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Hopeful Milestone: More Americans Vaccinated Than Have Been Infected By Covid

February 2, 2021 Morning Briefing

According to Bloomberg’s data, the U.S. has already crossed this mark, with 26.5 million inoculated and over 26.3 million confirmed coronavirus cases.

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Vaccinations Pick Up Pace, But Real Doses Are Found On The Dark Web

March 5, 2021 Morning Briefing

The U.S. reaches new highs in vaccinating citizens. Dark web sites have been selling some real coronavirus vaccines, according to reports, and the threat of fake vaccine sales emerges across the globe.

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Study: Dogs, Cats Tested Positive For COVID — Even If Their Owners Didn’t

December 8, 2020 Morning Briefing

Also in the news: mother-to-infant coronavirus transmission while sharing the same hospital room.

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‘Just Make It Home’: The Unwritten Rules Blacks Learn To Navigate Racism In America

By Cara Anthony June 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Darnell Hill, a mental health caseworker, is teaching black teens in St. Louis how to safely walk through the park, run to the store or handle an encounter with the police. Beyond tangible skills, he offers comfort and a semblance of control to those for whom birding, running or walking down the street hold the risk of racial violence.

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Governors Order Fresh Restrictions, Mandates To Curb All-Time-High Cases

October 28, 2020 Morning Briefing

As coronavirus infections reach historic levels, many state leaders revert to efforts to “flatten the curve.” Hospitals are already experiencing a flood of new coronavirus patients.

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Fauci’s Mask Forecast: Indoor Rules Could Relax, Use May Become Seasonal

May 10, 2021 Morning Briefing

Appearing on several weekend news programs, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that federal guidance on masks should “start being more liberal as we get more people vaccinated” — a message echoed by White House covid crisis coordinator Jeff Zients. Fauci also talked about the flu and undercounted coronavirus deaths in the U.S.

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Global Manufacturers Push Biden To Protect Covid Drug Patents

March 9, 2021 Morning Briefing

The WTO is considering a pharmaceutical patent rights waiver to boost coronavirus efforts in poorer nations, but drugmakers want President Joe Biden to say no. Meanwhile Russia’s vaccine will be made in Switzerland, and the Pope defends his Iraq visit.

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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.

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Biden: 90% Of Americans Eligible For Covid Vaccine By April 19

March 30, 2021 Morning Briefing

President Joe Biden confidently declared that at least 90% of U.S. adults will be eligible to receive coronavirus vaccines by April 19. States follow with expanded eligibility requirements. Meanwhile, all the “Operation Warp Speed” trappings have been jettisoned by the Biden administration.

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Studies Warn We’ve Counted Only A Fraction Of Youth Covid Cases

March 5, 2021 Morning Briefing

New studies warn of big miscounts of children who caught coronavirus. Other news reports describe how farmworkers have been adversely infected and how we can learn from Brazil’s pandemic missteps.

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Exhausted Hospital Workers Crushed As Coronavirus Patients Flood In

November 19, 2020 Morning Briefing

With no relief in sight from the current unrelenting surge of sick Americans into medical facilities, front-line workers are feeling the physical and mental toll. They are begging Americans to take more care.

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Variants ‘Barely Getting Started’ To Spread, Could Explode By March

January 14, 2021 Morning Briefing

Scientists fear that the progression of coronavirus mutations is only beginning to take hold and outbreaks will surge even further in the coming months, particularly in the U.S.

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More Evidence Backs Worries That Variant Identified In UK Is Deadlier

February 16, 2021 Morning Briefing

The latest research by British scientists confirms preliminary findings that the B.1.1.7 variant of the coronavirus does cause more severe cases of covid-19 and can lead to more deaths.

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Anatomy Of A COVID Conspiracy Theory

October 22, 2020 Morning Briefing

How a coronavirus conspiracy theory collapsed.

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Ultra-Cold Storage Of Pfizer Vaccine No Longer Required By FDA

February 26, 2021 Morning Briefing

The FDA approved Pfizer’s application for a change in policy that allows its coronavirus shot to be transported and stored in ordinary freezers. The move could make it easier to administer shots from more locations around the U.S.

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California AG Seeks More Power To Battle Merger-Hungry Health Care Chains

By Rachel Bluth June 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Xavier Becerra has made battling health care consolidation a priority since he became attorney general. Now that COVID-19 threatens vulnerable health care practices, he’s pushing to expand his authority to slow health care mergers.

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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.

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Federal Help Falters As Nursing Homes Run Short Of Protective Equipment

By Jordan Rau June 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

More than 3,000 nursing homes reported less than a week’s worth of supplies, and 653 said they had run out entirely at some point. Stopgap FEMA equipment has not reached many facilities, and packages that have arrived have fallen short of promises.

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EU Regulator Backs AstraZeneca Shot; France, Italy To Restart Vaccinations

March 17, 2021 Morning Briefing

After many European nations suspended use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, the European Union’s drug regulator joined other health authorities in saying there is “no indication” that it causes blood clots and that the benefits of inoculations outweigh a possible rare side effect.

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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.

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