 28, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Paxlovid has eclipsed other available therapies for preventing life-threatening covid symptoms in high-risk patients. But even as doctors praise its effectiveness, many say they have unanswered questions about prescribing the drug and want more and better data about it.
Fact Check: Biden Sets High Bar in 1st State of the Union Speech
By Victoria Knight and Colleen DeGuzman
March 2, 2022
KFF Health News Original
What a difference a year makes. The speech was delivered to a largely unmasked crowd of lawmakers, justices, and Cabinet members in the House chamber.
5 Things You Should Know About ‘Free’ At-Home Covid Tests
By Damon Darlin
January 19, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Telling insurance companies to pay for rapid covid-19 tests is just the latest covid-related cost the federal government expects them to bear. But who really ends up paying for it?
Scientists Search for Cause of Mysterious Covid-Related Inflammation in Children
By Liz Szabo
October 20, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Scientists treating kids for MIS-C point to rare genes, leaky guts and a “superantigen.”
Colorado Hospitals in ‘Critical Condition’ as State Weathers Another Surge
By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio
December 15, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Patients with other ailments are frustrated, and nurses and doctors are stressed and burned out, as unvaccinated covid-19 patients fill ICU and acute care beds.
After a Brief Pandemic Reprieve, Rural Workers Return to Life Without Paid Leave
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
January 18, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Coastal and politically progressive states have passed stronger paid sick and family leave policies, but many workers in rural America are left out, facing tough decisions when choosing between caring for themselves or sick family members or keeping their jobs.
Unraveling the Mysterious Mutations That Make Delta the Most Transmissible Covid Virus Yet
By Liz Szabo
July 28, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Scientists are trying to piece together why the delta variant so readily infects unvaccinated Americans, spewing 1,000 times more virus particles.
Widely Used Hospital Gowns Show Signs of Exposing Workers to Infection
By Brett Kelman
July 6, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Isolation gowns are supposed to protect health care workers from splattered bodily fluids. But new studies suggest that too much liquid seeps through some disposable gowns, creating a risk of infection.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A Big Week for Biden
August 11, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Congress is leaving for its annual summer break having accomplished far more than many expected, including, barring unforeseen snags, a bill to address the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries and extend the enhanced subsidies for insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, the abortion issue continues to roil the nation as Indiana becomes the first state to ban the procedure in almost all cases since the Supreme Court overruled the constitutional right to abortion in June. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
Polio, Chickenpox, Measles, Now Covid. It’s Time to Consult History on School Vaccine Mandates
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
February 9, 2022
KFF Health News Original
As some states adopt covid vaccine requirements, not everyone agrees mandates for children are the way forward. Taking a page from history: We have two paths to putting the pandemic behind us: a quicker, more certain one of mandatory vaccination or a stuttering, drawn-out, likely more deadly affair.
A Secret Weapon in Preventing the Next Pandemic: Fruit Bats
By Jim Robbins
February 7, 2023
KFF Health News Original
New research links habitat destruction with the spillover of viruses from animals to humans.
Centro comunitario hispano lidera la vacunación infantil contra covid en Chicago
By Giles Bruce
November 10, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Esperanza Health Centers ha liderado la vacunación contra covid en la población infantil y adolescente de Chicago, ayudando a grupos que han sido más vulnerables al coronavirus.
End of Covid Emergency Will Usher in Changes Across the US Health System
By Rachana Pradhan
March 22, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The May 11 expiration of the federal government’s pandemic emergency declaration will affect patient care across a broad range of settings, including telemedicine, hospitals, and nursing homes.
Guía para entender a las subvariantes de ómicron
By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
May 6, 2022
KFF Health News Original
¿Qué tan diferentes son estas subvariantes entre sí? ¿Puede la infección por una subvariante proteger a alguien de la infección por otra? Y, ¿qué tan bien funcionan contra estas variantes las vacunas que se desarrollaron antes de la aparición de ómicron?
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.
Coronavirus Deranges the Immune System in Complex and Deadly Ways
By Liz Szabo
March 4, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Researchers are testing treatments to overcome autoimmune reactions that begin when the body’s defenses respond to the coronavirus.
¿Ponerse el refuerzo ahora o esperar? Muchos se preguntan cómo navegar la próxima ola de covid
By Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen
July 18, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Aproximadamente el 70% de los estadounidenses de 50 años o más que recibieron una primera vacuna de refuerzo contra covid, y casi la misma cantidad de personas de 65 años o más, no han recibido un segundo, según datos de los CDC.
Políticas de salud fueron tema prominente en el discurso del Estado de la Unión de Biden
By KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs
February 8, 2023
KFF Health News Original
A diferencia de sus discursos anteriores, éste fue a Cámara llena, y sin limitaciones por covid-19. Y los legisladores en la audiencia, tanto partidarios como opositores, parecían estar de un humor estridente.
Novavax Missed Its Global Moonshot but Is Angling to Win Over mRNA Defectors
By Arthur Allen and Sarah Jane Tribble
May 26, 2022
KFF Health News Original
After years of failure, the Maryland company aims to attract the vaccine-hesitant with an alternative to mRNA shots. But will it find a market?