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California Lawmakers to Newsom: Give All Immigrants Health Coverage

By Angela Hart December 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Given the pandemic’s disproportionate hit on minority communities, two Democratic lawmakers are pushing Newsom to agree to offer health care to all unauthorized immigrants. They planned to unveil legislation Monday — and a new strategy to make it happen.

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.

What Covid Means for the Athlete’s Heart

By Markian Hawryluk April 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As athletes at all levels resume their sports, what risks do their hearts carry if they’ve had covid? Initial data shows the risk may be low but still possibly deadly.

How Intrepid Lab Sleuths Ramped Up Tests As Coronavirus Closed In

By JoNel Aleccia March 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Drs. Keith Jerome and Alex Greninger fast-tracked a test for the deadly new coronavirus weeks before it began spreading in the U.S. Their work has been key to detecting community transmission and ramping up the nation’s testing capacity.

‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US

By Laura Ungar January 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As President Biden calls for more support to help schools hold in-person classes, public health experts say schools can be relatively safe if they take well-known steps to prevent covid. But a KHN investigation shows many districts and states have ignored health advice or written their own questionable safety rules for schools.

A Plant-Based Covid Vaccine Shows Promise

December 8, 2021 Morning Briefing

Medicago and GlaxoSmithKline reported positive results for a clinical trial of what they said is the first plant-based coronavirus vaccine. Other vaccine news is more discouraging: only 60% of Americans are vaccinated and those who won’t get a shot are unlikely to let their children get a shot either.

Hospitales infantiles enfrentan los casos de niños con covid “de largo plazo”

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Aunque las estadísticas indican que la mayoría de los niños se han librado de los peores efectos de covid, se sabe poco sobre los que desarrollan una enfermedad grave.

‘His Lies Are Killing My Neighbors’: Swing-State Doctors Target Trump

By Danielle Renwick, The Guardian November 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Furious over Republicans’ handling of the pandemic, Wisconsin health care workers are speaking out against the president — and running for office.

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.

Trump Wrongly Said Health Insurers Will Pay For All Coronavirus Treatment

By Shefali Luthra and Amy Sherman, PolitiFact March 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

There are important distinctions between how insurance companies will cover the test and the treatment. This makes the president’s statement an exaggeration, at best.

Biden Says OSHA Isn’t Doing Enough To Protect Workers’ From COVID-19

By Victoria Knight April 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Labor unions have called for the agency to issue an emergency standard that would define what steps employers must take to protect their workers from the coronavirus. It has not done that, although it offered guidance that it said does not create a “new legal obligation” for employers.

In Reversal, Kansas Will Count All Positive COVID Cases, Even Asymptomatic Ones

By Alex Smith, KCUR May 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Following a KCUR report, Kansas officials said the state’s public reporting of pandemic trends will count all tests that come back positive for the new coronavirus, even when the patient has no symptoms.

On Front Lines, First Responders Brace For Coronavirus ― And Their Own Protection

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Emergency medical technicians, ambulance crews and some firefighters are facing new threats from the coronavirus, which could put their normal contingency plans to the test.

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: SCOTUS Decides An ACA Case. No, Not THAT Case.

April 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Supreme Court this week, in an 8-1 decision, ruled that insurers are due the roughly $12 billion that Congress several years ago tried to cut off in payments under the Affordable Care Act’s “risk corridors” provision. And while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage in many places around the country, states are starting to reopen their economies at the urging of President Donald Trump and over objections of public health officials. Caitlin Owens of Axios and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHN’s Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” installment about COVID testing that should have been free but was not.

Coronavirus Is Keeping Me Home From Work. Will I Get Paid?

By Michelle Andrews March 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

If you are sick from the coronavirus outbreak or sent home, your financial protections may vary depending on what state you live in.

How to Pull Off a COVID-Era Music Festival

By Chaseedaw Giles December 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

One woman’s attempt to create a festival celebrating diverse music ran up against the reality of the pandemic this year. But it also yielded lessons in how to reimagine events in the COVID era.

After COVID-19: Doctors Ponder Best Advice As Patients Recover From Coronavirus

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Doctors are making decisions about a patient’s recovery with an incomplete understanding of the disease caused by the coronavirus. Although federal officials have issued general guidelines, physicians said they can’t offer recovered patients who aren’t retested any guarantees about whether they could transmit the virus.

High-Poverty Neighborhoods Bear the Brunt of COVID’s Scourge

By Phillip Reese December 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID infection rates in California are consistently higher in low-income neighborhoods than more affluent areas, according to an analysis by ZIP code. Our findings underscore the heightened risks borne by millions of low-wage workers whose jobs are deemed essential.

Montana’s Tribal Nations Preserve COVID Restrictions To Preserve Their Cultures

By Kathleen McLaughlin June 5, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Some of Montana’s Native American nations are holding firm on coronavirus protections even as the rest of Montana reopens. They’ve got more at stake, they say, in protecting their elders who preserve their endangered culture.

Namaste Noir: Yoga Co-Op Seeks to Diversify Yoga to Heal Racialized Trauma

By Chandra Thomas Whitfield July 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In dealing with her son’s violent murder, fear over the coronavirus pandemic and the stress of coping with systemic racism, Beverly Grant has found strength and peace through yoga. The Denver native is part of a yoga co-op seeking to bring the ancient practice to more diverse communities as a health care tool.

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