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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.

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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.

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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.

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Trump’s Take On COVID Testing Misses Public Health Realities

By Shefali Luthra June 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Experts used terms like “misleading” and “counterproductive” to describe the president’s words.

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In Hard-Hit Areas, COVID’s Ripple Effects Strain Mental Health Care Systems

By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock June 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In areas hit hard by the coronavirus, such as Detroit, behavioral health care workers have been overburdened and forced to scale back services at the same time people battling mental health disorders became more stressed and anxious.

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Physicians Fear For Their Families As They Battle Coronavirus With Too Little Armor

By Laura Ungar March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Doctors sent an impassioned, desperate letter to Congress describing the lack of protective equipment across the country — from masks to respirators to gowns to goggles. They’re using equipment from construction sites and home-repair stores or wearing the same mask from patient to patient. And they worry about what exposure without sufficient protection means for them and their families.

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On The Eve Of Retirement, VA Nurse Succumbs To COVID-19

By Melissa Bailey April 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Nurse Divina “Debbie” Accad had cared for veterans for over 25 years and was set to retire in April. But after contracting the novel coronavirus, she spent her final 11 days on a ventilator — and didn’t survive past March.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes May 8, 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.

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COVID Vaccines Appear Safe and Effective, but Key Questions Remain

By Bernard J. Wolfson December 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The federal government expects vaccinations to be available to everyone who wants them by summer — though glitches are inevitable. If enough of us get vaccinated, we could wave goodbye to the pandemic in 2021.

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California Prisons Are COVID Hotbeds Despite Billions Spent On Inmate Health

By Dan Morain June 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

At $3.6 billion a year, California spends more on prison health care than other states spend to run their entire prison systems. But despite the spending, and federal court oversight, prisons across California are struggling to contain deadly outbreaks of COVID-19.

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Latest New Coronavirus Leap: From Dogs

May 21, 2021 Morning Briefing

Scientists warn of a pattern of regular and frequent coronavirus emergence. They’ve discovered a coronavirus supposedly transmitted from a dog.

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Surging Health Care Worker Quarantines Raise Concerns As Coronavirus Spreads

By Jenny Gold March 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The number of U.S. health care workers who have been ordered to self-quarantine because of potential exposure to the new coronavirus is rising at an exponential pace. Many experts say something has to change.

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Listen: How Hospitals Are Preparing For Surge In COVID-19 Patients

March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

With coronavirus cases growing at a faster rate than anticipated, hospitals are scrambling to boost medical supplies and beds.

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Airlines Want Flyers To Feel Safe, But Grab Bag Of COVID Policies Adds Turbulence

By Victoria Knight June 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Building consumer confidence in air travel is a major challenge for airlines. Some experts think they aren’t doing enough to make their case.

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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.

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Trust, Fear and Solidarity Will Determine the Success of a COVID Vaccine

By Arthur Allen August 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Polio terrified Americans, and in 1955, when Jonas Salk’s vaccine became available, they snapped it up like candy. Sixty-five years later, COVID is the latest dread virus, but many undercurrents could inhibit its acceptance.

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El color de COVID: ¿los ensayos de vacunas reflejan la diversidad de Estados Unidos?

By JoNel Aleccia July 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Las personas de raza negra y las latinas (que pueden ser de cualquier raza) tienen tres veces más probabilidades de infectarse con el coronavirus que causa COVID-19 que las personas blancas no hispanas

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KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Who Will Pay For COVID-19 Care?

April 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The spread of COVID-19 is prompting changes in pricing, coverage and other health care issues that have been subjects of political debate for years. But the politics remain polarized. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, for extra credit, the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week that they think you should read, too.

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Must-Reads Of The Week

By Jordan Rau June 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN senior correspondent Jordan Rau spins through this week’s essential health care news.

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Must-Reads Of The Week

By Jordan Rau June 5, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN senior correspondent Jordan Rau takes a spin through this week’s essential health care news.

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