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Analysis: Get Ready For The Vaccine — They’re Never Simple

By Arthur Allen May 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Trials are an immense undertaking involving tens of thousands of participants. They’re likely to start this summer — but don’t expect quick results. And what’s a successful result, anyway?

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.

Pence Praises Trump’s ‘Seamless’ COVID Response, Leaves Out His State Feuds

By Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact and Amy Sherman, PolitiFact and Victoria Knight August 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Early in the pandemic, Trump feuded with governors over whose responsibility it was to secure supplies and states sometimes found themselves competing with each other and the federal government for scarce personal protective equipment and testing materials.

A Recipe for Trouble? Reversal of California Outdoor Dining Ban Has Heads Spinning

By Anna Almendrala February 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Who knows whether banning outdoor dining was a good idea in the first place. But even the experts aren’t sure it was smart to bring it back.

Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays And Uncertainty As Coronavirus Cripples Hospitals

By Will Stone April 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As hospitals across the country are forced to delay or cancel certain medical procedures in response to the surge in patients with COVID-19, those hard choices are disrupting care for some people with serious illnesses.

Shortfall Of Comfort Care Signals Undue Suffering For Coronavirus Patients

By Liz Szabo March 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Families worry that overwhelmed hospitals won’t be able to provide palliative care for loved ones stricken with COVID-19.

100 Million Covid Shots in 100 Days Doesn’t Get Us Back to Normal

By Victoria Knight February 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

President Joe Biden’s promise to reach this milestone is an important step forward in vaccine rollout. But it is only the beginning of the sweeping vaccination effort required.

Why AstraZeneca and J&J’s Vaccines, In Use Elsewhere, Are Still on Hold in America

By Sarah Jane Tribble February 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Covid has pressed the Food and Drug Administration into its fastest vaccine reviews ever — which are still painfully slow, critics say.

Battling A Pandemic Across 4,750 Square Miles And 10 Million People

By Bernard J. Wolfson April 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los Angeles County’s health leader describes the struggle for data and resources in the coronavirus fight.

Hospitals Scramble to Prioritize Which Workers Are First for COVID Shots

By JoNel Aleccia December 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Even as the federal Food and Drug Administration engaged in intense deliberations ahead of Friday’s authorization of the nation’s first COVID vaccine, and days before the initial doses were to be released, hospitals have been grappling with how to distribute the first scarce shots. Their plans vary broadly.

Was The Novel Coronavirus Really Sneaky In Its Spread To The U.S.? Experts Say No.

By Shefali Luthra March 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Public health professionals dismissed the president’s claims that the spread of the coronavirus, in particular, and the threat of a pandemic, in general, snuck up on us as being “simply astonishing” and “simply untrue.”

Coronavirus Has Upended Our World. It’s OK To Grieve.

By Stephanie O'Neill March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

To weather uncertain times, it’s important to acknowledge and grieve losses — even if they seem small in the scheme of the global pandemic, psychologists and grief experts say.

Telemedicine Surges, Fueled By Coronavirus Fears And Shift In Payment Rules

By Phil Galewitz March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Millions of Americans are suddenly seeking care by connecting with a doctor electronically. Helping drive that trend, medical providers can now charge as much as they would for an office visit.

Dispatch From A Country Doctor: Seeing Patients Differently In The Time Of Coronavirus

By Julie Appleby April 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Emergency rule changes by the federal government and some insurers have made telemedicine a useful tool.

A Pandemic Upshot: Seniors Are Having Second Thoughts About Where to Live

By Judith Graham September 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

More than 70,000 residents and staff members at nursing homes and assisted living facilities have died of COVID-19, and others are under strict rules designed to keep the disease from spreading. That has evoked concern that living in a communal facility could be dangerous.

Older Adults Without Family or Friends Lag in Race to Get Vaccines

By Judith Graham February 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Public health officials have singled out seniors as key candidates for the covid-19 vaccines but too many of these seniors are not able to get shots because they don’t use computers, don’t have internet services or transportation, or don’t have someone to help them with the process.

Grandes farmacéuticas y hospitales pelean por los descuentos en medicamentos, y los pacientes pierden millones en beneficios

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Emily Featherston, InvestigateTV November 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Fabricantes de medicamentos se niegan a ofrecer descuentos a miles de farmacias contratadas por los hospitales, diciendo que el programa ha crecido más allá de su uso previsto.

Your Favorite Store or Restaurant Is Open. How Do You Know It’s OK to Go In?

By Julie Appleby August 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

We gathered tips from experts on what to look for — masks are a constant theme — when trying to decide if you will be comfortable visiting various establishments.

As Problems Grow With Abbott’s Fast COVID Test, FDA Standards Are Under Fire

By Rachana Pradhan June 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

After the FDA issues a public warning about the test, one of its senior officials says point-of-care coronavirus tests can miss 20% of cases and still be considered useful. Public health experts are split.

An Ickier Outbreak: Trench Fever Spread by Lice Is Found in Denver

By Markian Hawryluk July 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Three people around Denver have confirmed cases of trench fever, and another person is suspected of having the rare disease, carried by body lice. A scourge during World War I, the illness is the latest problem to emerge as everyone’s attention is diverted to COVID-19.

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