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Seattle Nurses Scrounge For Masks To Stay Safe On Pandemic’s Front Lines

By Will Stone March 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As illness from the new coronavirus stresses the health care system, nurses said they are being forced to make do with less and learning to be good stewards of available equipment and protective gear.

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COVID-19 Brings Overhaul Of Military Health Care To A Halt

By Patricia Kime April 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The military is called to action to battle the pandemic, even as the numbers of people infected among its ranks and veterans climb amid a shortage of doctors and nurses.

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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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Pandemic Presents New Hurdles, And Hope, For People Struggling With Addiction

By Nina Feldman, WHYY June 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Relaxed regulations in response to the pandemic means more access to addiction treatment medications. But recovery programs are accepting fewer people, and the danger of overdose remains high.

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Response To Nation’s 1st Coronavirus Case Draws On Lessons From Measles Outbreak

By Will Stone January 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

When the first confirmed U.S. patient was pinpointed in Washington state, health clinic workers there weren’t rattled. They were prepped by new statewide protocols on contagion containment, in the wake of last year’s measles scare.

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How The Pandemic And An Anti-Vax Health Official Are Roiling A Montana Community

By Kathleen McLaughlin May 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In one conservative pocket of Montana, a local health board member who opposes vaccinations helped fight the state’s stay-at-home rules. But now, as the state slowly reopens, she faces a backlash of her own.

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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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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.

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Listen: COVID-19 Stresses Rural Hospitals Even Before They Have A Single Case

April 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber appeared on WOSU’s “All Sides with Ann Fisher” to talk about the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on rural hospitals.

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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.

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A Biden Win and Republican Senate Might Lead to Gridlock on Health Issues

By Julie Rovner November 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

If Democrat Joe Biden is successful in his bid for the presidency but the Senate remains in GOP control, Democrats’ plans for major changes in health care may be curbed.

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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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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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What Seniors Can Expect When COVID Vaccines Begin to Roll Out

By Judith Graham December 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

At least two vaccines could get federal emergency use authorizations this month. Nursing home and assisted living residents will be among the first to receive inoculations. Here’s a guide on how that rollout may proceed.

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Retiree-Rich Palm Beach County Leads Florida In COVID-19 Deaths

By Phil Galewitz April 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The coronavirus death toll in Palm Beach County — home to President Donald Trump’s palatial home and club, Mar-a-Lago ― is the highest in Florida, where the large senior population is at risk.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes February 21, 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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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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Why Employers Find It So Hard to Test for COVID

By Hannah Norman November 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID-19 cases are surging across the U.S., and most workplaces are still open for business. As workers fear catching the disease while on the clock, why aren’t more companies footing the bill for testing employees?

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Stanford vs. Harvard: Two Famous Biz Schools’ Opposing Tactics on COVID

By Mark Kreidler November 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

While the Harvard Business School gently chided returnees to be on their best behavior, Stanford deployed green-vested enforcers and campus police who sometimes threatened students if they violated the rules. Both, apparently, succeeded.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes March 13, 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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