Bereaved Families Are 鈥榯he Secondary Victims of COVID-19鈥
New research suggests the pandemic鈥檚 deaths are taking an enormous toll on surviving family members and worrisome ripple effects may linger for years.
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Lost on the Frontline
鈥淟ost on the Frontline鈥 is an ongoing project by Kaiser Health News and The Guardian that aims to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who died from COVID 19, and to investigate why so many are victims of the disease.
By The Staffs of 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News and The Guardian, Christina Jewett, Maureen O鈥橦agan, Laura Ungar, Melissa Bailey, Katja Ridderbusch, JoNel Aleccia, Alastair Gee, The Guardian, Danielle Renwick, The Guardian, Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Eli Cahan, Shefali Luthra, Michaela Gibson Morris, Sharon Jayson, Mary Chris Jaklevic, Natalia Megas, The Guardian, Cara Anthony, Michelle Crouch, Sarah Jane Tribble, Anna Almendrala, Michelle Andrews, Samantha Young, Sarah Varney, Victoria Knight, Christina M. Oriel, Asian Journal, Alex Smith, KCUR, and Elizabeth Lawrence -
Workers Filed More Than 4,100 Complaints About Protective Gear. Some Still Died.
As health workers were dying of COVID-19, federal work-safety officials filed just one citation against an employer and rapidly closed complaints about protective gear.
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California Lawmakers Block Health Care Cuts
State legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom have hammered out an agreement on a budget that rejects Newsom鈥檚 proposed cuts to health care services for older and low-income people.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥: Say What? The Spread Of Coronavirus Confusion
Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the public seems more confused than ever. And health officials still are not all on the same page; this week the World Health Organization had to walk back an official鈥檚 statement about how commonly the virus is spread by people without symptoms. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews Michael Mackert, a professor and health communications expert at the University of Texas-Austin, about how health information can best be translated to the public.
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Federal Help Falters As Nursing Homes Run Short Of Protective Equipment
More than 3,000 nursing homes reported less than a week鈥檚 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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Must-Reads Of The Week
KHN senior correspondent Jordan Rau takes a spin through this week's essential health care news.
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For Seniors, COVID-19 Sets Off A Pandemic Of Despair
The guidance to stay sheltered as society slowly reopens wears on older Americans, who have a growing sense of isolation and depression.
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First-Person Perspective
My Mother Died Of The Coronavirus. It鈥檚 Time She Was Counted.
Not having an accurate, honest, nationwide way to tally COVID-19 cases will only add to the current tragedy.
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As Congress Weighs COVID Liability Protections, States Shield Health Providers
Under pressure from organizations representing doctors, nurses, hospitals and other care providers, a handful of states are offering them protections from civil lawsuits over medical treatment.
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鈥楴o Intubation鈥: Seniors Fearful Of COVID-19 Are Changing Their Living Wills
Still, medical experts say, it鈥檚 not a black-and-white decision of either go on a ventilator or die.
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COVID-Plagued California Nursing Homes Often Had Problems In Past
Nursing homes with COVID-19 infections tend to violate health rules more often and have more complaints and fines, records show. But infections also plague highly rated facilities 鈥 while sparing some low-ranked ones.
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Navigating Aging
As COVID-19 Lurks, Families Are Locked Out Of Nursing Homes. Is It Safe Inside?
鈥淭he awful truth is families have no control over what鈥檚 happening,鈥 one advocate says.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥: Whom Do We Trust For COVID Info?
The messaging from the White House coronavirus press briefings is becoming more confusing as President Donald Trump and his science advisers appear to not see eye to eye. Meanwhile, Congress is ready to approve more money to address both the health and economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. And the virus is taking an almost unimaginable toll on the nation鈥檚 nursing homes and putting strain on patients and health care providers with non-COVID ailments. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Jennifer Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more.
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OSHA Probing Health Worker Deaths But Urges Inspectors To Spare The Penalties
Former officials from the federal agency criticize OSHA for a slow and timid response to a 鈥渨orker safety crisis of monstrous proportions鈥 unfolding in hospitals, nursing homes.
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鈥業t Hurts Our Soul鈥: Nursing Home Workers Struggle With Thankless Position
Poorly rated long-term care facilities stand out in the COVID-19 crisis 鈥 but even the best are affected.
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Before 鈥楾idal Wave鈥 Of Illness, Nursing Home Thought It Had COVID-19 Contained
Though it already had one staff member testing positive for the coronavirus, the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing did not tell 911 operators this fact as it called ambulances to take residents in respiratory distress to the hospital, a WPLN investigation reveals.
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Nursing Homes Have Thousands Of Ventilators That Hospitals Desperately Need
The prospect raises a grim dilemma: Should doctors take people off life support in order to save COVID-19 patients who might recover?
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COVID-19
Should You Bring Mom Home From Assisted Living During The Pandemic?
Families are weighing the challenges of providing home care with the isolation or potential danger of leaving folks in senior housing or long-term care.