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The End of the Covid Emergency Could Mean a Huge Loss of Health Insurance

By Elisabeth Rosenthal April 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

It is a perilous time to throw low- and middle-income Americans off the insurance cliff: A new omicron subvariant is spreading, and a program that provided coronavirus testing and covid-19 treatment at no cost to the uninsured has expired.

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In Super-Vaxxed Vermont, Covid Strikes — But Packs Far Less Punch

By Sarah Varney January 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

With its highest-in-the-nation vaccination rates, Vermont offers a glimpse of what’s possible as the U.S. learns to live with coronavirus.

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Politics and Pandemic Fatigue Doom California’s Covid Vaccine Mandates

By Rachel Bluth May 31, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Even in deep-blue California, Democratic lawmakers pulled their proposed covid vaccine requirements before they had a vote. The lawmakers blamed the ebbs and flows of the coronavirus, the public’s short attention span, and opposition from public safety unions.

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Judge to Fine California Each Day It Fails to Complete Prisoner Suicide Prevention Measures

By Don Thompson March 1, 2023 KFF Health News Original

More than 200 inmates killed themselves during eight years in which state prison officials failed to complete court-ordered suicide prevention safeguards. Inmates, the judge writes, have “waited far too long” for adequate mental health care.

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A photo shows a gloved hand holding a box of paxlovid. A blister pack of tablets is seen on the table.

Lo que debes saber sobre Paxlovid para tratar covid, en especial, ¿debes tomarlo?

By Michelle Andrews July 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Desde que Paxlovid comenzó a estar disponible hace siete meses, ha eclipsado otras terapias disponibles para prevenir los síntomas graves de covid en pacientes de alto riesgo. Algunos médicos se apresuran a recetarlo, pero como ocurre con tanto sobre la pandemia de covid, hay controversia.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': To End School Shootings, Activists Consider a New Culprit: Parents

February 8, 2024 Podcast

For the first time, a jury has convicted a parent of a school shooter of charges related to the child’s crime, finding a mother in Michigan guilty of involuntary manslaughter and possibly opening a new legal avenue for gun control advocates. Meanwhile, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case challenging the FDA’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, a medical publisher has retracted some of the journal studies that lower-court judges relied on in their decisions. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachana Pradhan of KFF Health News join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too.

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Florida Gov. DeSantis Falsely Claims Bivalent Booster Boosts Chances of Covid Infection

By Yacob Reyes, PolitiFact January 26, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Experts say the Florida governor’s conclusion could not be drawn from the study he cited, adding that the research focused on health care workers, who are likelier to be exposed to covid and more likely to be vaccinated. Those findings should not be applied to the general public.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Crisis Is Officially Ending, but Covid Confusion Lives On

May 11, 2023 Podcast

The public health emergency declaration for covid-19 ends May 11, ushering in major changes in how Americans can access and pay for the vaccines, treatments, and tests particular to the culprit coronavirus. But not everyone will experience the same changes, creating a confusing patchwork of coverage — not unlike health coverage for other diseases. Meanwhile, outside advisers to the FDA formally recommended allowing a birth control pill to be sold without a prescription. If the FDA follows the recommendation, it would represent the first over-the-counter form of hormonal contraception. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus for “extra credit” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.

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Everything You Need to Know About Paxlovid — Especially, Should You Take It?

By Michelle Andrews July 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Paxlovid has eclipsed other available therapies for preventing life-threatening covid symptoms in high-risk patients. But even as doctors praise its effectiveness, many say they have unanswered questions about prescribing the drug and want more and better data about it.

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Public Health Agencies Try to Restore Trust as They Fight Misinformation

By Lauren Sausser January 4, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As public health departments work on improving their message, the skepticism and mistrust often reserved for covid-19 vaccines now threaten other public health priorities, including flu shots and childhood vaccines.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A Big Week for Biden

August 11, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Congress is leaving for its annual summer break having accomplished far more than many expected, including, barring unforeseen snags, a bill to address the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries and extend the enhanced subsidies for insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, the abortion issue continues to roil the nation as Indiana becomes the first state to ban the procedure in almost all cases since the Supreme Court overruled the constitutional right to abortion in June. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

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Albert Bourla is seen sitting in a chair, speaking during a panel at the South by Southwest festival. A blurred person sits on the left in the foreground.

