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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.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes January 31, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

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20 Million AstraZeneca Doses Stockpiled In US

April 9, 2021 Morning Briefing

In other news from across the country, hucksters tout fake coronavirus cures, and Hollywood thinks it can help correct vaccine misinformation.

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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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Señales de una “vacuna sorpresa en octubre” alarma a científicos de carrera

By Liz Szabo and 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.

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COVID-19: las farmacéuticas elogiadas por Trump mandan dinero a Biden

By Jay Hancock October 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Revirtiendo una tendencia en las contribuciones de las farmacéuticas, que enviaban mucho dinero a los republicanos, en lo que va de 2020 la industria se ha inclinado hacia los demócratas.

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Medicaid Providers At The End Of The Line For Federal COVID Funding

By Julie Rovner May 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Congress authorized $100 billion for health care providers to help reimburse them for losses linked to the coronavirus pandemic. But the majority of that funding so far has gone to hospitals, doctors and other facilities that serve Medicare patients. Providers primarily serving low-income Medicaid populations and children have been largely left out.

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Newsom’s Ambitious Health Care Agenda Crumbles In A ‘Radically Changed’ World

By Angela Hart April 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California Gov. Gavin Newsom charged into 2020 with ambitious — and expensive — proposals to increase health insurance coverage, reduce homelessness and tackle drug prices. Then came COVID-19.

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Something Far Deadlier Than The Wuhan Virus Lurks Near You

By Liz Szabo January 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

There is a virus that has already sickened at least 13 million Americans this winter, hospitalizing 120,000 and killing 6,600 people. You may even know of it.

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Trump’s Claim That U.S. Tested More Than All Countries Combined Is ‘Pants On Fire’ Wrong

By Shefali Luthra May 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

When you factor in population size, the U.S. is still behind.

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¿Deberías sacar a tus padres de hogares y llevarlos a tu casa durante la pandemia?

By Judith Graham March 31, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Las familias se enfrentan a ese dilema. En los hogares de vida asistida los adultos mayores tienen alimentos y cuidado médico. En la casa tienen el amor de la familia.

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Shingles Vaccination Rate Soars But Leaves Many Behind

By Phil Galewitz July 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A federal study finds 35% of people 60 and older were vaccinated for shingles by 2018, up from 7% in 2008, but low-income people and those who are Black or Hispanic are far less likely to get vaccinated.

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Wildfires’ Toxic Air Leaves Damage Long After the Smoke Clears

By Katheryn Houghton September 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As fires burn longer and closer to cities throughout the West, researchers are trying to understand the lasting health impacts by studying a Montana town previously smothered by wildfire smoke.

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“Esenciales” o no, estos trabajadores siguen en sus puestos

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

Entre las personas que siguen trabajando, sin el lujo de poder hacerlo desde casa, hay un alto porcentaje de trabajadores con salarios bajos, que ganan un promedio de $10,22 por hora.

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Mysterious Heart Damage, Not Just Lung Troubles, Befalling COVID-19 Patients

By Markian Hawryluk April 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Most of the attention in the COVID-19 pandemic has been on how the virus affects the lungs. But evidence shows that up to 1 in 5 hospitalized patients have signs of heart damage and many are dying due to heart problems.

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Listen: The Hard-Knock Health Law Turns 10 Amid Pandemic

By Julie Rovner March 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

On the 10th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Kaiser Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner and Kaiser Family Foundation Executive Vice President Larry Levitt put the law in perspective.

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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.

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Lack of Antigen Test Reporting Leaves Country ‘Blind to the Pandemic’

By Rachana Pradhan and Lauren Weber and Hannah Recht September 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A KHN review found more than 20 states either don’t count or have incomplete data on the use of COVID-19 antigen tests, leaving the public in the dark about the true scope of the pandemic.

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Drinking Surged During The Pandemic. Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction?

By Alex Smith, KCUR June 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Experts say a bit of extra drinking isn’t a problem for many people, but they recommend watching out for specific behaviors that signal addiction.

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Probe Of The Origins Of Covid Roils Nations

April 1, 2021 Morning Briefing

Bat or pangolin? Yunnan or somewhere in Southeast Asia? The initial source of the coronavirus remains a mystery as China tries to deflect the focus to other places.

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