Is Legislation to Safeguard Americans Against Superbugs a Boondoggle or Breakthrough?
By Liz Szabo and Arthur Allen
December 16, 2022
KFF Health News Original
While supporters cheer the PASTEUR Act as an essential strategy to stem the rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, critics call it a multibillion-dollar giveaway to Big Pharma.
Pandemic Poses Short- and Long-Term Risks to Babies, Especially Boys
By Liz Szabo
December 21, 2021
KFF Health News Original
A mother’s immune response to covid can be a greater danger to the fetus than the virus itself.
La pandemia presenta riesgos a corto y largo plazo para bebés, especialmente varones
By Liz Szabo
December 21, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Las embarazadas con covid tienen cinco veces más probabilidades que las que no lo están de necesitar cuidados intensivos. Pero las consecuencias para el bebé pueden ser a largo plazo.
Científicos buscan la causa de una misteriosa inflamación en niños relacionada con covid
By Liz Szabo
October 20, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Más de 5,200 de los 6,2 millones de niños estadounidenses a los que se les ha diagnosticado covid han desarrollado MIS-C. Un 80% de los pacientes con MIS-C son tratados en unidades de cuidados intensivos, el 20% requiere ventilación mecánica y 46 han muerto.
Scientists Search for Cause of Mysterious Covid-Related Inflammation in Children
By Liz Szabo
October 20, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Scientists treating kids for MIS-C point to rare genes, leaky guts and a “superantigen.”
Las clínicas de salud sexual luchan sin medios contra la viruela del simio
By Liz Szabo and Lauren Weber
July 19, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Las clínicas que tratan las enfermedades de transmisión sexual —que ya se enfrentaban a un aumento explosivo de enfermedades como la sífilis y la gonorrea— se encuentran ahora en la primera línea de la lucha para controlar el brote de viruela del simio, que crece rápidamente.
Fighting Monkeypox, Sexual Health Clinics Are Underfunded and Ill-Equipped
By Liz Szabo and Lauren Weber
July 19, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Sexual health clinics are scrambling to properly track, test, and treat hundreds of monkeypox patients. So far, it isn’t going well.
Científicos analizan los sistemas inmunes únicos de los niños mientras más son víctimas de covid
By Liz Szabo
September 17, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Aunque no hay evidencia de que la variante delta cause una enfermedad más grave, el virus es tan infeccioso que los niños están siendo hospitalizados en gran número, principalmente en estados con bajas tasas de vacunación.
Scientists Examine Kids’ Unique Immune Systems as More Fall Victim to Covid
By Liz Szabo
September 17, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Doctors are trying to figure out why some kids become much sicker than others and, in rare cases, don’t survive.
KHN on the Air This Week
November 20, 2020
KFF Health News Original
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Journalists Explore Inefficiency and Inequities of Vaccine Rollout
February 5, 2021
KFF Health News Original
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Unraveling the Mysterious Mutations That Make Delta the Most Transmissible Covid Virus Yet
By Liz Szabo
July 28, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Scientists are trying to piece together why the delta variant so readily infects unvaccinated Americans, spewing 1,000 times more virus particles.
Las misteriosas mutaciones que hacen de delta la variante del virus de covid más contagiosa hasta ahora
By Liz Szabo
July 28, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Delta ha mantenido algunas de las mutaciones más exitosas encontradas en variantes anteriores, pero también contiene nuevos cambios genéticos que le permiten propagarse dos veces más rápido.
Damage to Children’s Education — And Their Health — Could Last a Lifetime
By Liz Szabo
July 1, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Black and Hispanic students have lost up to 12 months of learning, which could lead to lower incomes and shorter, sicker lives.
La esperanza de vida de los hispanos y afroamericanos ha sufrido la peor baja desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial
By Liz Szabo
June 24, 2021
KFF Health News Original
La pandemia proyectará una larga sombra sobre la salud estadounidense, lo que hará que millones de personas vivan más enfermas y mueran más jóvenes debido a las crecientes tasas de pobreza, hambre e inseguridad en la vivienda.
Black and Hispanic Americans Suffer Most in Biggest US Decline in Life Expectancy Since WWII
By Liz Szabo
June 24, 2021
KFF Health News Original
The pandemic will undermine Americans’ health for years. Even those not infected by the coronavirus could suffer health problems related to poverty, job loss, eviction — or all of the above.
KHN on the Air This Week
September 18, 2020
KFF Health News Original
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
KHN on the Air This Week
October 9, 2020
KFF Health News Original
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
The ‘Grief Pandemic’ Will Torment Americans for Years
By Liz Szabo
June 2, 2021
KFF Health News Original
More than 5 million Americans lost a loved one to covid, and the ripple effects could lead to serious illness down the road.
Readers and Tweeters Go to the Mat on Abortion Rights and Perceived Wrongs
June 2, 2022
KFF Health News Original
KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.