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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.

For COVID Tests, the Question of Who Pays Comes Down to Interpretation

By Julie Appleby July 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Additional guidance issued late last month by the Trump administration added to the confusion. Some consumers may find themselves unexpectedly on the hook for the cost of a test.

Datos vs miedo: 5 respuestas que te ayudarán a medir tu riesgo con el coronavirus

By Liz Szabo February 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los científicos tienen más preguntas que respuestas sobre cuestiones importantes relacionadas con el coronavirus, ahora oficialmente llamado COVID-19.

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.

At-Home Care Designed For COVID Likely Here To Stay At Cleveland Hospital

By Brie Zeltner June 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A public hospital in Cleveland has been trying to keep COVID patients out of its beds. It tried a number of innovations for developing better communication — even better relationships — with patients. Officials think this groundwork helped keep the outbreak at bay — and should be the new business model going forward.

¿Es hora de discutir los potenciales efectos secundarios de las vacunas para COVID? Científicos dicen que sí

By JoNel Aleccia and Liz Szabo November 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Dicen que hay que informar a los consumidores, para que se preparen para efectos secundarios que, en realidad, pueden significar que las vacunas funcionan.

Dying Young: The Health Care Workers in Their 20s Killed by COVID-19

By Alastair Gee, The Guardian August 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A database of deaths compiled by KHN and The Guardian includes a significant minority under 30, leaving shattered dreams and devastated families.

OSHA Let Employers Decide Whether to Report Health Care Worker Deaths. Many Didn’t.

By Aneri Pattani and Robert Lewis and Christina Jewett November 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Four workers died at a facility with one of the largest U.S. outbreaks, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration never conducted an inspection. It’s a pattern that’s played out across the nation, a KHN investigation finds.

COVID-Like Cough Sent Him To ER — Where He Got A $3,278 Bill

By Phil Galewitz May 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A dad in Denver tried to do everything right when COVID symptoms surfaced. Still, he ended up with a huge bill from an insurer that had said it waived cost sharing for coronavirus treatment. What gives?

Widely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers At Serious Risk

By Shefali Luthra and 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.

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.

To Fight Chinese Outbreak, Doctors Deploy Drugs Targeting HIV, Malaria And Ebola

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez February 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Chinese doctors and public health officials are turning to a variety of drugs as they seek an effective treatment for patients sickened by the novel coronavirus. The evidence behind some of these medicines is flimsy, researchers acknowledge, but human trials are the only way to know whether these drugs work.

Hard Lives Made Harder by COVID: Homeless Endure a ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck’

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Angela Hart October 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

This was supposed to be the year California finally did something about its homelessness epidemic. COVID-19 upended that promise, along with the cobbled-together services many homeless people rely on for survival. Interviews across the state reveal a new magnitude of hardship and indignity for tens of thousands of people living on the streets.

Clock Ticking: Herd Immunity Bar Now Higher; Will ‘Doomsday’ Variant Emerge?

August 4, 2021 Morning Briefing

Health experts try to predict the future path of the unpredictable coronavirus. Meanwhile, the quick spread of the delta variant changes Americans’ views about the state of the pandemic — but not the behaviors of the unvaccinated.

Pandemic Upends The Lives Of People With Disabilities — And Of Their Caregivers

By Bram Sable-Smith, Wisconsin Public Radio June 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Wisconsin already faced a shortage of caregivers who offer crucial health services and independence to their clients. Then the pandemic struck. In a survey of nearly 500 Wisconsinites with disabilities and older adults, every respondent said the pandemic had disrupted their caregiving service.

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.

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.

Uso masivo de máscaras quirúrgicas pone en grave riesgo a los trabajadores de salud

By Shefali Luthra and Christina Jewett April 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Expertos dicen que depender de máscaras quirúrgicas, que tienen un grado de protección mucho menor que los respiradores N95, ayuda a diseminar el coronavirus entre trabajadores de salud.

For Each Critically Ill COVID Patient, a Family Is Suffering, Too

By Charlotte Huff October 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Because loved ones are often kept apart from critically ill COVID-19 patients, the families may be especially vulnerable to symptoms including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder that can be debilitating.

‘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.

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