The Costs Of Safely Reopening A High-End Restaurant
By John M. Glionna
June 18, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The shifting federal guidelines about how to reopen during the pandemic have perplexed many small-business owners, including the Prestifilippos, who dug deep into their wallets to provide a new kind of dining experience they hope is safe.
Abbott’s Fast COVID Test Poses Safety Issues, Lab Workers Say
By Rachana Pradhan
April 23, 2020
KFF Health News Original
HHS said this test would “save personal protective equipment.” But Abbott’s very design ― devised for mobile testing — means those working with specimens need even more protection, experts warn.
Test Sites Quickly Attract Thousands for COVID-19 Vaccine Study
By Phil Galewitz JoNel Aleccia
August 7, 2020
KFF Health News Original
People have flooded U.S. testing sites with requests to participate in the pivotal, late-stage clinical trials of the first two COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
Technology Divide Between Senior ‘Haves’ and ‘Have-Nots’ Roils Pandemic Response
By Judith Graham
July 24, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Older adults with the ability to use technology have more access to virtual social interactions and telehealth services, and more opportunities to secure essential supplies online. Those who don’t know how to use it or can’t afford it are at greater risk of social isolation, forgoing medical care and being without food or other necessary items.
Pandemia obstaculiza al preciado bloque de votantes en centros de adultos mayores
By Rachel Bluth
October 9, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Muchos seniors que necesitan ayuda para obtener o llenar sus boletas podrían sufrir la consecuencias por el cambio de las reglas sobre visitas familiares.
Coronavirus Made 2020 The Deadliest Year In Recorded US History
March 11, 2021
Morning Briefing
While new infection numbers wobble both upward and downward, the CDC will report that 2020’s pandemic-driven death rate made it the deadliest year on record.
Funerarias, y familias, reflexionan sobre las muertes en la era de COVID-19
By JoNel Aleccia
March 19, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Se están promoviendo los funerales en internet, tomando precauciones extra al atender los cuerpos, y pidiendo que los servicios sean breves y con pocas personas. Un luto distinto.
Los incendios forestales son otra razón para usar máscaras
By Bernard J. Wolfson
August 25, 2020
KFF Health News Original
El humo de más de 300 incendios forestales en California está asfixiando a mucha gente en el centro y norte del estado y expandiendo sustancias tóxicas en el aire.
New Zealand’s Covid Outbreak Grows; China Again Hits Zero Cases
August 23, 2021
Morning Briefing
In other news, Latin American nations are offering boosters; the U.K. has launched a surveillance program to measure antibodies in people with covid; Lebanese hospitals have run out of everything; India approves the world’s first DNA-based coronavirus vaccine; and more.
Ex cazador de virus federal dice que no hay que esperar que el gérmen toque a la puerta
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
March 16, 2020
KFF Health News Original
El proyecto para descubrir virus zoonóticos creció bajo los presidentes George W. Bush y Barack Obama, pero la administración Trump optó por cerrarlo.
Delta Now Responsible For More Than Half Of New US Covid Infections
July 7, 2021
Morning Briefing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the more transmissible delta variant, or B.1.617.2, is now estimated to be the dominant coronavirus strain in the U.S. The rapid growth worries public health experts.
Society Is Reopening. Prepare To Hunker Down At Home Again.
By Bernard J. Wolfson
June 9, 2020
KFF Health News Original
First, businesses started to reopen; then racial justice protesters flooded the streets. Social distancing is beginning to fade. Are you ready for a second wave of COVID-19 infections ― and a renewed lockdown?
Federal Judge Rules Medicare Patients Can Challenge ‘Observation Care’ Status
By Susan Jaffe
March 30, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Hundreds of thousands of people will be able to appeal hospitals’ decisions to classify them as “observation care” patients instead of inpatients, under a ruling last week in a class action suit.
Readers And Tweeters: Doctors Weigh In On Telemedicine Costs
May 13, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
‘You’re Going to Release Him When He Was Hurting Himself?’
By Brett Dahlberg, WCMU
September 29, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Daniel Prude’s family knew he needed psychiatric care and tried to get it for him. Instead, his encounter with police hours after he was released from Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, proved fatal.
Hospital Executive Charged In $1.4B Rural Hospital Billing Scheme
By Lauren Weber Barbara Feder Ostrov
June 30, 2020
KFF Health News Original
In an investigation last year, KHN detailed the rise and fall of Miami businessman Jorge A. Perez’s rural hospital empire, which spanned eight states and encompassed half of the rural hospital bankruptcies in 2019.
Salud sobre ruedas: casas rodantes ofrecen tratamiento contra la adicción en comunidades rurales remotas
By Markian Hawryluk
September 28, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Las clínicas ambulantes está llevando el tratamiento de la adicción a zonas rurales remotas, en donde los pacientes carecen de acceso inmediato a medicinas y servicios.
Police Officers’ No. 1 Job Risk: Covid
September 20, 2021
Morning Briefing
The coronavirus is the leading cause of death among law enforcement so far in 2021, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Meanwhile, the average U.S. daily death toll from covid over the last seven days surpassed 2,000 this weekend, The New York Times reports.
The Race Against Covid Variants And Yet Another Surge
April 2, 2021
Morning Briefing
The pace of vaccinations pick up as coronavirus variants stir fears that the United States is facing a fourth surge of covid cases.
Colorado, Like Other States, Trims Health Programs Amid Health Crisis
By Markian Hawryluk
July 10, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Across the country, the recession has cut state revenues at the same time the COVID-19 pandemic has increased costs, forcing state lawmakers into painful decisions about how to balance their budgets. Health care is one of the targets even in the midst of a health care crisis.
