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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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Photo Essay: LA Under Lockdown

By Heidi de Marco March 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Californians are under orders to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus — and the result is that some of Southern California’s best-known spots are shuttered or deserted, from Santa Monica Pier to Olvera Street.

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As COVID Cases Spike, California Shifts Its Strategy

By Angela Hart and Anna Maria Barry-Jester June 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Public health officials have been alarmed by the increase in COVID-19 cases linked to family gatherings and socializing. While Gov. Gavin Newsom is defending the state’s reopening, local health officials worry the situation could get worse this summer.

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Public Health Officials Offer Scant Details On U.S. Coronavirus Patients

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Anna Almendrala January 31, 2020 KFF Health News Original

To date, the U.S. has multiple confirmed cases of the viral infection that originated in Wuhan, China. That includes cases in which the virus passed from person to person within this country. So why don’t health officials share more information with the public?

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No enmascares la mejor forma de evitar el aterrador coronavirus: lávate las manos

By Elisabeth Rosenthal January 31, 2020 KFF Health News Original

La editora de KHN cubrió para The New York Times el brote de SARS en China. Y sabe de primera mano lo que funcionó entonces, y lo que funcionaría ahora para prevenir al coronavirus.

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Under COVID Cloud, Prisons In Rural America Threaten To Choke Rural Hospitals

By LJ Dawson May 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A rural Montana county of 5,000 people lays claim to the state’s highest COVID-19 infection rate. The community risks additional spread, though, because of a private prison situated there. If the virus infiltrates the prison and just a fraction of inmates get sick, the area’s limited health resources may not endure.

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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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Keeping The COVID Plague At Bay: How California Is Protecting Older Veterans

By Dan Morain May 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Even as COVID-19 has ravaged nursing homes around the country, California has managed to keep the virus at bay at its eight state-run homes for frail and older veterans. What exactly went right?

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Southwest CEO’s Boast About Airplanes’ Low COVID Risk Flies By Key Concerns

By Victoria Knight May 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Airplanes are small enclosed spaces where social distancing poses special challenges, making this statement an overstatement.

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‘Essential’ Or Not, These Workers Report For Duty

By Heidi de Marco April 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In Los Angeles County and beyond, people continue to toil through the coronavirus pandemic, often in positions that put them in constant contact with the public. Many are low-wage workers who can’t afford to stop working.

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A Senator From Arizona Emerges As A Pharma Favorite

By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas May 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has received almost $100,000 from drug companies in the current election cycle, a KHN analysis shows, one of the largest cash hauls in Congress. And it’s only her first term.

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Cerca de la casa de Trump, las pruebas de COVID-19 al paso tuvieron un comienzo difícil

By Phil Galewitz March 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A pesar de las reiteradas afirmaciones de la Casa Blanca de que las pruebas estarán disponibles para todos, para los residentes de West Palm Beach, la realidad fue muy diferente.

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‘An Arm And A Leg’: Health Care Takes A Financial Hit In The Midst Of Pandemic

By Dan Weissmann May 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In the first quarter of 2020, half the country’s economic devastation happened in the health care sector. Much of the slowdown came after hospitals postponed elective surgeries and as Americans skipped routine doctor’s office visits.

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Voces de la comunidad para rastrear contactos de COVID entre latinos

By Markian Hawryluk December 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Las disparidades en la atención de salud de larga data, la inseguridad laboral, el estatus migratorio, las barreras del idioma, entre otros, complican la ya difícil tarea

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Nurse At Nevada VA Dies After Caring For Infected Colleague

By Melissa Bailey April 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Nurse Vianna Thompson, 52, spent two night shifts caring for a fellow Veterans Affairs health care worker who was dying from COVID-19. Two weeks later, she too was lying in a hospital intensive care unit, with a co-worker holding her hand as she died.

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Fighting COVID And Police Brutality, Medical Teams Take To Streets To Treat Protesters

By LJ Dawson June 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Off-duty medical professionals joined protests in Denver and elsewhere sparked by George Floyd’s death to treat injured protesters, risking injury themselves.

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Hospital Suppliers Take To The Skies To Combat Dire Shortages Of COVID-19 Gear

By Christina Jewett and Lauren Weber March 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the coronavirus sweeps the nation, a new survey reveals widespread medical gear shortages while hospitals give up on a fractured supply chain and take matters into their own hands with planes sprinting past cargo ships.

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Los vitales cuidadores de pacientes en el hogar, ¿ahora son una amenaza?

By Phil Galewitz March 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Cientos de miles de trabajadores de salud van a los hogares de todo el país para prestar servicios vitales a las personas mayores y a los discapacitados.

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Readers And Tweeters Ponder Racism, Public Health Threats And COVID’s Cost

June 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Born Into A Pandemic: Virus Complicates Births For Moms And Babies

By JoNel Aleccia and Laura Ungar April 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID-19 is changing medical care, not only for vulnerable elders but also for pregnant women and their babies entering the world.

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