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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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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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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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Agrícolas, bomberos y azafatas buscan estar entre los primeros en recibir la vacuna

By Rachel Bluth and Phil Galewitz December 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Trabajadores de salud de primera línea, y residentes y personal de hogares de adultos mayores, recibirán las dosis de la vacuna contra COVID primero, pero… ¿quiénes le seguirán?

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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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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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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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¿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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Early Covid Gene Samples Were Deleted From Database, Scientist Says

June 24, 2021 Morning Briefing

The new analysis, released Tuesday, bolsters claims that a variety of coronaviruses may have been circulating in Wuhan, China, before the initial outbreaks linked to animal and seafood markets in December 2019, The New York Times says.

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Analysis: One Sure Thing About COVID-19: No Telling How Many People Have It

By Elisabeth Rosenthal March 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In an era when we get flash-flood warnings on our phones and weekly influenza statistics from every state, vital knowledge about the coronavirus outbreak is being kept under wraps.

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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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‘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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Si perdiste tu seguro de salud por la crisis de COVID-19, tienes opciones

By Julie Appleby June 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Algunos pueden adquirir un seguro de salud bajo ACA apelando a un período especial de inscripción. Otros descubren que pueden aplicar para Medicaid. Hay alternativas pero el tiempo corre.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes February 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Happy Friday! In news that is technically really good and exciting but is also kind of icky: yarn made from human skin could eventually be used to stitch up surgical wounds as a way to cut down on detrimental reactions from patients. As CNN reports, “The researchers say their ‘human textile,’ which they developed from […]

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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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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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Unclassified Report Of US Covid Origins Probe Expected To Be Released

August 26, 2021 Morning Briefing

President Joe Biden was briefed yesterday by intelligence officials on the 90-day review he had ordered. Before anything has even been released to the public, China criticized the investigation as “propaganda.” Meanwhile, a group of scientists warn that time is running out to get the necessary data to truly pinpoint the source of the coronavirus that sparked the global pandemic.

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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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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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