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Tirarle gas lacrimógeno a manifestantes en medio de la pandemia es un “desastre”

By Will Stone June 5, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Su uso generalizado, mientras que una enfermedad infecciosa, para la cual no hay vacuna, continúa propagándose en los Estados Unidos, ha sorprendido a expertos y médicos.

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.

Coronavirus Threatens The Lives Of Rural Hospitals Already Stretched To Breaking Point

By Lauren Weber March 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Almost half of the nation’s rural hospitals operate in the red on a good day. But amid the coronavirus pandemic, rural hospital CEOs warn that soon some may be unable to pay their workers. And their doors may close when the community most needs them.

Tourists, Beware: Foreign Visitors’ Travel Health Insurance Might Exclude Pandemics

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez May 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Many travel insurance plans offer health care coverage, but they could limit how much the insurer will pay or exclude coverage for health crises like the coronavirus pandemic. That may leave foreign travelers — unfamiliar with the way the American health system works ― on the hook for major expenses.

Sanders: In Coronavirus Relief Effort, Congress Fell Short On Paid Sick Leave

By Shefali Luthra April 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Capitol Hill’s guarantee does not pertain to many “essential” workers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority

By Rachel Bluth and Phil Galewitz December 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Everyone — from toilet paper manufacturers to patient advocates — is lobbying state advisory boards, arguing their members are essential, vulnerable or both — and, thus, most deserving of an early vaccine.

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.

Coronavirus Tests Public Health Infrastructure In The Heartland

By Lauren Weber February 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

While Missouri has yet to have a confirmed case of coronavirus, the threat of the disease is siphoning resources from an already stretched-thin public health system.

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.

Black Americans Are Getting Vaccinated at Lower Rates Than White Americans

By Hannah Recht and Lauren Weber January 17, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Black Americans are receiving covid vaccines at a much lower rate than their white peers due to a combination of mistrust and access issues, leaving them behind in the mission to vaccinate the nation’s population.

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.

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.

The COVID-19 Downturn Triggers Jump in Medicaid Enrollment

By Phil Galewitz July 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

For the first time since 2017, Medicaid enrollment has begun increasing again, but not by as much as many analysts expected.

Ski Resorts Work to Stay Open as COVID Cases Snowball

By Christie Aschwanden December 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Colorado’s Telluride is a case study in the challenges ski resorts across the U.S. face in staying open as COVID-19 surges.

Bingeing on Doom: Expert on the ‘Black Death’ Attracts Cult Following

By JoNel Aleccia July 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A 2016 series on the 14th-century plague became must-see TV during spring’s COVID-19 outbreak — and flooded Purdue medievalist Dorsey Armstrong with questions about parallels between that pandemic and the current crisis.

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