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Preocupa aumento de médicos y enfermeras en cuarentena por exposición al coronavirus

By Jenny Gold March 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

¿Va a haber suficiente personal de salud para atender a los pacientes? El número de profesionales de salud en cuarentena por exposición al virus aumenta dramáticamente.

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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.

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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.

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Coronavirus Crisis Dominates Biden’s First 100 High-Stakes Days

April 26, 2021 Morning Briefing

From the pandemic response and vaccination program to the expansion of access to Obamacare, President Joe Biden has made a flurry of moves that impact U.S. health care policy. News organizations audit his first 100 days in office.

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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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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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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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They Cared for Some of New York’s Most Vulnerable Communities. Then 12 Died.

By Danielle Renwick, The Guardian August 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Immigrant health workers help keep the U.S. health system afloat — and they’re dying of COVID-19 at high rates.

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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.

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¿Cómo evitar el coronavirus? Lecciones de personas cuyas vidas dependen de ello

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester March 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Personas que recibieron trasplantes de órganos, que están en quimioterapia o viven con enfermedades crónicas, conocen bien las normas de higiene que ahora se promueven.

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Republican Convention, Day 2: Pomp, the Pandemic and Planned Parenthood

By the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact August 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Tuesday night’s speakers offered positive views on President Donald Trump’s handling of the pandemic. The first lady and Trump, himself, took advantage of the trappings of the White House in setting the scene.

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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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If Pandemic Is A Marathon, How Many Miles Are Left To Go? Experts Weigh In

May 5, 2021 Morning Briefing

BioNTech founders and Dr. Anthony Fauci comment on what the future path of the coronavirus pandemic could look like.

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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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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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Biden Administration Taps Gayle Smith As Global Coronavirus Coordinator

April 6, 2021 Morning Briefing

Smith is the former director of the U.S. Agency for International Development. In other White House news, U.S. officials reportedly are helping AstraZeneca find a new manufacturing partner after the mix-up at Emergent BioSolutions’ plant in Maryland.

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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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Tinnitus, Hearing Damage Linked To Coronavirus Infections In Study

March 22, 2021 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, the CEO of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain has died by suicide after suffering post-covid symptoms, including severe tinnitus. Other reports note children can be long-haul covid patients, too, and research shows 17% of U.K. covid patients had a skin rash as the first symptom.

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Delta Now Responsible For More Than Half Of New US Covid Infections

July 7, 2021 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the more transmissible delta variant, or B.1.617.2, is now estimated to be the dominant coronavirus strain in the U.S. The rapid growth worries public health experts.

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California Nurse Thrived In ER and ICU, But Couldn’t Survive COVID-19

By Christina Jewett April 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Jeff Baumbach, 57, was a seasoned nurse of 28 years when the novel coronavirus began to circulate in California. He’d worked in the ER, the ICU and on a cardiac floor. Hepatitis and tuberculosis had been around over the years but never posed a major concern.

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