Health and Financial Risks for Noncitizen Immigrants due to the COVID-19 Pandemic August 18, 2020 Issue Brief This brief analyzes key characteristics of noncitizen immigrants to examine the health and economic risks they face amid the pandemic.
Racial Disparities in COVID-19: Key Findings from Available Data and Analysis August 17, 2020 Issue Brief This brief summarizes key findings from data and analyses examining COVID-19 related cases, deaths, hospitalizations, and testing by race and ethnicity as of early August 2020 to provide increased insight into racial and ethnic disparities.
New Interactive Database by KFF’s Kaiser Health News and Guardian US Reveals More Than 900 Health Care Workers Have Died in the Fight Against COVID-19 in the U.S. August 11, 2020 News Release A new interactive database from KFF’s Kaiser Health News (KHN) and Guardian US reveals that many of the more than 900 U.S. health care workers who have died in the fight against COVID-19 worked in facilities with shortages of protective equipment such as gowns, masks, gloves and face shields. People of color…
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.
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.
