El vínculo con la esclerosis múltiple impulsa una vacuna contra el virus Epstein-Barr
By Liz Szabo
October 19, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Los científicos llevan años intentando desarrollar vacunas contra este virus. Sin embargo, recientemente varios avances en la investigación médica han dado más urgencia a la búsqueda y más esperanzas de éxito.
Biden Administration Proposes New Standards to Boost Nursing Home Staffing
By Jordan Rau
September 1, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The proposal would require major hiring at the most sparsely staffed homes. But the proposal is already badly received by the nursing home industry, which claims it can’t boost wages enough to attract workers.
Most People Dropped in Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Never Tried to Renew Coverage, Utah Finds
By Phil Galewitz
January 4, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Medicaid officials in Utah conducted a survey to answer a burning question in health policy: What happened to people dropped from the program in the post-pandemic “unwinding”?
Pfizer CEO Pushes Yearly Shots for Covid. Not So Fast, Experts Say.
By Arthur Allen
March 21, 2022
KFF Health News Original
A corporate CEO’s call for a fourth mRNA shot struck those closely watching the pandemic as self-serving. It creates public pressure for a fourth dose of vaccine before government experts have time to assess the evidence and settle on the best course forward.
What I Learned From the World’s Last Smallpox Patient
By Céline Gounder
November 8, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Declaring victory over a disease can be easier than meeting survivors’ needs.
Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Is Killing Patients. Yet There Is a Simple Way to Stop It.
By Brett Kelman
July 12, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Hospital-acquired pneumonia not tied to ventilators is one of the most common infections that strike within health care facilities. But few hospitals take steps to prevent it, which can be as simple as dutifully brushing patients’ teeth.
Covid’s ‘Silver Lining’: Research Breakthroughs for Chronic Disease, Cancer, and the Common Flu
By Liz Szabo
March 17, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Billions of dollars invested in mRNA vaccines and covid research could yield health care dividends for decades to come.
These Appalachia Hospitals Made Big Promises to Gain a Monopoly. They’re Failing to Deliver.
By Brett Kelman and Samantha Liss
September 29, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Ballad Health, the only hospital system across a large swath of Tennessee and Virginia, has fallen short of quality-of-care and charity care obligations — even as it’s sued thousands of patients for unpaid bills.
Florida Defies CDC in Measles Outbreak, Telling Parents It’s Fine to Send Unvaccinated Kids to School
By Amy Maxmen
February 23, 2024
KFF Health News Original
The state’s surgeon general grants parents permission to send unvaccinated children to school during a measles outbreak, risking their health and that of others.
The Shrinking Number of Primary Care Physicians Is Reaching a Tipping Point
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
September 8, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The declining share of U.S. doctors in adult primary care is about 25% — a point beyond which many Americans won’t be able to find a family doctor at all.
Decisiones financieras de los hospitales juegan un papel en la escasez de camas pediátricas para pacientes con VRS
By Liz Szabo
December 9, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Los hospitales optimizan los ingresos tratando de mantener sus camas llenas al 100 %, y llenas de pacientes con condiciones que las aseguradoras reembolsan bien.
Travel in the Time of Covid: Getting There Is Easy — It’s Getting Home That’s Hard
By Damon Darlin
April 4, 2022
KFF Health News Original
The part of my London visit that I didn’t plan was testing positive for the coronavirus. I couldn’t get back to the U.S., but the U.K. didn’t care what I did or where I went.
California Dangles Bonuses for Nursing Homes That Add Staff
By Samantha Young
February 24, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Rather than simply reward top-performing facilities, the state’s Medicaid program will hand bonuses to nursing homes — even low-rated ones — for hiring more workers and reducing staff turnover.
Hoping to Clear the Air in Casinos, Workers Seek to Ban Tobacco Smoke
By Sandy West
January 11, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Casinos in several states are fighting efforts to ban smoking, and trying to roll back existing anti-smoking laws. One planned facility even moved outside a city’s limits because of voter-approved smoking restrictions.
Lo que debes saber sobre Paxlovid para tratar covid, en especial, ¿debes tomarlo?
By Michelle Andrews
July 28, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Desde que Paxlovid comenzó a estar disponible hace siete meses, ha eclipsado otras terapias disponibles para prevenir los síntomas graves de covid en pacientes de alto riesgo. Algunos médicos se apresuran a recetarlo, pero como ocurre con tanto sobre la pandemia de covid, hay controversia.
The CDC Works to Overhaul Lab Operations After Covid Test Flop
By Sam Whitehead
August 21, 2023
KFF Health News Original
In early 2020, U.S. public health labs received covid-19 tests from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that were flawed, as a result of poor design and contamination. Now the CDC is overhauling its lab operations, but efforts to be better prepared for future threats won’t be easy, observers say.
‘American Diagnosis’: ‘Water Warriors’ Tap Diné Resilience to Increase Access on Navajo Land
March 29, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Over decades, federal and state policies have left many tribal communities without access to clean, running water. This episode explores what separates some Diné and other Native people in the western United States from this critical resource.
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.
Rift Over When to Use N95s Puts Health Workers at Risk Again
By Amy Maxmen
December 14, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering fuzzy guidelines on infection control in hospitals, critics say, leaving employers free to cut corners on N95 masks and other protective measures.
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.