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Ataques a la salud pública generan éxodo de funcionarios en medio de la pandemia

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Hannah Recht and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Lauren Weber December 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Estas partidas son una erosión adicional a la ya frágil infraestructura de salud pública del país, antes de la campaña de vacunación más grande en la historia de los Estados Unidos.

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A Teen’s Death From COVID

By Tarena Lofton June 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Andre Guest was just fine one day. The next, he was fighting for his life.

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‘I Couldn’t Let Her Be Alone’: A Peaceful Death Amid the COVID Scourge

By JoNel Aleccia July 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

For three years, staffers at UCLA Health have been quietly fulfilling final wishes for dying patients in the intensive care unit. Amid the isolating forces of the pandemic, their work has become all the more meaningful.

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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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Antibody Drugs Prove Effective As Protection Against Covid Breakthrough Cases

November 18, 2021 Morning Briefing

Reports say monoclonal antibodies reduce risk of hospitalization by 77%, and that AstraZeneca’s antibody drug offers 83% protection over six months against covid. Meanwhile, science shows masks are the single most effective anti-covid public health measure. Also reports on covid antibody protection, Roma DNA and coronavirus in deer.

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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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Testing Shortages Force Extreme Shift In Strategy By Local Health Officials

By Jenny Gold and Anna Maria Barry-Jester March 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California’s capital region is among the areas that have had to shift response to the coronavirus outbreak because of a shortage of test kits in the U.S.

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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.

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Estatus racial y pandemia: una mezcla combustible

By Anna Almendrala May 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

El aumento de casos y muertes por COVID-19 en comunidades minoritarias ponen en relieve cómo los determinantes de salud pesan en la dinámica de una pandemia.

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Fauci Says COVID Vaccine Trials Could End Early If Results Are Overwhelming

By Liz Szabo September 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The nation’s top infectious disease official is confident that an independent panel will base vaccine approval on science, not politics.

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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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If You’ve Lost Your Health Plan In The COVID Crisis, You’ve Got Options

By Julie Appleby June 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

But some of those options, like special enrollment periods, are time-sensitive.

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¿Viajas por las Fiestas? Para muchos es una decisión arriesgada

By Victoria Knight December 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Muchos estadounidenses todavía piensan en viajar para las Fiestas en diciembre, a pesar de que las cifras de casos de COVID-19 y muertes en el país empeoran día a día.

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La decisión de los CDC sobre la prueba del coronavirus atormentará al país por meses

By Rachana Pradhan March 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los kits iniciales para la prueba del coronavirus se distribuyeron casi por igual en localidades de los 50 estados. Sin pensar demasiado aquéllas zonas que realmente los necesitaban con urgencia.

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In Fine Print, HHS Appears To Ban All Surprise Billing During The Pandemic

By Emmarie Huetteman April 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Language in the CARES Act says providers who take emergency funding cannot balance-bill coronavirus patients ― and “every patient” is considered a possible COVID-19 patient.

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KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Prepping For A Possible Pandemic

February 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Official Washington is sitting up and taking notice of the threat from the novel coronavirus as Congress and the Trump administration prepare for a potential pandemic. Meanwhile, the Democratic candidates for president are still arguing about “Medicare for All.” Joanne Kenen of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Shefali Luthra of Kaiser Health News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews NPR’s Sydney Lupkin about the latest “Bill of the Month” installment.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Persiguiendo el esquivo sueño de una cura para COVID-19

By Liz Szabo May 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hay más de 1,250 estudios de COVID-19 en marcha. Las farmacéuticas están invirtiendo miles de millones en el desarrollo de medicamentos y vacunas eficaces para poner fin a la pandemia.

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