Cómo Florida drenó su sistema de salud pública y le abrió la puerta a COVID
By Laura Ungar Jason Dearen, The Associated Press 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.
Más inspecciones en hogares de adultos mayores a medida que crece el coronavirus
By Jordan Rau
March 4, 2020
KFF Health News Original
En los últimos tres años, 9.372 hogares, es decir el 61%, han sido citados por problemas con la higiene u otras normas de prevención y control de infecciones.
Widely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers At Serious Risk
By Shefali Luthra Christina Jewett
April 28, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Because high-end N95 masks are scarce, medical centers are using surgical masks that have been linked to considerably higher infection rates.
Coronavirus Stress Test: Many 5-Star Nursing Homes Have Infection-Control Lapses
By Jordan Rau
March 4, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Since the beginning of 2017, inspectors have cited more nursing homes for failing to ensure that all workers follow federal prevention and control protocols than for any other type of violation, according to federal records.
If This Self-Sufficient Hospital Cannot Stand Alone, Can Any Public Hospital Survive?
By Jordan Rau
January 29, 2021
KFF Health News Original
New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., makes money and does not require taxpayer subsidies. But the county is selling the public hospital because officials say it needs more capital to compete. Civic leaders say the change will lead to higher health care costs.
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.
¿Puede Estados Unidos controlar las nuevas mutaciones de covid?
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester
January 28, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Cuando una mutación hace sonar las alarmas de salud pública, normalmente se debe a que se ha combinado con otras mutaciones y, en conjunto, ha cambiado la forma en que se comporta el virus.
Con el nuevo coronavirus, ¿quién es un “contacto cercano”?
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester
February 10, 2020
KFF Health News Original
La forma en que se propaga un virus y la gravedad de la enfermedad que causa determina la forma en que los oficiales de salud deciden cuántas personas corren riesgo de contagio.
Injuries Mount as Sales Reps for Device Makers Cozy Up to Surgeons, Even in Operating Rooms
By Fred Schulte
August 9, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Aggressive sales tactics have allegedly led surgeons to use defective or wrong-size implants, screws or other products on patients, including former Olympian Mary Lou Retton.
Bibliotecarios y preparadores de impuestos serán detectives de COVID en California
By April Dembosky, KQED
June 17, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Los bibliotecarios son perfectos para esta tarea: son curiosos, entienden la tecnología, y se relacionan bien con personas que apenas conocen.
‘You Pray That You Got The Drug.’ Ailing Couple Gambles On Trial For COVID-19 Cure
By JoNel Aleccia
April 6, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Josie and George Taylor of Everett, Washington, are two of the first people in the U.S. to recover from novel coronavirus infections after joining a clinical trial for the antiviral drug remdesivir.
Near Trump’s Florida Home, Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Gets Off To Rocky Start
By Phil Galewitz
March 17, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Just 5 miles from Mar-a-Lago, the POTUS’ outpost, Florida residents find that the president’s pledge to make testing accessible hasn’t materialized.
‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US
By Laura Ungar
January 26, 2021
KFF Health News Original
As President Biden calls for more support to help schools hold in-person classes, public health experts say schools can be relatively safe if they take well-known steps to prevent covid. But a KHN investigation shows many districts and states have ignored health advice or written their own questionable safety rules for schools.
Ski Resorts Work to Stay Open as COVID Cases Snowball
By Christie Aschwanden
December 18, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Colorado’s Telluride is a case study in the challenges ski resorts across the U.S. face in staying open as COVID-19 surges.
In Face Of Coronavirus, Many Hospitals Cancel On-Site Training For Nursing And Med Students
By Barbara Feder Ostrov
March 17, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Hospitals and nursing homes say they are acting to protect students and patients, but nursing educators worry the pipeline of new nurses could be slowed at a time when they may be needed most. Some doctors in training have also seen their clinical rotations canceled.
Administration Eases Rules to Give Laid-Off Workers More Time to Sign Up for COBRA
By Michelle Andrews
July 20, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Under the federal COBRA law, people who lose health coverage because of a layoff or a reduction in their hours generally have 60 days to decide whether to pay to maintain that coverage. But under new regulations, the clock won’t start ticking until the government says the coronavirus national emergency is over, and then consumers will have 120 days to act.
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.
Hoping That Insurance Expansion Will Help Tamp Outbreak, 9 States Reopen Marketplaces
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
March 20, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The states are allowing new enrollments this month to help ease consumers’ concerns about the cost of health care so that the sick will not be deterred from seeking medical attention and inadvertently spread the virus.
COVID Tests Are Free, Except When They’re Not
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
April 29, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Her doctor worried she had COVID-19 but couldn’t test her for it until she ruled out other things. That test cost a bundle.
Masks Reveal Cultural Disconnect As L.A.’s Chinese Community Braces For Coronavirus
By Anna Almendrala
January 30, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Since two cases of the mysterious new coronavirus were reported in Southern California, Chinese immigrants have begun donning face masks. The practice is common in China but goes against official guidance in the U.S., and that’s causing conflict in local schools.
