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Pressure Ratchets Up On Biden To Aid Global Vaccinations

May 10, 2021 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, the White House coronavirus coordinator stands by the federal handling of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause. In other administration news: Nancy Messonnier’s CDC departure, White House efforts to elevate science again at federal health agencies, and more.

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Another COVID Mystery: Patients Survive Ventilator, But Linger in a Coma

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR August 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Doctors are diagnosing a new stage of COVID-19 recovery: patients who take much longer than usual to regain consciousness after coming off a ventilator. And a growing number of doctors are worried some patients aren’t being given the time they need to wake up.

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It’s Been A Year Since ‘Normal’ Ended

March 11, 2021 Morning Briefing

From the perspectives of government officials to health care workers to ordinary Americans, news outlets look back at the past 12 months of the global coronavirus pandemic.

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FDA Advisory Panel To Review Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine

February 26, 2021 Morning Briefing

It’s the final step in the emergency use authorization process. Approval could come this weekend, giving the U.S. a third coronavirus vaccine.

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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.

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Hospital Executive Charged In $1.4B Rural Hospital Billing Scheme

By Lauren Weber and 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.

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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?

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La tasa de vacunación contra la culebrilla aumenta, pero muchos quedan atrás

By Phil Galewitz July 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Un nuevo informe de los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) revela que el porcentaje de vacunación es mucho más bajo entre las minorías.

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As Covid Variant Worries Continue, WHO Warns World Is At ‘Risky’ Stage

March 9, 2021 Morning Briefing

Houston and Florida are experiencing a spread of the more infectious UK coronavirus variant, as the World Health Organization issues a warning that this is no time to relax in the battle against the virus.

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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.

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Spending Boost Planned For Covid Tests And Improved Variant Tracking

February 18, 2021 Morning Briefing

As different coronavirus variants surge in the country, large-scale plans to genetically track them and improve testing systems and supplies are unveiled.

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Could Trump’s Push To Undo The ACA Cause Problems For COVID Survivors? Biden Thinks So.

By Julie Appleby July 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The speech by the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee was delivered the same day the Trump administration reaffirmed its support of a lawsuit that would invalidate all of the Affordable Care Act, including the law’s preexisting condition protections.

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Millions Of Older Americans Live In Counties With No ICU Beds As Pandemic Intensifies

By Fred Schulte and Elizabeth Lucas and Jordan Rau and Liz Szabo and Jay Hancock March 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A Kaiser Health News analysis shows that counties with ICUs average one ICU bed for every 1,300 older residents, those most at risk for needing hospitalization.

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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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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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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.

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Will Approved Vaccines Protect Against New Coronavirus Mutation?

December 22, 2020 Morning Briefing

The makers of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines will test them against the newly emerged variant and voice confidence about the effectiveness.

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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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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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As Georgia Reopened, Officials Knew of Severe Shortage of PPE for Health Workers

By Rachana Pradhan and Victoria Knight August 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

State officials said they urgently needed millions more masks and gowns, internal emails show. At least 80 Georgia health workers have died from COVID-19, including after the state reopened its economy.

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