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Obama: GOP’s Stance On Preexisting Conditions Off-Base, Especially During Pandemic

By Shefali Luthra April 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The former president’s statement highlights a clear difference of opinion that will likely come up often on the campaign trail.

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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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Trump’s Comparison Of COVID-19 Death Rates In Germany, US Is Wrong

By Shefali Luthra May 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Experts agreed that Trump’s statement is not supported by the data.

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No Masking The Best Way To Avoid The Scary Coronavirus: Wash Your Hands

By Elisabeth Rosenthal January 31, 2020 KFF Health News Original

While covering the SARS outbreak as a reporter in China, KHN’s editor-in-chief saw that common sense is the best defense against viral illness.

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Nurse’s Faith Led Her To Care For Prisoners At A New Jersey Jail

By Christina Jewett April 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Daisy Doronila had a different perspective than most who worked at the Hudson County Correctional Facility, a New Jersey lockup 11 miles from Manhattan. It was a place where the veteran nurse could put her Catholic faith into action, showing kindness to marginalized people.

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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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Airborne Coronavirus Transmission Officially Recognized By CDC

May 10, 2021 Morning Briefing

The revised Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s official guidance now acknowledges that the virus can be transmitted through aerosolized particles and that people indoors could become infected even when more than 6 feet away.

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Pandemic Stresses Already Fragile Rural Health Care Systems

April 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber joined Newsy’s “Morning Rush” and WAMU’s “1A” show to talk about the challenges facing rural America during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Inside Meals On Wheels’ Struggle To Keep Older Americans Fed During A Pandemic

By Bruce Horovitz April 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Its older volunteers are staying home and its clients, mostly age 75 and up, are more vulnerable than ever.

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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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Trump Administration Uses Wartime Powers To Be First In Line On Medical Supplies

By Christina Jewett and Lauren Weber April 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As states scour the world for masks and other protective medical equipment, the federal government has repeatedly invoked a little-known clause in the Defense Production Act to step to the front of the line for sought-after health supplies.

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Judges Try To Balance Legal Rights And Courtroom Health

By Brian Krans June 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Courtrooms aren’t built for social distancing, and pandemics don’t offer ideal conditions for fulfilling the right to a speedy trial. But, eventually, every court in the nation will have to reckon with a return that may risk safety to some degree.

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When Prisons Are ‘Petri Dishes,’ Inmates Can’t Guard Against COVID-19, They Say

By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media May 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Indiana prisoners said they can’t protect themselves from the virus, as the governor resists calls to reduce overcrowding. “Scared for our lives,” said an inmate.

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¿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.

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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.

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En medio de la pandemia, dentistas vuelven a ofrecer atención de rutina con miedos y dudas

By Phil Galewitz May 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los expertos en control de infecciones señalan que los pacientes, los dentistas y su personal deben sopesar sus riesgos, que varían según el lugar donde viven, su edad y otros factores.

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Should You Bring Mom Home From Assisted Living During The Pandemic?

By Judith Graham March 31, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Families are weighing the challenges of providing home care with the isolation or potential danger of leaving folks in senior housing or long-term care.

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When A Doctor No Longer Accepts Medicare, Patients Left Holding The Bag

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez June 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As doctors look for alternative ways to charge patients for care, some Medicare enrollees may lose access to their physicians.

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Second Time Around? Health Care Issues Trump Might Tackle If Reelected

April 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Julie Rovner examines what health care issues the administration might encounter if President Donald Trump wins in November.

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Telehealth Will Be Free, No Copays, They Said. But Angry Patients Are Getting Billed.

By Jay Hancock April 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Politicians pledged to stop providers from charging for video appointments or telephone calls, but some patients are being charged $70 or $80 per virtual visit.

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