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In Texas, More People Are Losing Their Health Insurance as COVID Cases Climb

By Ashley Lopez, KUT July 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

During the pandemic, nearly 700,000 additional Texans have lost health insurance. The Lone Star State already had more uninsured people than any other. It has given people with COVID symptoms pause before seeking medical care.

Fauci dice que una vacuna contra COVID podría estar lista antes de lo esperado

By Liz Szabo September 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

El experto en enfermedades infecciosas de más alto rango en el país dice que esto podría ocurrir si los ensayos clínicos en curso producen resultados abrumadoramente positivos.

Para frenar al coronavirus, distanciamiento y conciencia social

By Julie Appleby March 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Cuáles son las diferencias entre auto-control, auto-cuarentena, aislamiento y distanciamiento social. Todas medidas de salud pública en vigencia en distintas partes del país.

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.

In An Exchange About Coronavirus, Homeland Security Chief Gets Flu Mortality Rate Wrong

By Victoria Knight March 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Homeland Security secretary missed the mark with his estimate of the flu’s annual U.S. mortality rate.

How To Avoid Coronavirus? Lessons From People Whose Lives Depend On It

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester March 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the new coronavirus continues its spread through the U.S., the general public can look for guidance from millions of Americans with weakened immune systems who long ago adopted the rules of infection control that officials tout to avoid contagion.

Must-Reads of the Week From Lauren Olsen

By Lauren Zamarron July 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Lauren Olsen wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

In Search of a Baby, I Got Covid Instead

By Anna Almendrala January 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As the pandemic raged, I made dozens of visits to a fertility clinic. Did I catch covid on one of those visits? I’ll never know, but the guilt is still there.

CDC Coronavirus Testing Decision Likely To Haunt Nation For Months To Come

By Rachana Pradhan March 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave huge cities roughly the same number of test kits as some rural spots, which crippled efforts by health officials to contain the virus.

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.

Biden’s Big Health Agenda Won’t Be Easy to Achieve

By Julie Rovner October 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Much like President Barack Obama, a President Biden could find his health policies initially sidelined by economic issues — in his case, caused by the pandemic.

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.

As the Terror of COVID Struck, Health Care Workers Struggled to Survive. Thousands Lost the Fight.

By Christina Jewett and Robert Lewis December 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

At least 2,900 health workers have died since the pandemic began. Many were minorities with the highest levels of patient contact.

Not So Fast Using CPAPs In Place Of Ventilators. They Could Spread The Coronavirus.

By Markian Hawryluk March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

U.S. pandemic planning envisioned the possibility of using CPAP machines for milder cases of COVID-19 when ventilators are in short supply. But evidence suggests that the machines, commonly used by people with sleep apnea, can aerosolize and possibly spread the virus. That leaves hospitals with few good alternatives if the demand for ventilators exceeds the supply.

As Congress Weighs COVID Liability Protections, States Shield Health Providers

By Susan Jaffe May 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Under pressure from organizations representing doctors, nurses, hospitals and other care providers, a handful of states are offering them protections from civil lawsuits over medical treatment.

COVID Pandemic Jeopardizes Vote On Oklahoma Medicaid Expansion

By Phil Galewitz June 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

On June 30, Oklahomans can vote on expanding the Medicaid program there. But supporters worry that fear of the coronavirus could diminish turnout or voters could be confused by Gov. Kevin Stitt’s recent change of heart: He now supports Medicaid expansion but not the ballot initiative.

Hollowed-Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus

By Lauren Weber and Laura Ungar and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht and Anna Maria Barry-Jester July 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources necessary to confront the worst health crisis in a century. An investigation by The Associated Press and KHN has found that since 2010, spending for state public health departments has dropped by 16% per capita and for local health departments by 18%. At least 38,000 public health jobs have disappeared, leaving a skeletal workforce for what was once viewed as one of the world’s top public health systems. That has left the nation unprepared to deal with a virus that has sickened at least 2.6 million people and killed more than 126,000.

Feds Look to Pharmacists to Boost Childhood Immunization Rates

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez December 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Fears over COVID-19 have contributed to a slump in inoculations among children. Now the federal government is looking to pharmacists for help, but many of them do not participate in a program that offers free shots to half the kids in the U.S.

Kids Already Coping With Mental Disorders Spiral as Pandemic Topples Vital Support Systems

By Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media and Cory Turner, NPR and Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR January 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Many children with serious emotional or behavioral difficulties depend on schools for access to vital therapies. When schools and doctors’ offices stopped providing in-person services last spring, kids became untethered.

No reemplazar ventiladores por máquinas CPAP, podrían propagar el coronavirus

By Markian Hawryluk March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Se ha sabido por años que cuando se usan con una máscara facial, estos dispositivos pueden aumentar la propagación de enfermedades infecciosas al propagar el virus por el aire.

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