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“La reina de la vacunación”: enfermera lleva las dosis contra covid de casa en casa en Puerto Rico

By Caroline Almy and Alicia Carter August 9, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Abigail Matos-Pagán, experta en cuidados críticos que ha impulsado tareas de ayuda tras huracanes y terremotos, se ha propuesto vacunar al mayor número posible de residentes de Puerto Rico.

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From ‘Physician Assistant’ to Medicare, Readers and Tweeters Mince No Words

December 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Vaccination Disarray Leaves Seniors Confused About When They Can Get a Shot

By Judith Graham January 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As covid cases and deaths soar, it’s difficult to get up-to-date, reliable information about inoculations, and many older adults don’t know where to turn for help. Navigating Aging columnist Judith Graham answers questions from several readers.

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Black Americans Are Getting Vaccinated at Lower Rates Than White Americans

By Hannah Recht and Lauren Weber January 17, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Black Americans are receiving covid vaccines at a much lower rate than their white peers due to a combination of mistrust and access issues, leaving them behind in the mission to vaccinate the nation’s population.

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Tech Companies Mobilize to Schedule Vaccine Appointments, But Often Fall Short

By Miranda Green February 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Techies and startups have thrown together vaccine appointment websites to address the chaotic rollout of covid shots. But software can’t replace vaccines, and for many people the sites are just another piece of the vaccination “Hunger Games.”

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Readers and Tweeters Ponder Vaccines and Points of Fairness

August 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Time to Say Goodbye to Some Insurers’ Waivers for Covid Treatment Fees

By Julie Appleby April 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Insurers voluntarily set the charges aside earlier in the pandemic — but that means those same health plans can decide to reinstate them.

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Kaiser Permanente Averts Worker Strike In Union Deal

November 15, 2021 Morning Briefing

An alliance of unions representing about 50,000 Kaiser Permanente staff agreed to a call off a strike after reaching a deal. Trustee investments, liens, Illinois’ troubled health program and the nursing staff shortage are also in the news.

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En crisis de salud mental, el 911 ahora no siempre responde con policías

By Katheryn Houghton June 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Cada vez más terapeutas forman parte de los equipos de emergencia. Y en 2022 habrá una una nueva línea específica para crisis de salud mental: el 988.

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Covid Was a Tipping Point for Telehealth. If Some Have Their Way, Virtual Visits Are Here to Stay.

By Noam N. Levey June 7, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Pressure is mounting on Congress and the Biden administration to make permanent pandemic-inspired rules that fueled telehealth growth. Some fear fraud and ballooning costs.

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Heces: la nueva herramienta de detección de covid y otras enfermedades

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester August 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Cuando se detecta la presencia de covid en las aguas residuales, se realizan pruebas a los estudiantes, al personal y a los profesores, lo que ha permitido a la universidad identificar y aislar a los individuos infectados que aún no muestran síntomas.

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Dramática baja de enfermedades por virus comunes, ¿significa máscaras para siempre?

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio March 31, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Algunos expertos, como los investigadores que intentan mejorar las máscaras, argumentan que más sociedades deberían adoptarlas, como lo han hecho algunos países asiáticos.

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How One Indie Artist Used Her Pandemic Lockdown to Create an Album With Global Collaborators

By Chaseedaw Giles April 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic-induced lockdowns have only increased the demand for music-streaming services. This independent singer wrote, recorded and produced an album with musicians around the world during the pandemic’s rolling stay-at-home mandates.

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Another Health Worker Union Votes To OK Kaiser Permanente Strikes

October 29, 2021 Morning Briefing

The National Union of Healthcare Workers is the latest to support strikes at Kaiser Permanente over alleged staffing shortages and poor patient access to mental care. Meanwhile, reports say a Massachusetts health network has been hacked, and thousands of patients’ data may have been exposed.

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Justice Department Alleges Kaiser Permanente Coerced Medicare Claim Upcoding

October 27, 2021 Morning Briefing

Modern Healthcare reports on a new complaint from the Justice Department that alleges Kaiser Permanente coerced employees to upcode claims for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries. Northside Hospital, Cigna, Encompass, Betsy DeVos at the Theranos trial and more are also in the news.

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Pfizer May Soon Get Approval For Shots For The Under-5s, Fauci Says

January 20, 2022 Morning Briefing

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the FDA may make the approval decision in the next month. Meanwhile, a mistake by health care provider Kaiser Permanente in California may have seen 4,000 people get slightly lower-dose covid shots than recommended. Affected people are being alerted.

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California’s Vaccine Appointment Website Has Glitches. No Surprise?

By Miranda Green March 5, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Experts give poor usability ratings to My Turn, the new statewide sign-up app for covid vaccination. But with so many problems plaguing the vaccination effort, it seems unreasonable to have expected this one to work perfectly.

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“Todo lo que quieres es que te crean”: el prejuicio inconciente en la atención de salud

By April Dembosky, KQED October 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los latinos y los afroamericanos suelen ser menos propensos a recibir analgésicos o atención avanzada que los pacientes blancos no hispanos con las mismas quejas o síntomas.

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Planned Nov. 15 Strike Will Involve Nearly 32,000 Kaiser Permanente Staff

November 5, 2021 Morning Briefing

Health care workers in California, Oregon and Washington are involved. Separately, maintenance workers strike at a West Virginia Hospital, and reports say Kansas hospitals are at “crisis level” for staffing and capacity. Media outlets also cover other health industry news.

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Unions Allowed To Call Strike For Over 20,000 Kaiser Permanente Staff

October 12, 2021 Morning Briefing

Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals voted 96% to move forward with a strike. News outlets report on other worker and strike matters in health care systems across the country.

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