COVID + Influenza: éste es un buen año para vacunarse, aconsejan expertos
By Julie Appleby Michelle Andrews
August 28, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Con el país en medio de una pandemia, expertos dicen que nadie sabe qué sucedería si se contrae influenza y COVID simultáneamente porque nunca ocurrió antes.
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.
Boosters, Mismatched Doses: Vaccine Innovations May Up Protections
May 6, 2021
Morning Briefing
New studies look at the effectiveness of current vaccines, as well as potential booster shots, against coronavirus variants. Researchers are also looking at whether mixing shots from different vaccine makers may increase efficacy as well.
Free Clinics Try To Fill Gaps As COVID Sweeps Away Job-Based Insurance
By Michaela Gibson Morris
April 30, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The volunteer medical providers at the Tree of Life Free Clinic in Tupelo, Mississippi, give crucial health care to the uninsured in the best of times, drawing crowds who line up for hours. Amid the current COVID pandemic, clinic staffers were advised to close. Instead, they chose to adapt — even without critical N95 masks to protect themselves — as the economic crisis intensifies the need for free care.
AMA Reveals Plan To Combat Racism In Health Care, And In Its Ranks
May 12, 2021
Morning Briefing
In other health care news, Maine is acknowledging all school nurses for their role combating the coronavirus; a boom in pet ownership during covid is overwhelming vets; and a survey shows new medical residents tend to choose urban hospitals.
CDC: Fully Vaccinated People Can Skip Masks In Uncrowded Outdoor Places
April 28, 2021
Morning Briefing
The CDC revised its guidance to say that people who have completed the course of coronavirus vaccinations can exercise outside alone or with household members without a face covering. The same goes for small outdoor gatherings.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: SCOTUS Punts On ACA Case — For Now
January 23, 2020
KFF Health News Original
The Supreme Court said it won’t hear an expedited case that threatens to overturn the Affordable Care Act. That means the future of the ACA will continue to be a top political issue through the November election. Meanwhile, a major doctors’ group endorses “Medicare for All.” Sort of. And both sides in the abortion debate mark the 47th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Caitlin Owens of Axios join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, for extra credit, the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
The Pandemic Is Hurting Pediatric Hospitals, Too
By Bernard J. Wolfson
May 19, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Children’s hospitals were generally in good shape before COVID-19, but now their revenues are plunging as beds they reserved to assist in the pandemic effort remain empty.
WHO Report Says Covid Was ‘Preventable Disaster’
May 13, 2021
Morning Briefing
An independent review of global responses to the coronavirus pandemic ordered by the World Health Organization found many faults, including a slow reaction in early stages. Meanwhile, India’s covid crises continues, with over 4,000 recorded deaths today.
Biden And Trump Teams Both Hit By New Infections
December 18, 2020
Morning Briefing
Like the nation, the pace of government officials and advisers infected by or exposed to the coronavirus are on the rise.
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.
Antibody Tests Were Hailed As Way To End Lockdowns. Instead, They Cause Confusion.
By Christie Aschwanden
May 28, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Some communities considered community antibody testing as a way out of lockdown. But they’ve pulled back as they realized antibody testing is the Wild West in an oversight vacuum.
Study: Pfizer Vaccine Less Effective Versus South African Covid Variant
February 18, 2021
Morning Briefing
Experiments suggest a coronavirus variant first reported in South Africa seems partly resistant to Pfizer’s vaccine, sparking concern as other variants spread.
FBI Launches Investigation Into Nursing Home Deaths In New York
February 18, 2021
Morning Briefing
And in Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened to take away coronavirus vaccines from communities that criticize his distribution efforts.
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.
Coronavirus Most Likely Didn’t Leak From Chinese Lab, Investigators Say
February 9, 2021
Morning Briefing
It’s more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, the WHO says. And in other news from China, its single-shot CanSino vaccine has proved to be 65.7% effective. News reports also highlight England, Wales, Iran and the pope’s annual message.
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.
Johnson Orders Strict Lockdown In Britain To Fight Coronavirus Mutation
December 21, 2020
Morning Briefing
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting today with ministers after setting heavy restrictions in part of the country this weekend. The variant of the virus is not believed to lead to more serious illness but it spreads more easily.
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.
CDC Says ‘Breakthrough’ Post-Vaccine Covid Cases Are Rare
May 26, 2021
Morning Briefing
Data shows only around 10,000 people were infected with coronavirus after they’d been fully vaccinated, the CDC revealed. Only 2% of those people then died. More than 130 million people have been fully vaccinated.
