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Búsqueda de un suero antiofídico también podría conducir a un tratamiento para COVID

By Jim Robbins November 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

El varespladib, un medicamento contra la mordedura de serpientes, tiene un efecto positivo en el síndrome de dificultad respiratoria aguda asociado con COVID-19.

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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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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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Nueve estados reabren mercados de seguros de salud, para ayudar a frenar a COVID-19

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Buscan calmar las preocupaciones y para que las personas que se sienten enfermas no dejen de ir al médico por los costos, y terminen propagando el virus sin darse cuenta.

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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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¿Puede este fin de semana de vacaciones disparar otra ola de casos de COVID?

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio September 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

El doctor Anthony Fauci advirtió el miércoles 2 de septiembre que los estadounidenses deben tener cuidado para evitar otro aumento en las tasas de infección.

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Wildfires Provide Another Reason to Mask Up

By Bernard J. Wolfson August 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the long U.S. fire season gets underway, it’s even more important for Western residents to have a good face mask. Unfortunately, most of the masks we’re wearing for COVID-19 aren’t great for smoke.

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Novavax Says Trials Show Its Covid Vaccine To Be Safe And 90% Effective

June 14, 2021 Morning Briefing

The vaccine manufacturer plans to apply for FDA clearance in the third quarter of this year. If authorized, it would be the fourth vaccine available in the U.S. And another coronavirus shot option would help boost global vaccination efforts.

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Wuhan Lab Theory Deemed Plausible By Government Lab

June 8, 2021 Morning Briefing

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory report says the hypothesis that the coronavirus escaped from a Chinese lab is plausible. Also, more evidence that covid is abating, and Boeing has doubts about an air purifier technology.

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Amid Pandemic, Programs Struggle To Reach Vulnerable Seniors Living At Home

By Judith Graham March 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Older adults are at serious risk during this pandemic and have been advised to avoid contact with others. Yet many still need essential services, and programs are scrambling to adapt.

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Former Federal Virus Hunter Says U.S. Needs To Act Before New Germs ‘Kick Your Door In’

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In an interview, Dennis Carroll, who until last fall headed up the emerging threats unit at USAID, spoke about the threat of more germs, like the novel coronavirus, appearing and whether the world is prepared for this pandemic.

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¿Pueden los pacientes de COVID tener el tratamiento de Trump? Está bien preguntar

By JoNel Aleccia October 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Muchos pacientes desconocen estas opciones o simplemente no pueden, o no saben, cómo acceder a ellas. Otros desconfían de los tratamientos no probados.

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Cumplimos reglas con el cinturón de seguridad o el cigarillo. ¿Por qué no con las máscaras?

By Elisabeth Rosenthal October 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Treinta y cuatro estados y Washington, D.C., tienen algún tipo de mandato sobre el uso de máscara, pero muchos ciudadanos y agencias del orden los ignoran descaradamente.

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Don’t Celebrate Yet: Covid Cases Hit Reverse, Go Up Again

May 14, 2021 Morning Briefing

The U.S. reported more than 38,000 new cases and 802 deaths Thursday. Meanwhile, new research suggests that coronavirus may contribute to erectile dysfunction.

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Studies Dig Deeper Into Aerosol Transmission Of Coronavirus

February 11, 2021 Morning Briefing

People who suffer from obesity appear to exhale more, increasing their rate of potentially spreading covid; researchers are looking harder at air conditioning’s role in the pandemic; the EPA now says handrails and doorknobs made with at least 95.6% copper can be marketed as “virus-killing.”

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Qué significa la “limpieza profunda” para tener barcos, aviones y casas libres de virus

By Victoria Knight and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

La limpieza profunda no es un concepto científico y, aunque hay guías oficiales, puede significar algo distinto para una empresa que para un consumidor.

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Without Ginsburg, Judicial Threats to the ACA, Reproductive Rights Heighten

By Julie Rovner September 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

With the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a lawsuit brought by Republican state officials has become the latest existential threat against the federal health law, scheduled for oral arguments at the Supreme Court a week after the general election in November.

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Scientists Delve Deeper Into How Coronavirus Spreads

February 10, 2021 Morning Briefing

New studies report on the risks from dementia, childhood colds, summer camps and nonporous surfaces. The accuracy of pulse oximeters in people with darker skin is also examined.

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Experts Down Play Lab-Leak Theory Amid Covid Origins Debate

July 12, 2021 Morning Briefing

Bat scientists in particular are saying no one may accurately pin down the origin of the novel coronavirus. In other covid developments: breathalyzer test may be in the works, though, making it easier to detect it. And a worrying report notes a British woman died infected with two variants.

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