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The Nation’s 5,000 Outpatient Surgery Centers Could Help With The COVID-19 Overflow

By Cara Anthony and Liz Szabo March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A coalition of anesthesiologists wants to repurpose the country’s more than 5,000 surgery centers to serve as emergency overflow amid the coronavirus pandemic. The centers have trained medical staff largely sitting idle, anesthesia machines that could be turned into ventilators, and empty medical space. But obstacles such as federal payment rules, logistics and some skepticism are getting in the way.

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Biden Covid Team Unseals ‘Hidden’ Reports Tracking State Covid Levels

January 29, 2021 Morning Briefing

Access to weekly state profile reports was previously limited to governors by the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force.

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‘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.

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Study Finds Covid Deaths Of Black Women Are 3 Times White Male Rate

April 9, 2021 Morning Briefing

In other medical research news, doctors in Japan have achieved the first living-donor lung tissue transplant for a patient suffering covid lung damage, and the hunt continues for simple and effective treatments for the coronavirus.

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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.

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Public Health Officials To Newsom: Lockdown Won’t Work Without Enforcement

By Angela Hart March 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was out front nationally when he ordered nearly all Californians to stay at home to stem the spread of COVID-19. But local officials warn it won’t work without tougher enforcement.

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Rapid At-Home Tests Arrive To Boost Covid-Beating Efforts

April 2, 2021 Morning Briefing

Backed by federal and private investment, a series of speedy covid tests that can be administered at home is arriving as part of the effort to suppress coronavirus–particularly as variants are spreading, and in some places test numbers are shrinking.

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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.

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Test Sites Quickly Attract Thousands for COVID-19 Vaccine Study

By Phil Galewitz and 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.

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Going The Distance By Bus Through A Pandemic

By Heidi de Marco May 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Transit ridership has plummeted because of COVID-19, but millions of Americans still rely on buses and trains to get around, often because they have no other choice.

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‘Into the Covid ICU’: A New Doctor Bears Witness to the Isolation, Inequities of Pandemic

By Jenny Gold March 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Paloma Marin-Nevarez graduated from medical school during the pandemic. We follow the rookie doctor for her first months working at a hospital in Fresno, California, as she grapples with isolation, anti-mask rallies and an overwhelming number of deaths.

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California y COVID-19: hospitales se alistan para la crisis con acciones probadas y desesperadas

By Angela Hart and Anna Maria Barry-Jester April 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A medida que California ingresa al período más crítico contra COVID-19, los 416 hospitales, grandes y pequeños, públicos y privados, se esfuerzan por tener la capacidad necesaria para una avalancha de pacientes críticos.

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Allergic Reactions To COVID Vaccine Investigated

December 21, 2020 Morning Briefing

Scientists are examining a few severe allergic reactions to the coronavirus vaccine.

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Millions Stuck At Home With No Plumbing, Kitchen Or Space To Stay Safe

By Laura Ungar and Elizabeth Lucas May 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In 470,000 American homes spread across every state, washing hands to prevent COVID-19 may not be as easy as turning on a faucet. They don’t have showers or toilets or, in some cases, even water piped into their homes. Nearly a million U.S. homes don’t have complete kitchens and millions more are overcrowded, making it much tougher for people to shelter in place and avoid infection.

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What Seniors Should Know Before Going Ahead With Elective Procedures

By Judith Graham July 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

People who put off care as COVID-19 surged are easing back into the medical system. Here’s how to know if it’s safe.

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Efforts To Curb Congenital Syphilis Falter In COVID’s Shadow

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester June 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A new federal report sheds light on the reasons newborn syphilis rates are on the rise despite simple treatment options. But amid the COVID-19 pandemic, public health departments will struggle to respond.

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US Passes Halfway Mark In Getting At Least One Shot In Adults’ Arms

April 19, 2021 Morning Briefing

As of Sunday, 50% of all Americans over 18 have received at least one dose of a covid vaccine. Such progress can’t come too soon, as the globe passes a tragic milestone of 3 million total coronavirus deaths.

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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.

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Moderna Starts Covid Vaccine Testing On Children Aged 6 Months To 11 Years

March 16, 2021 Morning Briefing

In addition to testing its existing coronavirus vaccine on young children, Moderna is also starting to test a next-generation version of the vaccine that is storable at a higher, more refrigerator-friendly temperature.

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Workplace Safety Body Accused Of Failing Workers During Pandemic

March 3, 2021 Morning Briefing

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration faces accusations of performance lapses during the pandemic. Meanwhile Dr. Anthony Fauci’s personal coronavirus model finds a new home.

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