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COVID + Influenza: This Is a Good Year to Get a Flu Shot, Experts Advise

By Julie Appleby and Michelle Andrews August 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A robust sign-up for flu shots could help head off a nightmare scenario in the coming winter of hospitals stuffed with both COVID-19 patients and those suffering from severe effects of influenza. Plus, no one knows how flu and COVID might interact if a patient got both.

How to Weigh Evacuation Options With Both Wildfires and COVID at Your Door

By Jenny Gold August 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the twin disasters of COVID-19 and fire season sweep through California, thousands of residents are weighing difficult options, pitting risk against risk as they decide where to evacuate. Amid a virulent pandemic, where can you safely relocate?

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.

Some States Are Reporting Incomplete COVID-19 Results, Blurring The Full Picture

By Fred Schulte March 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Maryland, Ohio and others are reporting only positive tests, which skews tracking and an understanding of how the virus spreads.

With Caveats, Hopeful News for Preschools Planning Young Kids’ Return

By Anna Almendrala August 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hundreds of thousands of essential workers have kept their kids in day care during the pandemic out of necessity and, so far, these centers haven’t been big disease spreaders. But the evidence remains incomplete.

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.

Inside the Race to Build a Better $500 Emergency Ventilator

By Erin Schulte August 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Inspired to help during the COVID pandemic, a volunteer SWAT team of engineering and medical talent combines old-fashioned problem-solving and advanced 3D printing — but will it actually help?

Deaths Among Medicare Patients In Nursing Homes Jumped 32% Last Year

June 22, 2021 Morning Briefing

The report from the HHS inspector general found that about 4 in 10 Medicare recipients in nursing homes had or likely had covid in 2020, and that deaths overall jumped by 169,291 from the previous year, before the coronavirus appeared.

Clínicas post-Covid reciben a pacientes con síntomas persistentes después de recuperarse

By Julie Appleby September 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Estos centros de salud que comienzan a abrirse están atendiendo a pacientes que han tenido la infección y presentan síntomas persistentes que aún son un misterio para la ciencia.

Is Cuomo Directive to Blame for Nursing Home COVID Deaths, as US Official Claims?

By Michelle Andrews August 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

New York’s governor directed nursing homes to take COVID patients. But is it fair to say he “forced” them to do so, or that his directive led to the deaths of thousands of elderly residents? Most public health experts say no.

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?

Máscaras revelan desconexión cultural mientras comunidad china de LA se prepara para el coronavirus

By Anna Almendrala January 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

En China es habitual ver transeúntes usando máscaras faciales. Pero en los Estados Unidos se trata de un fenómeno nuevo que genera algo de rechazo.

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.

Insomnio, pérdida de cabello y rechinar de dientes: cómo superar el estrés pandémico

By Aneri Pattani October 15, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Un gran número de investigaciones muestra que los altos niveles de estrés durante un tiempo prolongado pueden alterar drásticamente los sistemas del cuerpo.

Mask Shortage Straps Pharmacists Who Need Them To Keep Medicines Pure

By Christina Jewett and 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.

‘It’s Not Over Until It’s Over’: 5 Things To Know About Hitting The COVID-19 Peak

By Phil Galewitz April 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump says the country has seen a peak in new cases, but that doesn’t mean the end of the pandemic, experts say. Buckle in — we could be social distancing into 2022.

Hospital Workers Complain of Minimal Disclosure After COVID Exposures

By Jenny Gold and Markian Hawryluk May 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

From cafeteria staff to doctors and nurses, hospital workers around the country report frustrating failures by management to notify them when they have been exposed to co-workers or patients known to be infected with COVID-19.

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Blowing The Whistle On Trump Team’s COVID Policies

May 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Frustration from inside the Trump administration over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to become public, as whistleblowers ― some anonymous, some named — tell how the effort is being undermined by favoritism, incompetence and a disdain for science. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court heard a case that could threaten the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rachana Pradhan of Kaiser Health News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, for “extra credit,” the panelists recommend their favorite stories of the week they think you should read, too.

Don’t Count on Lower Premiums Despite Pandemic-Driven Boon for Insurers

By Bernard J. Wolfson July 31, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Early in the pandemic, insurers expected the costs of treating COVID-19 would vastly increase medical spending. Instead, non-COVID care has plummeted and insurers have pocketed the result. Still, few industry observers are predicting broad-based premium cuts in 2021, though some health plans have proposed lowering their rates.

Heartbreaking Bills, Lawsuit and Bankruptcy — Even With Insurance

By Laura Ungar September 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

With health insurance that can leave him on the hook for more than a quarter of his salary every year, a Kentucky essential worker who has heart disease is one of millions of Americans who are functionally uninsured. At only 31, he has already been through bankruptcy and being sued by his hospital. This year, he faced a bill for more than $10,000.

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