Is Your Covid Vaccine Venue Prepared to Handle Rare, Life-Threatening Reactions?
By JoNel Aleccia
January 11, 2021
KFF Health News Original
More than two dozen people who have received the new covid vaccines in U.S. hospitals and health centers suffered anaphylaxis, a potentially fatal allergic reaction. While such severe reactions are rare, experts warn that the drugstores and drive-thru clinics considered integral to the vaccine rollout must be prepared.
As COVID Cuts Deadly Path Through Indiana Prisons, Inmates Say Symptoms Ignored
By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media
May 29, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Since the start of the pandemic, prisoners and their families have contradicted state officials about the conditions inside Indiana prisons. Many inmates report they’ve had no way to protect themselves from close contact with other inmates and staff members. They believe contracting the coronavirus is inevitable.
Listen: Navigating The Pandemic And Protests As The U.S. Reopens
June 22, 2020
KFF Health News Original
KHN Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony spoke with “The 21st” host Brian Mackey about the implications of reopening the U.S. and recent protests.
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.
How Those With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Added Angst Of COVID
By Elizabeth Lawrence
June 22, 2020
KFF Health News Original
During the coronavirus pandemic, people with obsessive-compulsive disorder and other serious anxieties may struggle to distinguish concerns brought on by their conditions from the fears shared by the general public. But some patients say successful treatment has armed them to handle COVID-19’s uncertainties.
Coronavirus: ¿todos los mayores de 60 años necesitan tomar las mismas precauciones?
By Judith Graham
March 24, 2020
KFF Health News Original
¿Son necesarias las precauciones como las que respaldan los CDC para todos los adultos mayores?, ¿Incluso en áreas donde el nuevo coronavirus todavía no parece estar circulando ampliamente?
Gig Economy Workers Hurt By Coronavirus Eye New Federal Funds For Relief
By Michelle Andrews
March 19, 2020
KFF Health News Original
A law signed by Trump on Wednesday will provide financial help for self-employed workers, who generally don’t have paid leave. Some states also have family and medical leave programs that can be helpful.
The COVID-19 Bailout That’s Left Every Hospital Unhappy In Its Own Way
By Rachana Pradhan Lauren Weber
April 16, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Despite intense lobbying for a piece of the $100 billion bailout pot, big New York hospitals and rural systems alike say they aren’t getting a fair share.
Life Beyond COVID Seclusion: Seniors See Challenges And Change Ahead
By Judith Graham
July 7, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Some are grieving the loss of precious time in late life. Others are adjusting their ideas of what is possible and making the best of it.
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
By Brianna Labuskes
May 1, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.
Does Everyone Over 60 Need To Take The Same Coronavirus Precautions?
By Judith Graham
March 24, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Just how careful should older people be? Here’s what geriatricians think is reasonable.
Usa una máscara. Como si fuera tan simple…
By Michael McAuliff Julio Ochoa, WUSF Jackie Fortiér, LAist Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio
October 2, 2020
KFF Health News Original
La forma más simple y fácil de combatir una nueva ola de infecciones es lograr que la mayoría de las personas usen máscaras la mayor parte del tiempo.
Behind The Byline: ‘Reporting From a Distance’
By Anna Almendrala
July 21, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Check out KHN’s video series — Behind The Byline: How the Story Got Made. Come along as journalists and producers offer an insider’s view of health care coverage that does not quit.
Beating the Pavement to Vaccinate the Underrepresented — And Protect Everyone
By Anna Almendrala
April 2, 2021
KFF Health News Original
In poor neighborhoods and desert towns, community activists — some unpaid — are signing up hard-to-reach people for vaccination appointments. Experts say these campaigns are key to building the country’s immunological armor against new outbreaks.
Big Brother Wants To Track Your Location And Health Data. And That’s Not All Bad.
By Julie Appleby Victoria Knight
April 16, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Big data plays a critical role in the success of current public health efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus. Privacy advocates, though, are watching closely.
As Congress Weighs COVID Liability Protections, States Shield Health Providers
By Susan Jaffe
May 15, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Under pressure from organizations representing doctors, nurses, hospitals and other care providers, a handful of states are offering them protections from civil lawsuits over medical treatment.
Testing In California Still A Frustrating Patchwork Of Haves And Have-Nots
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester Angela Hart Rachel Bluth
May 4, 2020
KFF Health News Original
It’s hard to overstate how uneven access to critical coronavirus test kits remains in the nation’s largest state. Even as some Southern California counties are opening drive-thru sites to make testing available to any resident who wants it, a rural northern county is testing raw sewage to determine whether the coronavirus has infiltrated its communities.
More Than 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year — And the Government Barely Kept Track
By Christina Jewett Robert Lewis 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.
Hisopado bucal tomado por el paciente, próximo paso para detectar el coronavirus
By David Tuller
May 1, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Algunos expertos sugieren que este enfoque de auto recolección puede proporcionar una forma más fácil de tener pruebas masivas en los Estados Unidos.
New Single-Payer Bill Intensifies Newsom’s Political Peril
By Angela Hart Rachel Bluth
February 19, 2021
KFF Health News Original
With the introduction of a single-payer bill Friday, a group of California Democratic lawmakers set the terms of the health care debate in the Capitol this year. The move puts Gov. Gavin Newsom in a delicate political position, threatening to alienate voters as he faces a likely recall election.
