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Gig Economy Workers Hurt By Coronavirus Eye New Federal Funds For Relief

By Michelle Andrews March 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A law signed by Trump on Wednesday will provide financial help for self-employed workers, who generally don’t have paid leave. Some states also have family and medical leave programs that can be helpful.

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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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Must-Reads Of The Week

By Damon Darlin May 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN executive editor Damon Darlin wades through mounds of health care policy stories — so you don’t have to.

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On The Eve Of Retirement, VA Nurse Succumbs To COVID-19

By Melissa Bailey April 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Nurse Divina “Debbie” Accad had cared for veterans for over 25 years and was set to retire in April. But after contracting the novel coronavirus, she spent her final 11 days on a ventilator — and didn’t survive past March.

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Hate Unmasked In America

By Anna Almendrala May 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As a journalist, she wrote during the winter about the hostility shown toward Asian Americans for wearing masks. In May, she got cursed at for not wearing a mask herself.

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As COVID Testing Soars, Wait Times For Results Jump To A Week — Or More

By Phil Galewitz July 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The delays can be excruciating, with some extreme cases running more than 20 days. People getting tested at urgent care centers, community health centers, pharmacies and state-run drive-thru or walk-up sites are often waiting a week or more to find out if they tested positive for the 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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‘We Miss Them All So Much’: Grandparents Ache As The COVID Exile Grinds On

By JoNel Aleccia May 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic has forced millions of families to weigh the risks of vulnerable grandparents getting too close to their beloved grandchildren — against the heartache of staying away.

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Los casos de sífilis en California impulsan un año récord de ETS en todo el país

By April Dembosky April 13, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Entre 2015 y 2019 los casos aumentaron un 74%. Hubo casi 130,000 en todo el país en 2019, según datos publicados por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades.

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Chasing The Elusive Dream Of A COVID Cure

By Liz Szabo May 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Thousands of researchers worldwide are looking for a treatment that will go beyond what remdesivir can do for COVID patients.

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Worst Of Delta Seems To Be Waning, But Many Places Still In The Thick Of It

October 8, 2021 Morning Briefing

The seven-day case average has declined 12% over the past two weeks, Fox News reports. But in Utah, more residents have now died of coronavirus than the total number of those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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California Hits Up Libraries and Tax Offices To Recruit 20,000 New Disease Detectives

By April Dembosky, KQED June 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As California begins one of the largest contact-tracing training programs in the country, many of the new recruits will be librarians: who are known to be curious, tech-savvy and really good at getting people they barely know to open up.

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Listen: Front-Line Health Care Workers Face Shortage Of Protective Gear

March 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As California ramps up capacity at hospitals in response to the coronavirus pandemic, health care workers face an inadequate supply of masks.

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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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Elevadores en tiempos de COVID-19, un desafío de la vuelta al trabajo

By Lauren Weber June 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

La mayoría de los ascensores son espacios estrechos y cerrados donde apenas caben dos personas si se quiere mantener una distancia de 6 pies para prevenir la propagación del coronavirus.

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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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Democratic Super PAC Uses Familiar Political Play To Hit Trump On Medicare

By Victoria Knight June 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

This is a tactic that we’ve seen before.

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Reopening Dental Offices For Routine Care Amid Pandemic Touches A Nerve

By Phil Galewitz May 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Most states ordered dental offices to close except for emergency patient care when the coronavirus hit the U.S. But the shutdown drilled deep into dentists’ finances, and they have been eager to reopen as states have relaxed their closures.

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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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Take A Deep Breath: Making Risk-Based Decisions In The Coronavirus Era

By Julie Appleby March 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

There’s an array of recommendations about how to adjust our lives to reduce the spread of the novel virus. All are motivated by the same guiding principle: The better the public does in these efforts, the better off everyone will be.

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