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Montana Rodeo Goes On, Bucking Fears on Fort Peck Reservation

By Katheryn Houghton July 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes initially opposed the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede this year, worrying about hundreds of people coming to their reservation for the rodeo amid coronavirus concerns. But the annual event was on private land and went ahead, highlighting the reopening tensions between resuming normal economic activities and protecting the vulnerable.

Exclusive: Over 900 Health Workers Have Died of COVID-19. And the Toll Is Rising.

By Danielle Renwick, The Guardian and Shoshana Dubnow August 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN and The Guardian unveil an interactive database documenting front-line health care worker deaths. The majority of them are people of color — and nurses face the highest toll.

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.

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.

Las muertes ocultas de la pandemia de COVID

By Markian Hawryluk June 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Mientras funcionarios tratan de sumar cuántas personas dan positivo para el coronavirus y cuántas mueren por COVID, la pandemia ha dejado un número incalculable de muertes en las sombras.

When Flu And Covid Collide: Doctors Worry About Potential For ‘Twindemic’

January 6, 2022 Morning Briefing

“Flurona.” It’s a snappy term some medical professionals are not fond of (though news editors and social media users clearly are). Yet, doctors are concerned about the rising cases of people infected with both influenza and the coronavirus.

To Curb Coronavirus, What’s Behind The Wearing Of A Mask?

By Julie Appleby April 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The CDC recommends that Americans wear facial masks when they go to public places, such as the grocery store. But this is only one part of a multipronged effort to stop the virus’s spread.

As Coronavirus Strikes, Crucial Data In Electronic Health Records Hard To Harvest

By Fred Schulte April 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. government spent $36 billion computerizing health records, yet they’re of limited help in the COVID-19 crisis.

Conspiracy Theories Aside, Here’s What Contact Tracers Really Do

By Julie Appleby July 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Recently, the idea has triggered a lot of conspiracy-theory talk. But it’s actually a tried-and-true public health tool being applied to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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.

Illinois Is First in the Nation to Extend Health Coverage to Undocumented Seniors

By Giles Bruce January 7, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As the pandemic hits Latino communities especially hard, Illinois is expanding public health insurance to all low-income noncitizen seniors. Advocates hope other states follow its lead.

Avoiding Care During the Pandemic Could Mean Life or Death

By John M. Glionna July 31, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Americans are avoiding hospitals and clinics by the millions, even when they shouldn’t, and many experts expect a jump in preventable disease diagnoses after the COVID crisis eases. Paradoxically, the pandemic may have been good for some heart patients, however.

How Pharma Money Colors Operation Warp Speed’s Quest to Defeat COVID

By Rachana Pradhan November 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A Trump administration maneuver allows executives who are leading the federal effort to keep investments in drug companies that would benefit from the pandemic response.

COVID Cuts A Lethal Path Through San Quentin’s Death Row

By Dan Morain July 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Executions have been on hold in California since 2006, stalled by a series of legal challenges. But COVID-19 is proving a lethal presence on San Quentin’s death row.

Palliative Care Helped Family Face ‘The Awful, Awful Truth’

By Will Stone May 5, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Elizabeth and Robert Mar would have celebrated 50 years of marriage in August. Instead, they died within a day of each other. Their two very different deaths illustrate how palliative care is changing to help patients and families cope with the coronavirus pandemic.

Help Wanted: Retired Doctors And Nurses Don Scrubs Again In Coronavirus Fight

By Michelle Andrews March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As they prepare for an onslaught of coronavirus patients, health officials in New York and other states urge retired medical professionals to rejoin the ranks.

Social Media Image About Mask Efficacy Right In Sentiment, But Percentages Are ‘Bonkers’

By Victoria Knight July 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Skip the numbers. Focus on the mask.

Drugmakers Tout COVID-19 Vaccines To Refurbish Their Public Image

By Jay Hancock May 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Vaccines and antivirals have long been an afterthought but Johnson & Johnson and other firms are widely publicizing how they might stop COVID 19.

Coronavirus Puts Prisons In Tight Spot Amid Staff Shortages, Threats Of Lockdown

By Lauren Weber March 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the coronavirus threat rises, prisons are grappling with the possibility of nationwide lockdowns and calls for prisoner releases.

Farmworker Camps to Urban Tent Cities: Tailoring Vaccine Info to Where It’s Most Needed

By Aneri Pattani February 10, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Concerns arising in western North Carolina provide a window into the challenges facing health workers across the country as they seek to persuade vulnerable populations to be inoculated against covid.

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