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.
Democrats Sharpen Health Care Attacks As Primaries Heat Up
By Emmarie Huetteman Shefali Luthra Victoria Knight
February 26, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The stakes appeared higher in this debate as candidates focused on the upcoming South Carolina primary this weekend and Super Tuesday.
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.
Postcard From The Edge: L.A. Street Vendors Who Can’t Stop Working
By Anna Almendrala
April 8, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Foot traffic in L.A. has fallen off a cliff amid the COVID-19 crisis, driving many street vendors away. But some are still on the streets, peddling their wares out of economic necessity. Many are undocumented immigrants who won’t get any help from the recently approved $2 trillion federal assistance package.
Mask Shortage Straps Pharmacists Who Need Them To Keep Medicines Pure
By Christina Jewett Sydney Lupkin, NPR News
March 20, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Fifteen percent of hospital pharmacists who prepare injectable drugs are going without the protective masks they typically use or are using substitutes for masks.
N.Y. Leads The Nation In COVID-19 Tests, But Testing Still Doesn’t Meet Demand
By Michelle Andrews
April 16, 2020
KFF Health News Original
New York City and hospital officials recommend testing only the sickest people and encouraging others to stay home to get well. But other officials say wider tests are needed to ensure that essential workers don’t spread the disease.
As Threat of Valley Fever Grows Beyond the Southwest, Push Is On for Vaccine
By Jim Robbins
September 4, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Efforts are underway to bring to market a vaccine for valley fever, a fungal infection with COVID-like symptoms that occurs in the deserts of the Southwest. The illness is getting more attention as cases rise and a warming climate threatens to spread it through the West.
Cities Brace For ‘Collision Course’ Of Heat Waves And COVID-19
By Brett Dahlberg, WXXI
June 25, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Rochester, New York, and other cities have already weathered the first blasts of excessive heat, and they have done it while cooling centers and spray parks have been closed due to the pandemic.
COVID Exodus Fills Vacation Towns With New Medical Pressures
By Markian Hawryluk Katheryn Houghton Michelle Andrews
September 15, 2020
KFF Health News Original
As people leave COVID-stricken cities to settle semi-permanently in vacation communities, locals assess how these new residents are changing demands on medical services.
Coronavirus Lawsuits Begin For Disney’s Cruise Line
March 9, 2021
Morning Briefing
A group of tourists sue Disney, alleging they caught coronavirus aboard a cruise ship in early 2020. Other news includes phobia-inducing worries about injection imagery and undocumented immigrants battling the pandemic with no safety net.
Analysis: The Real Tragedy Of Not Having Enough COVID-19 Tests
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
April 13, 2020
KFF Health News Original
How can we know when to reopen society without testing many more people?
With No Legal Guardrails for Patients, Ambulances Drive Surprise Medical Billing
By Laura Ungar
September 14, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Studies show that at least half of ground ambulance rides across the nation leave patients with “surprise” medical bills. And a $300-a-mile ride is not unusual. Yet federal legislation to stem what’s known as balance billing has largely ignored ambulance costs.
¿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.
Missouri Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion Despite GOP Resistance
By Alex Smith, KCUR
August 5, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Missouri is the sixth state to use a ballot initiative to extend Medicaid eligibility. Most of the remaining states that have not expanded Medicaid are Republican-leaning states in the South.
Durante la inscripción de ACA, elegir un plan genera nuevas complicaciones de COVID
By Julie Appleby
December 3, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Las personas que compran su propio seguro médico enfrentan desafíos, en particular los pacientes que tuvieron COVID-19 y que presentan problemas de salud persistentes.
A Plant-Based Covid Vaccine Shows Promise
December 8, 2021
Morning Briefing
Medicago and GlaxoSmithKline reported positive results for a clinical trial of what they said is the first plant-based coronavirus vaccine. Other vaccine news is more discouraging: only 60% of Americans are vaccinated and those who won’t get a shot are unlikely to let their children get a shot either.
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.
Clock Ticking: Herd Immunity Bar Now Higher; Will ‘Doomsday’ Variant Emerge?
August 4, 2021
Morning Briefing
Health experts try to predict the future path of the unpredictable coronavirus. Meanwhile, the quick spread of the delta variant changes Americans’ views about the state of the pandemic — but not the behaviors of the unvaccinated.
Republican Convention, Day 4: Fireworks … and Shining a Light on Trump’s Claims
By the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact
August 28, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Donald Trump accepted his party’s nomination to seek reelection for a second term as president in front of a partisan audience that appeared to largely lack masks and opt against social distancing.
Señales de una “vacuna sorpresa en octubre” alarma a científicos de carrera
By Liz Szabo JoNel Aleccia
September 21, 2020
KFF Health News Original
El presidente Donald Trump, que parece decidido a anunciar una vacuna para COVID-19 antes de las elecciones, podría autorizarla legalmente a pesar de las objeciones.
