Analysis: Winter Is Coming for Bars. Here’s How to Save Them. And Us.
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
October 22, 2020
KHN Original
To stop the coronavirus, we need to stop super-spreader events.
El vínculo con la esclerosis múltiple impulsa una vacuna contra el virus Epstein-Barr
By Liz Szabo
October 19, 2022
KHN 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.
To Help Farmworkers Get Covid Tests and Vaccine, Build Trust and a Safety Net
By Christine Herman, WILL / Illinois Public Media Dana Cronin, WILL / Illinois Public Media
March 4, 2021
KHN Original
Testing and vaccinating essential workers on commercial farms and in meatpacking plants requires more than a pop-up clinic miles away. Missing work to get a test, or to quarantine after a positive result, can be financially devastating.
Análisis: expertos desestimaron al coronavirus, hasta que fue demasiado tarde
By Liz Szabo
December 21, 2020
KHN Original
Muchos de los principales especialistas en enfermedades infecciosas subestimaron el veloz brote en sus primeras semanas y meses, asumiendo que Estados Unidos, otra vez, saldría ileso.
Journalists Dissect Covid Vaccines and Variants
March 6, 2021
KHN 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.
High Obesity Rates in Southern States Magnify Covid Threat
By Sarah Varney
March 11, 2021
KHN Original
In the American South — home to nine of the nation’s 12 heaviest states — obesity is playing a role not only in covid outcomes, but in the calculus of the vaccination rollout.
I Got a ‘Mild’ Breakthrough Case. Here’s What I Wish I’d Known.
By Will Stone
September 20, 2021
KHN Original
I was miserable for five days, am fully recovered a month later and have learned even more about what we do and don’t know about covid now.
Why the U.S. Is Underestimating Covid Reinfection
By JoNel Aleccia
February 8, 2021
KHN Original
Hundreds of Americans suspect they contracted covid early in the pandemic and recovered, only to get infected again months later. But because the U.S. does so little genetic sequencing of covid samples, we don’t know much about reinfection rates.
Lo que debes saber sobre Paxlovid para tratar covid, en especial, ¿debes tomarlo?
By Michelle Andrews
July 28, 2022
KHN 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.
Democratic Convention, Night 1: Hitting Trump Team on Pandemic Preparedness
August 18, 2020
KHN Original
The coronavirus was a critical theme throughout the evening.
As Biden Gets Sworn In, White House Will Get Scrubbed Down
By Phil Galewitz
December 21, 2020
KHN Original
Fears about lingering coronavirus at the White House are prompting a massive disinfection initiative before the Bidens move in.
Prominent Scientists Call on CDC to Better Protect Workers From Covid
By Christina Jewett
February 17, 2021
KHN Original
The academics insist that more workers should get top-rated N95 masks, the best defense against airborne coronavirus particles.
Viaje a la cueva de los murciélagos: mientras buscan el origen de covid, científicos reavivan el debate sobre la “fuga de laboratorio” de Wuhan
By Arthur Allen
May 19, 2021
KHN Original
La idea de que el virus que causa covid escapó de un laboratorio chino, una teoría que en su momento se consideró conspirativa, está cobrando fuerza. Al mismo tiempo, peligra la reputación de renombrados científicos, al igual que su seguridad personal.
Trump’s Wrong. 15% ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Not on Par With Strength of a Vaccine
By Victoria Knight
December 15, 2020
KHN Original
Experts agree that more than 70% of a population needs to be inoculated to reach “herd immunity.”
‘An Arm and a Leg’: How to Avoid a Big Bill for Your COVID Test
By Dan Weissmann
November 30, 2020
KHN Original
Tests for the coronavirus are supposed to be free. And, usually, they are. But sometimes … things happen. Here’s how to avoid getting a surprise bill for a test.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Covid and Kids
February 4, 2021
KHN Original
Can schools safely reopen before all teachers and staffers are vaccinated against covid? And what’s the best way to communicate that science — and scientific recommendations — change and evolve? Also, get ready for a redo of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act coverage, this time with help and outreach to find those eligible. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
Who Qualifies for a Covid Booster? The List Is Growing Longer
September 27, 2021
KHN Original
KHN’s Sarah Jane Tribble and Arthur Allen join Science Friday host Ira Flatow to recap the evolving news in the run-up to offering booster shots for the covid vaccine.
Guía para entender a las subvariantes de ómicron
By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact
May 6, 2022
KHN Original
¿Qué tan diferentes son estas subvariantes entre sí? ¿Puede la infección por una subvariante proteger a alguien de la infección por otra? Y, ¿qué tan bien funcionan contra estas variantes las vacunas que se desarrollaron antes de la aparición de ómicron?
Do You Have Health Care and Health Policy Questions? We Want to Hear From You!
March 8, 2021
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Whether it’s health coverage, surprise medical bills, or navigating the ins and outs of the coronavirus, it’s no secret that the American health system can be confusing. KHN wants to hear the health care and health policy questions you would like answered by health reporters from our newsroom.
De puerta en puerta para crear confianza en las vacunas contra covid en la Pequeña Habana
By Verónica Zaragovia, WLRN
January 21, 2021
KHN Original
Varias razones sociales y económicas hacen que sea difícil para algunos residentes de Miami hacerse la prueba o recibir tratamiento, o aislarse si están enfermos de covid.