Pfizer CEO Pushes Yearly Shots for Covid. Not So Fast, Experts Say.

By Arthur Allen March 21, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A corporate CEO’s call for a fourth mRNA shot struck those closely watching the pandemic as self-serving. It creates public pressure for a fourth dose of vaccine before government experts have time to assess the evidence and settle on the best course forward.

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A box of 'Paxlovid' is in the center of the image. The box is white with blue text, with a thick a blue and red stripe on its left.

Lo que necesitan saber los adultos mayores sobre covid y Paxlovid

By Judith Graham January 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Expertos dicen que la terapia de primera elección debe ser Paxlovid, un tratamiento antiviral para personas con covid leve a moderado con alto riesgo de enfermarse gravemente.

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Nicholas Kelly is seen on the left looking out a window, holding his hand to his chin. Bright daylight shines in from the window, casting dramatic shadows on the left side of his body.

Covid’s ‘Silver Lining’: Research Breakthroughs for Chronic Disease, Cancer, and the Common Flu

By Liz Szabo March 17, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Billions of dollars invested in mRNA vaccines and covid research could yield health care dividends for decades to come.

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Widely Used Hospital Gowns Show Signs of Exposing Workers to Infection

By Brett Kelman July 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Isolation gowns are supposed to protect health care workers from splattered bodily fluids. But new studies suggest that too much liquid seeps through some disposable gowns, creating a risk of infection.

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Travel in the Time of Covid: Getting There Is Easy — It’s Getting Home That’s Hard

By Damon Darlin April 4, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The part of my London visit that I didn’t plan was testing positive for the coronavirus. I couldn’t get back to the U.S., but the U.K. didn’t care what I did or where I went.

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Todo lo que hay que saber sobre omicron y las otras variantes del coronavirus

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact November 30, 2021 KFF Health News Original

La variante omicron, conocida oficialmente como B.1.1.529, apareció en noviembre en varios países del sur de África. Las alarmas saltaron en todo el mundo cuando los funcionarios de salud pública de Sudáfrica vieron que empezaba a superar a delta, la cepa dominante hasta ahora.

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A photo shows a doctor putting a bandage on an elderly patient's arm after she gets vaccinated.

¿Ponerse el refuerzo ahora o esperar? Muchos se preguntan cómo navegar la próxima ola de covid

By Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen July 18, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Aproximadamente el 70% de los estadounidenses de 50 años o más que recibieron una primera vacuna de refuerzo contra covid, y casi la misma cantidad de personas de 65 años o más, no han recibido un segundo, según datos de los CDC.

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A digital illustration in watercolor and pencil. Two hands are seen holding a right-facing water tank truck. Bright blue water drops radiate outward from it. A golden yellow fades to black in the background, symbolic of the hope the water truck brings.

‘American Diagnosis’: ‘Water Warriors’ Tap Diné Resilience to Increase Access on Navajo Land

March 29, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Over decades, federal and state policies have left many tribal communities without access to clean, running water. This episode explores what separates some Diné and other Native people in the western United States from this critical resource.

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A digital illustration in watercolor and pencil shows a Jamaican fruit bat flying in the center of the image. It holds a fig in its mouth, and is moving between two clusters of dying leaves, representing the habitat and food loss the bats are experiencing. In the background, highlighting the bat, is a large interpretation of the covid-19 virus, which also looks like the moon.

Un arma secreta para prevenir la próxima pandemia: los murciélagos frugívoros

By Jim Robbins February 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

En Montana, investigarán cómo los murciélagos de la fruta, albergan virus que, bajo determinadas condiciones del medio ambiente, pueden pasar a los seres humanos.

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