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Centros de salud comunitarios enfrentan al coronavirus, bajo presión financiera

By Will Stone March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Alrededor de 29 millones de personas en el país dependen de estos centros, que ofrecen atención médica a pacientes de bajos ingresos y sin seguro. Millones de latinos utilizan estas clínicas.

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Under Financial Strain, Community Health Centers Ramp Up Coronavirus Response

By Will Stone March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Many of the nation’s safety-net clinics for low-income patients are having to turn their model of care upside down overnight to deal with the realities of the pandemic — a challenge both financially and logistically. Federal funding is on the way.

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Facts Vs. Fears: Five Things To Help Weigh Your Coronavirus Risk

By Liz Szabo February 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the numbers of coronavirus fatalities and infections rise, the threat posed by the outbreak in China can seem frightening. But public health officials say the risk in the United States is low. Experts discuss some important issues that can help U.S. residents understand how the epidemic is unfolding.

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Pandemic-Related Paid Sick Days and Leave to Expire Dec. 31 — With No Extension in Sight

By Steven Findlay December 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Enacted in March, an emergency measure covers about half of full-time workers nationwide, permitting 10 days of paid sick leave for all who fall ill or need to quarantine, and 50 more days of extended leave for parents who need to care for a child at home due to COVID-related school or day care closures.

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Más de 900 trabajadores de salud han muerto por COVID-19 en los Estados Unidos. Y la cifra aumenta

By Danielle Renwick, The Guardian and Shoshana Dubnow August 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Con más casos de COVID, y la grave escasez de equipos de protección, trabajadores de salud se enfrentan de nuevo a peligros mortales, en especial en los estados del sur y el oeste.

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Pence Leaves Out Key Details About Health Coverage Of Coronavirus Testing

By Julie Appleby March 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The vice president’s remarks are more proof that health care is complicated.

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Dr. J. Ronald Verrier Was Busy Saving Lives Before The Pandemic

By Sarah Varney April 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Dr. J. Ronald Verrier, a surgeon at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, spent the final weeks of his audacious, unfinished life tending to a torrent of patients inflicted with COVID-19. He died April 8 at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside, New York, at age 59, after falling ill from the novel coronavirus.

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Escasez de cuidados paliativos provoca dolor extra a pacientes con coronavirus

By Liz Szabo March 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A algunos expertos les preocupa que la escasez de estos profesionales pueda dejar a muchos pacientes de COVID-19 en estado grave en una situación de angustia.

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As Coronavirus Cases Grow, So Does Scrutiny Of Nursing Home Infection Plans

By Jordan Rau March 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Seema Verma, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, calls on state and federal health inspectors to focus on how facilities keep infections from spreading, especially in areas that have reported coronavirus cases.

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How to Pull Off a COVID-Era Music Festival

By Chaseedaw Giles December 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

One woman’s attempt to create a festival celebrating diverse music ran up against the reality of the pandemic this year. But it also yielded lessons in how to reimagine events in the COVID era.

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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.

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High-Poverty Neighborhoods Bear the Brunt of COVID’s Scourge

By Phillip Reese December 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID infection rates in California are consistently higher in low-income neighborhoods than more affluent areas, according to an analysis by ZIP code. Our findings underscore the heightened risks borne by millions of low-wage workers whose jobs are deemed essential.

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Pandemic Forced Insurers To Pay For In-Home Treatments. Will They Disappear?

By Julie Appleby June 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

With stay-at-home orders in place, hospitals experimented with delivering many treatments to patients where they lived. They were a success. As society reopens, the return of old payment practices may prevent the adoption of this new, efficient model of care.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes May 15, 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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¿Viajas para el Día de Acción de Gracias? Deberás atravesar la barrera de COVID

By Anna Almendrala October 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

En todo el mundo, los feriados nacionales han impulsado la propagación de COVID-19 de manera explosiva. Expertos comparten consejos y sus propias experiencias.

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Massachusetts recluta a 1,000 rastreadores de contactos en su batalla contra COVID-19

By Martha Bebinger April 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

El ambicioso plan es no solo retrasar, sino frenar, el poder destructivo de COVID-19 a través de la tediosa pero poderosa herramienta de salud pública llamada rastreo de contactos.

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Universal Covid Shot Underway, But It May ‘Take Years,’ Says Fauci

January 28, 2022 Morning Briefing

Media outlets cover developments in covid vaccines, including research into a “pan-coronavirus” shot that can tackle multiple variants of the virus. Moderna, meanwhile, warns that omicron will be a persistent problem this year and that its targeted vaccine won’t be ready before summer.

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Evidence Shows Obama Team Left A Pandemic ‘Game Plan’ For Trump Administration

By Victoria Knight May 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

There’s an actual paper trail.

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When It Comes To The New Coronavirus, Just Who Is A ‘Close Contact’?

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester February 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Health officials stress that the new coronavirus devastating mainland China continues to pose minimal risk in the United States. The exception involves people who have had “close contact” with someone infected with the virus. So what exactly is close contact?

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‘Staying Away From Grandma’ Isn’t An Option In Multigenerational Homes

By Cara Anthony April 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

About 1 in 5 U.S. residents live in multigenerational households. Many of those have three or more generations all under one roof. While the living arrangement has financial and emotional benefits, those families face a unique set of challenges as COVID-19 continues to spread.

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