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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: What Would Dr. Fauci Do?

November 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Anthony Fauci is one of the nation’s most trusted voices during public health emergencies. As the head of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, Fauci has helped guide the nation through the HIV/AIDS epidemic and more recent outbreaks of Ebola and Zika. In this special episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” podcast, Fauci sits down with KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal to talk about how to navigate the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic and what the incoming Biden administration should do first.

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Lawmaker Pushing Mental Health Reform: It’s ‘More Needed Than Ever’

By Samantha Young April 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked lawmakers to pare down their legislative wish lists and focus on the state’s coronavirus response. But state Sen. Jim Beall plans to forge ahead with his mental health care proposals, including a measure to create a state mental health parity requirement.

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Donald Trump’s Wrong Claim That ‘Anybody’ Can Get Tested For Coronavirus

By Miriam Valverde, PolitiFact March 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The process is not as simple as calling your doctor or pharmacy, saying you want to be tested for COVID-19 and getting it done. Clinicians decide whether patients meet the criteria to warrant it. Circumstances are further complicated because tests are in short supply.

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Despite Pandemic, Trauma Centers See No End To ‘The Visible Virus Of Violence’

By Giles Bruce May 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A steady stream of gunshot victims continues to flow into a trauma center on Chicago’s South Side and many other metropolitan trauma centers. This puts a strain on hospitals already busy fighting COVID-19.

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Could Labs That Test Livestock Ease COVID Testing Backlog for People? Well … Maybe.

By Julie Appleby August 5, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Experts say aid from certain veterinary labs could relieve some of the pressure on commercial and hospital-based labs to lessen the current delays in COVID-19 testing and results, but it is unlikely to be a game changer.

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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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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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Growing Concerns Of Coronavirus Should Spur Plans – Not Panic – In The Workplace

By Julie Appleby February 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Even in the event of an outbreak, employers have to follow certain rules in their efforts to protect employees from this virus.

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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.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes April 10, 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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COVID-19 Crisis Threatens Beleaguered Assisted Living Industry

By Laura Ungar and Jay Hancock April 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Capital Senior Living chain of assisted living communities and others like it were struggling financially before coronavirus suddenly appeared. Now their situation is really getting tough.

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I Found My Secret to Feeling Younger and Stronger. The Pandemic Stole It Away.

By Bruce Horovitz December 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

What’s a 67-year-old to do when COVID-19 shuts down the volunteering gigs that were his personal fountain of youth?

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California Lawmakers Block Health Care Cuts

By Samantha Young June 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

State legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom have hammered out an agreement on a budget that rejects Newsom’s proposed cuts to health care services for older and low-income people.

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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.

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Alerta al consumidor: pruebas de anticuerpos para COVID-19 todavía se están desarrollando

By JoNel Aleccia April 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Funcionarios de la Organización Mundial de la Salud se manifestaron en contra de los planes de algunos países de tener “pasaportes de inmunidad”, que habilitarían a salir y trabajar.

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Addiction Is ‘A Disease Of Isolation’ — So Pandemic Puts Recovery At Risk

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR March 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

People in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction have to weather a new storm of depression, anxiety and isolation during the pandemic, just as the social supports of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs move online. 

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Trump Touted Abbott’s Quick COVID-19 Test. HHS Document Shows Only 5,500 Are On Way For Entire U.S.

By Rachana Pradhan April 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

States urgently need millions of tests, and the game changer they’ve been waiting on falls well short of what is needed, according to government documents obtained by KHN.

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Worst Covid Cases Concentrated In Six States

December 8, 2021 Morning Briefing

Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois account for the majority of the country’s increase in covid hospitalizations. And an Illinois lawmaker wants unvaccinated hospital patients in Illinois to pay their own coronavirus medical bills out of pocket.

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Listen: Tough Talk On Capitol Hill

By Julie Rovner May 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Julie Rovner joined other journalists on Friday’s ‘On Point’ broadcast to talk about health news, including states relaxing their stay-at-home orders and Capitol Hill hearings featuring testimony before Congress by Drs. Anthony Fauci and Rick Bright.

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Cómo Florida drenó su sistema de salud pública y le abrió la puerta a COVID

By Laura Ungar and Jason Dearen, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht August 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A medida que la nación empezó a drenar su sistema de salud pública, personal y fondos cayeron más rápidamente en este estado, dejándolo desprotegido para la peor crisis de salud en un siglo.

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