COVID-19 Cases Among California Child Care Facilities Are Mostly Among Staff and Parents, Not Children August 10, 2020 Slide California recorded 1,365 COVID-19 cases linked to child care facilities as of July 22; 261 were among children.
This Week in Coronavirus: July 31 to August 6 August 7, 2020 Blog During the 29th week since the first coronavirus case appeared in the United States it remains among the world’s leaders in daily new case reports as the country’s total cases approaches 5 million with over 160,000 deaths.
The Veterans Health Administration’s Role During the COVID-19 Response August 6, 2020 Issue Brief A new issue brief examines the role of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) during the coronavirus pandemic, and public health emergencies more broadly. The analysis finds that the VHA has provided assistance to 46 states and D.C., including treating over 270 non-veteran patients with coronavirus.
It’s Back-to-School amid COVID-19, and Mothers Especially Are Feeling the Strain August 6, 2020 Blog This post examines the effects of coronavirus on parents of children in school, including parents’ worries about their children returning or not returning to school in-person, as well as how they’re coping with personal worry and stress related to the pandemic.
Health Affairs Article: Medicare Part D Plans Rarely Cover Brand-Name Drugs When Generics Are Available August 10, 2020 Issue Brief In an article in Health Affairs, KFF’s Juliette Cubanski, Sarah True and Tricia Neuman, and several other co-authors, explore how often brand-name drugs receive favorable formulary inclusion relative to generics in the Medicare Part D program’s prescription drug plans.
Last Week in Coronavirus: July 24 to July 30 August 5, 2020 Blog During the 28th week since the first coronavirus case appeared in the United States we also entered the final 100 days of a presidential election campaign that’s increasingly influenced by this pandemic.
U.S. Has Higher Number of COVID-19 Cases per Capita Compared to Other Countries That Reopened Schools August 4, 2020 Slide Schools in the U.S. are scheduled to reopen in the next few weeks and the federal government is encouraging in-person schooling, But other countries have not reopened schools with the levels of community transmission found in the U.S.
Drew Altman: The Pandemic is Boosting the Public’s View of Doctors August 3, 2020 Perspective In this Axios column, Drew Altman looks at how the heroic performance of the nation’s doctors on the frontlines of coronavirus care and effective communication by many physician scientists on television, is shifting the public’s views, with twice as many Americans now saying doctors put people ahead of profits than they did in earlier KFF polling.
Policy Watch July 31, 2020 Page Quick-hitting policy analysis, polling, and updates on the key issues facing the country.
Intensivist Physicians, Critical Care Nurses, and Second-line Critical Care Physicians per 10,000 Adults July 30, 2020 State Indicator
