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Burnout Threatens Primary Care Workforce and Doctors’ Mental Health

By Lauren Sausser June 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Burnout is a widespread problem in the health care industry. Although the pandemic made things worse, burnout among doctors is a long-standing concern that health systems have become more focused on as they try to stop doctors from quitting or retiring early.

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The Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments

By Brett Kelman and Anna Werner, CBS News April 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

TMJ disorders affect as many as 1 in 10 Americans and yet remain poorly understood and ineffectively treated. Many common treatments used by dentists lack scientific evidence.

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End of Covid Emergency Will Usher in Changes Across the US Health System

By Rachana Pradhan March 22, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The May 11 expiration of the federal government’s pandemic emergency declaration will affect patient care across a broad range of settings, including telemedicine, hospitals, and nursing homes.

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Tee Hundley, an adult female, sits in a chair in her nail salon. She has short, curly hair, wears large hoop earrings, a white blouse with a floral pattern, and jeans. The wall beside her holds nail products, and behind her is a sign that says, "Suite Tee".

Unraveling the Interplay of Omicron, Reinfections, and Long Covid

By Liz Szabo August 26, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The omicron variant has proved adept at finding hosts, often by reinfecting people who recovered from earlier bouts of covid. But whether omicron triggers long covid as often and severe as previous variants is a matter of heated study.

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Better Ventilation Can Prevent Covid Spread. But Are Companies Paying Attention?

By Liz Szabo April 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The research is clear that improving indoor air quality is an essential tool in stemming the spread of covid and a host of other diseases. But companies have to be willing to invest.

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An illustration shows a figure facing to the side with coronavirus particles flying through the air in shades of pink and orange.

Cómo una mejor ventilación puede ayudar a que tu hogar sea “a prueba de covid”

By Liz Szabo May 18, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Para las personas que no viven en casas grandes con varias habitaciones y baños, un familiar con covid genera riesgos extra. Mejorar la ventilación puede cambiar los resultados.

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After a Brief Pandemic Reprieve, Rural Workers Return to Life Without Paid Leave

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez January 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Coastal and politically progressive states have passed stronger paid sick and family leave policies, but many workers in rural America are left out, facing tough decisions when choosing between caring for themselves or sick family members or keeping their jobs.

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A digital illustration in watercolor and pencil shows a Jamaican fruit bat flying in the center of the image. It holds a fig in its mouth, and is moving between two clusters of dying leaves, representing the habitat and food loss the bats are experiencing. In the background, highlighting the bat, is a large interpretation of the covid-19 virus, which also looks like the moon.

A Secret Weapon in Preventing the Next Pandemic: Fruit Bats

By Jim Robbins February 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

New research links habitat destruction with the spillover of viruses from animals to humans.

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An illustration shows a dark green diagram of air flow highlighted with lines radiating out from it. A pale green classroom is shown faded in the background.

Covid Funding Pries Open a Door to Improving Air Quality in Schools

By Liz Szabo June 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Researchers say the billions in pandemic funding available for ventilation upgrades in U.S. schools provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to combat covid-19, as well as making air more breathable for students living with allergies, asthma, and chronic wildfire smoke.

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Boost Now or Wait? Many Wonder How Best to Ride Out Covid’s Next Wave

By Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen July 18, 2022 KFF Health News Original

As the country faces a rise in new infections driven by the omicron BA.5 subvariant of the coronavirus, about 70% of people 50 and older who got a first covid-19 booster shot haven’t received the recommended second one, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many undervaccinated Americans have lost interest, and others aren’t sure whether to get boosted again now or wait for vaccines reformulated to target newer strains of the virus.

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La enfermedad cardiovascular podría matar a más adultos mayores hispanos

By Judith Graham May 30, 2023 KFF Health News Original

El dramático envejecimiento de la población de Estados Unidos y el número creciente de personas con afecciones como hipertensión, diabetes y obesidad —que aumentan el riesgo cardíaco— se espera que contribuyan a este escenario alarmante.

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Políticas de salud fueron tema prominente en el discurso del Estado de la Unión de Biden

By KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs February 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A diferencia de sus discursos anteriores, éste fue a Cámara llena, y sin limitaciones por covid-19. Y los legisladores en la audiencia, tanto partidarios como opositores, parecían estar de un humor estridente.

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A 3D rendering shows three models of the coronavirus tinted pink, yellow and orange on a white background.

A Guide to Help You Keep Up With the Omicron Subvariants

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact May 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

How different are the seemingly endless stream of emerging omicron subvariants from one another and how protected are we?

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Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many 

By Jordan Rau and JoNel Aleccia November 22, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The private insurance market has proved wildly inadequate in providing financial security for millions of older Americans, in part by underestimating how many policyholders would use their coverage.

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A photo shows a nursing assistant brushing a patient's teeth in a hospital.

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Is Killing Patients. Yet There Is a Simple Way to Stop It.

By Brett Kelman July 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Hospital-acquired pneumonia not tied to ventilators is one of the most common infections that strike within health care facilities. But few hospitals take steps to prevent it, which can be as simple as dutifully brushing patients’ teeth.

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An illustration shows two diagrams of green dots connected by lines, suggesting connected data networks. Floating between those networks are 3D models of viruses.

Congress Told HHS to Set Up a Health Data Network in 2006. The Agency Still Hasn’t.

By Sam Whitehead February 9, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Since 2006, federal officials have been charged with setting up a network to let various parts of the U.S. health system share information during emergencies. It still hasn’t been built or even planned, even after the communication and data-sharing failures put on display during the pandemic.

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Omicron and Other Coronavirus Variants: What You Need to Know

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact November 30, 2021 KFF Health News Original

This new variant has set off alarm bells in the public health community, but much remains to be learned about it.

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A box of 'Paxlovid' is in the center of the image. The box is white with blue text, with a thick a blue and red stripe on its left.

What Older Americans Need to Know About Taking Paxlovid

By Judith Graham January 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Covid-19 continues to hit seniors with disproportionate severity. Experts say Paxlovid is an effective therapy that is being underprescribed for people 65 and older.

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Tech Titans Want the Richest Californians to Pay for Pandemic Preparedness

By Angela Hart April 26, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A measure likely to be on California’s November ballot would tax the state’s wealthiest residents to rebuild crumbling public health infrastructure and try to head off another pandemic. But are inflation-weary Californians willing to vote for new taxes?

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Mental Health Care by Video Fills Gaps in Rural Nursing Homes

By Tony Leys March 21, 2023 KFF Health News Original

In-person mental health care is hard to arrange in rural nursing homes, so video chats with faraway professionals are filling the gap.

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