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Long-Standing Racial And Income Disparities Seen Creeping Into COVID-19 Care

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio April 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Many health officials around the nation have not released data on the ethnic and racial demographics of people tested for the new coronavirus. But public health experts said the anecdotes are adding up, and they fear the response to the pandemic will result in predictable health care disparities.

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Nurses and Doctors Sick With COVID Feel Pressured to Get Back to Work

By Emmarie Huetteman August 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hospital employees say they must choose between their paychecks and their health or that of their families. Returning to work with symptoms also risks infection among the patients they are meant to heal.

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As Trump Touts His ‘Great’ COVID Drugs, the Pharma Cash Flows to Biden, Not Him

By Jay Hancock October 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump has been heralding drugmakers as “great companies.” Yet in the final stretch of the presidential campaign, Trump is not feeling the love in pharma contributions. Former Vice President Joe Biden is, even though his proposed policies could dent the industry’s profitability.

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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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Republican Convention, Day 1: A Campaign-Style Trump Speech and More

By the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact August 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Republicans kicked off the first day of their convention with a wide-ranging speech by President Donald Trump in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Congress Said COVID-19 Tests Should Be Free — But Who’s Paying?

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio May 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Some large employers interpreted themselves as exempt from new federal laws that say tests for the coronavirus should be free to patients. Large academic medical centers are holding back from sending bills to these patients to avoid a backlash over surprise billing.

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As Lawmakers Reconvene, Not Everyone Agrees On COVID-Only Agenda

By Samantha Young May 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California legislators resume their work Monday after more than a month off. While the coronavirus pandemic has shifted the state’s priorities, many lawmakers say they still intend to push non-COVID health care bills to tax soda, ban vape flavors and more.

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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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Trump’s Boast About U.S., South Korea Coronavirus Testing Misses The Mark

By Shefali Luthra March 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The president’s statement frames the data in a way that doesn’t accurately represent the status of the American response to COVID-19.

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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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Resurge la telemedicina, por miedo al coronavirus y cambios en los pagos

By Phil Galewitz March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Millones de estadounidenses buscan atención conectándose electrónicamente con un médico, muchos por primera vez. Una práctica segura para atender a ciertas condiciones y seguimientos.

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Reopening In The COVID Era: How To Adapt To A New Normal

By Julie Appleby May 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

States and the federal government are experimenting with steps that will allow people to start working again and returning to more typical lifestyles. But public health experts offer their thoughts on the related risk-benefit calculations.

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Coronavirus Pushes Hospitals To Share Information About Stocks Of Protective Gear

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio March 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

There is currently no central coordination of the supply of protective garb and masks in U.S. hospital inventories. A CDC project wants hospitals to share that information for the good of all.

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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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Preocupación por el coronavirus: cancelan eventos de donación de sangre

By JoNel Aleccia March 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los bancos necesitan tener una reserva de sangre de al menos dos o tres días, pero algunos tienen sólo para un día por las cancelaciones y la falta de donantes.

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COVID-19 Batters A Beloved Bay Area Community Health Care Center

By Rachel Scheier June 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Health clinics in isolated African American communities in the San Francisco Bay Area provide crucial services to neglected populations. But like thousands of other community clinics around the nation, their finances have been wrecked by the pandemic shutdown.

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To Stop Coronavirus In Its Tracks, Here’s Your Guide To 5 Degrees Of Separation

By Julie Appleby March 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

If someone tells you, “I’d love to go to dinner, but I’m socially distancing,” don’t be offended. It’s likely they are trying to do a good deed for public health.

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COVID Spikes Exacerbate Health Worker Shortages in Rocky Mountains, Great Plains

By Katheryn Houghton October 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID-19 infections and quarantines are pulling health professionals off the front lines, exacerbating staffing woes that existed in large, rural states well before the pandemic.

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Most Home Health Aides ‘Can’t Afford Not to Work’ — Even When Lacking PPE

By Eli Cahan October 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Home health aides flattened the curve by keeping the most vulnerable patients — seniors, the disabled, the infirm — out of hospitals. But they’ve done it mostly at poverty wages and without overtime pay, hazard pay, sick leave or health insurance.

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Coronavirus Lawsuits Begin For Disney’s Cruise Line

March 9, 2021 Morning Briefing

A group of tourists sue Disney, alleging they caught coronavirus aboard a cruise ship in early 2020. Other news includes phobia-inducing worries about injection imagery and undocumented immigrants battling the pandemic with no safety net.

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