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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.

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.

Racial Status And The Pandemic: A Combustible Mixture

By Anna Almendrala May 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The novel coronavirus is affecting black Americans disproportionately, which some community leaders and public health experts say is not surprising. So why didn’t anyone sound an alarm?

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.

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.

NYC Nurse Says He’s Not Scared: ‘I Am Only Doing My Job’ For COVID-19 Patients

By Paula Andalo April 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Francisco Díaz ordinarily works educating seniors about their diabetes, but he has moved to the emergency room, on the front line in the battle against coronavirus. He said his Latino background helps him communicate with the many Spanish-speaking patients and understand their culture.

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.

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Whom Do We Trust For COVID Info?

April 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The messaging from the White House coronavirus press briefings is becoming more confusing as President Donald Trump and his science advisers appear to not see eye to eye. Meanwhile, Congress is ready to approve more money to address both the health and economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. And the virus is taking an almost unimaginable toll on the nation’s nursing homes and putting strain on patients and health care providers with non-COVID ailments. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Jennifer Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more.

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.

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.

California Shies Away From Calls To Eliminate Restrictions On Nurse Practitioners

By Rachel Bluth April 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Many states are dramatically loosening regulations on nurse practitioners as the coronavirus pandemic increases demand for health care workers. But not California.

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.

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.

Aprendiendo a vivir de nuevo: cómo se recuperan pacientes graves de covid

By Bernard J. Wolfson Photos by Heidi de Marco February 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

En Rancho Los Amigos, en Los Angeles, latinos de bajos ingresos reciben terapia y tratamientos después de que covid los pusiera al borde de la muerte.

Ex-West Virginia Health Chief Says Cuts Hurt Virus Response

By Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Anthony Izaguirre, The Associated Press July 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The former West Virginia public health leader forced out by the governor says decades-old computer systems and cuts to staff over a period of years had made a challenging job even harder during a once-in-a-century pandemic.

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.

Med Students ‘Feel Very Behind’ Because of COVID-Induced Disruptions in Training

By Julie Rovner August 31, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic has led medical schools to cancel many of the rotations in hospitals and clinics that students perform to see a broad mix of patients with a diverse mix of problems.

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.”

Listen: Which Is The Greater Threat — The Coronavirus Or The Flu?

February 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News reporter Liz Szabo talked to Connecticut Public Radio about the risks of the novel coronavirus compared with influenza.

Bringing ‘Poogie’ Home: Hospice In The Time Of COVID-19

By Melissa Bailey May 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

One family took up the challenge of taking their mother, who had serious medical problems and the coronavirus, from the hospital to die at home. But because of the risk of infection, home hospice can be a daunting experience.

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