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In Legislative Shuffle, California Prioritizes Safety Gear and Sick Leave During Crisis

By Rachel Bluth and Angela Hart and Samantha Young September 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Lawmakers are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign bills that would address the challenges of the current COVID-19 crisis and help the state prepare for future pandemics.

How Well Does Your Nursing Home Fight Infections? Look It Up Here

By Jordan Rau and Elizabeth Lucas March 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

More nursing homes have been faulted for failing to follow practices designed to prevent and control infections than for any other type of error. Such lapses have become matters of heightened concern with the spread of the coronavirus this spring, especially as the virus is a bigger threat to the elderly.

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.

‘When It Starts Getting Into Your Local Hospital, It Becomes Real’

By Lauren Weber April 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Located about 45 minutes from New Orleans in one of the hardest-hit counties nationally, the 25-bed rural St. James Parish Hospital has hunkered down as staffers became infected, patient intake numbers have doubled, and intubations have skyrocketed. This is what it looks like inside a rural hospital when COVID-19 hits.

Bereaved Families Are ‘the Secondary Victims of COVID-19’

By Judith Graham August 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

New research suggests the pandemic’s deaths are taking an enormous toll on surviving family members and worrisome ripple effects may linger for years.

Pressure Rises For ‘Transparent’ Investigation Into Covid’s Origins

May 26, 2021 Morning Briefing

Speaking at the World Health Assembly, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra pushed for a “transparent, science-based” follow-up investigation into where the coronavirus pandemic originated. Reports note the matter is causing political turmoil.

Hype Collides With Science As FDA Tries To Rein In ‘Wild West’ of COVID Blood Tests

By JoNel Aleccia and Anna Maria Barry-Jester June 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Amid questions about the accuracy of the COVID-19 antibody tests flooding the market — and the usefulness of the results they provide — the FDA has belatedly stepped in to try to rein in the chaos.

President Of Tanzania, A Covid Denier, Dies Amid Rumors He Had Coronavirus

March 18, 2021 Morning Briefing

The official announcement said President John Magufuli died of heart complications. Magufuli had railed against masks and said that God had helped the country eliminate the virus. As vaccine rollouts began, he also discouraged his Health Ministry from securing doses for Tanzania, The New York Times said.

Doctors Say Covid Symptoms Are Changing, Now Look More Like A Cold

July 1, 2021 Morning Briefing

Upper respiratory symptoms such as congestion, runny nose and headache seem to be increasing among those found to have the coronavirus. In other research news: vaccinated people who get covid appear to carry less of the virus; some wildlife may be able to spread covid to humans; and more.

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes March 6, 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.

Must-Reads of the Week

By Lauren Zamarron August 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

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

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.

‘It’s Like Walking Into Chernobyl,’ One Doctor Says Of Her Emergency Room

By Will Stone and Leila Fadel, NPR News April 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Lack of protective gear and fears about all the unknown aspects of COVID-19 are parts of the mosaic of stress facing doctors and nurses on the front lines of the pandemic.

Nearly 2,900 Migrant Minors Test Positive For Coronavirus Over One Year

March 25, 2021 Morning Briefing

Data on covid infections in migrant children detained in government shelters include 300 currently in the system. Elsewhere, figures show hospitalizations for older citizens are falling and Congress begins to plan what to do if a future pandemic strikes.

School Districts Grapple With Quarantines, Face Masks And Fear

By Anna Almendrala February 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, school districts, especially those with large Chinese student populations, are in uncharted territory as they apply new federal travel rules to their students. Some also are weighing requests from parents that are more about fear than science, such as whether to allow students with no travel history to stay home from school.

During A Pandemic, States’ Patchwork Of Crisis Strategies Could Mean Uneven Care

By Markian Hawryluk March 5, 2020 KFF Health News Original

If a coronavirus pandemic were to hit the U.S., only 36 states have blueprints for “crisis standards of care” to sort out who gets what kind of medical care amid scarce resources. And not all the plans are of high quality. That means health care providers in some states will be better prepared for a crisis than others — but all could face tough decisions.

Turning Anger Into Action: Minority Students Analyze COVID Data on Racial Disparities

By Esther Landhuis August 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

About 70 college students are enrolled this summer in a program developed by San Francisco researchers and funded by the National Institutes of Health that allows them to explore the pandemic’s impact on communities facing health disparities.

Cruise Ships Will Go On Test Runs

May 6, 2021 Morning Briefing

Each practice cruise will operate in U.S. waters and last two to seven days. In other travel news: Scammers at an Indonesian airport reused coronavirus testing swabs on as many as 9,000 people.

Biden Demands More Intel Into Lab Vs. Animal Theories On Covid Origins

May 27, 2021 Morning Briefing

President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to “redouble” investigations into the two most plausible causes of the coronavirus crisis — a “lab leak” in Wuhan, China or human contact with an infected animal — and deliver better information in 90 days.

A View From The Front Lines Of California’s COVID-19 Battle

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester March 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California physicians dealing with COVID-19 offer a sobering portrait of a health care system bracing for the worst of a pandemic that could be months from peaking.

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