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California’s Public Health Tax Is Dead for the Year

By Angela Hart July 15, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A ballot measure that would have taxed California millionaires to boost public health funding will not be on the November ballot. But the tech titans who bankrolled the effort say they are negotiating with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration to get more money without imposing new taxes.

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La neumonía adquirida en el hospital está matando pacientes. Aunque es fácil de prevenir

By Brett Kelman July 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Esta forma de neumonía generalmente se desarrolla cuando bacterias en los dientes “viajan” a los pulmones. Por eso la higiene bucal es esencial en los hospitales.

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A 3D rendering shows three models of the coronavirus tinted pink, yellow and orange on a white background.

Guía para entender a las subvariantes de ómicron

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact May 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

¿Qué tan diferentes son estas subvariantes entre sí? ¿Puede la infección por una subvariante proteger a alguien de la infección por otra? Y, ¿qué tan bien funcionan contra estas variantes las vacunas que se desarrollaron antes de la aparición de ómicron?

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Novavax Missed Its Global Moonshot but Is Angling to Win Over mRNA Defectors

By Arthur Allen and Sarah Jane Tribble May 26, 2022 KFF Health News Original

After years of failure, the Maryland company aims to attract the vaccine-hesitant with an alternative to mRNA shots. But will it find a market?

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President Joe Biden speaks from a podium with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi standing behind him.

Fact Check: Biden Sets High Bar in 1st State of the Union Speech

By Victoria Knight and Colleen DeGuzman March 2, 2022 KFF Health News Original

What a difference a year makes. The speech was delivered to a largely unmasked crowd of lawmakers, justices, and Cabinet members in the House chamber.

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Covid Sewage Surveillance Labs Join the Hunt for Monkeypox

By Mark Kreidler August 9, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for covid outbreaks. U.S. researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Invisible Pandemic

May 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Covid cases are again climbing, but you wouldn’t know it from the behavior of public health and elected officials, much less the general public, all of whom seem to want to put the pandemic in the rearview mirror. Meanwhile, the fallout over the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion continues even as the Senate fails — again — to muster the votes to write abortion rights into law. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.

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A health worker prepares to give a senior man a shot.

Why Won’t More Older Americans Get Their Covid Booster?

By Liz Szabo May 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Approximately 1 in 3 Americans 65 and older who completed their initial vaccination round still have not received a first booster shot. The numbers dismay researchers, who say the lag has cost tens of thousands of lives.

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House Covid Panel Releases Final Report Critical Of Pandemic Response

December 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic criticized efforts of the WHO, as well as social distancing and mask mandates, and credited Operation Warp Speed. Also in covid-related news, Donald Trump’s health agency nominees, nursing homes, and more.

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Meet Mary Wakefield, the Nurse Administrator Tasked With Revamping the CDC

By Sam Whitehead September 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has tapped Mary Wakefield to help “reset” the agency after its public failures handling the covid pandemic. Those who know Wakefield say her high standards and problem-solving skills make her a good fit for the job.

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Pandemic Poses Short- and Long-Term Risks to Babies, Especially Boys

By Liz Szabo December 21, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A mother’s immune response to covid can be a greater danger to the fetus than the virus itself.

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5 Things You Should Know About ‘Free’ At-Home Covid Tests

By Damon Darlin January 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Telling insurance companies to pay for rapid covid-19 tests is just the latest covid-related cost the federal government expects them to bear. But who really ends up paying for it?

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Vials of covid vaccine and syringes are arranged on a metal tray.

Polio, Chickenpox, Measles, Now Covid. It’s Time to Consult History on School Vaccine Mandates

By Elisabeth Rosenthal February 9, 2022 KFF Health News Original

As some states adopt covid vaccine requirements, not everyone agrees mandates for children are the way forward. Taking a page from history: We have two paths to putting the pandemic behind us: a quicker, more certain one of mandatory vaccination or a stuttering, drawn-out, likely more deadly affair.

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A pink stethoscope is underneath a stack of 100-dollar bills. The background is a solid blue.

Many Preventive Medical Services Cost Patients Nothing. Will a Texas Court Decision Change That?

By Julie Appleby September 9, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A federal judge in Texas issued a decision this week that affects the Affordable Care Act. It says one way that preventive services are selected for no-cost coverage is unconstitutional.

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As Giant Hospitals Get Bigger, an Independent Doctor Feels the Pinch

By Fred Clasen-Kelly October 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Independent medical practices keep closing as doctors join behemoth hospital groups or leave the field. Research suggests that’s bad news for patients. Studies repeatedly conclude that consolidation in the health care industry is driving up costs while showing no clear evidence of improved care.

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Public Health Agencies Adapt Covid Lessons to Curb Overdoses, STDs, and Gun Violence

By Katheryn Houghton August 17, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Know-how gained through the covid pandemic is seeping into other public health areas. But in a nation that has chronically underfunded its public health system, it’s hard to know which changes will stick.

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Epidemic: Zero Pox!

August 15, 2023 Podcast

In the early 1970s, public health workers buoyed by the motto “zero pox!” worked across India to achieve 100% vaccination against smallpox. This episode is about what happened when these zealous young people encountered hesitation.

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Covid Tracking: Unpredictable Funding Could Jeopardize Sewage Surveillance

March 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Wastewater testing is one of the most reliable ways to track the spread of the novel coronavirus. Currently, covid infections are on the decline across the U.S., but the flu remains elevated.

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Colorado Hospitals in ‘Critical Condition’ as State Weathers Another Surge

By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio December 15, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Patients with other ailments are frustrated, and nurses and doctors are stressed and burned out, as unvaccinated covid-19 patients fill ICU and acute care beds.

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Is Covid ‘Under Control’ in the US? Experts Say Yes

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact and Jeff Cercone, PolitiFact September 26, 2022 KFF Health News Original

PolitiFact has been tracking this campaign promise since 2020. Experts are now saying it’s fair to describe the covid pandemic as “under control.”

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