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Medi-Cal Agency’s New Head Wants to Tackle Disparities and Racism

By Samantha Young July 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Will Lightbourne, the new director of the California Department of Health Care Services, says government must address the racial disparities laid bare by COVID-19 and improve care for the state’s most vulnerable residents.

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And Then There Were Two: Biden, Sanders Debate With Coronavirus On Everyone’s Mind

By Emmarie Huetteman March 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The candidates talked about their views on how this public health crisis should be managed. Though they disagreed on many points, they shared disapproval of the Trump administration’s response.

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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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Looking For Answers After Coronavirus Contact? Welcome To The Gray Zone

By Laura Ungar March 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The COVID-19 outbreak has spawned confusion among health officials, doctors and the public, especially for people who fall into the gray area for testing and deciding whether they need to quarantine themselves. Where to turn for answers about isolation and quarantine varies by locale. All this means agencies are sometimes delaying needed advice and giving people incorrect information.

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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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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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What Covid Means for the Athlete’s Heart

By Markian Hawryluk April 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As athletes at all levels resume their sports, what risks do their hearts carry if they’ve had covid? Initial data shows the risk may be low but still possibly deadly.

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Democratic Convention, Night 3: Making the Party Lines Clear

August 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president amid strong arguments against Donald Trump.

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Ships, Planes, Trains, Scooters All Need A Virus Wipe. But What Does A ‘Deep Clean’ Mean?

By Victoria Knight and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

There is no universal protocol for a “deep clean” in trying to eradicate the novel coronavirus. Industries are tailoring sanitation efforts in accordance with what makes sense for them.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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Watch: Reviewing Public Health Record Of New Coronavirus Commander Mike Pence

February 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN Midwest editor and correspondent Laura Ungar shares her expertise on Vice President Mike Pence’s public health track record as he leads the nation’s novel coronavirus response. Ungar covered a 2015 Indiana HIV outbreak and its fallout amid Pence’s tenure as governor.

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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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More Than 200M People In The World Have Had The Coronavirus

August 5, 2021 Morning Briefing

It took about a year to reach 100 million cases, but only six months to double that.

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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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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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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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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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