Máscaras revelan desconexión cultural mientras comunidad china de LA se prepara para el coronavirus
SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). Los Ángeles, California. — […]
Masks Reveal Cultural Disconnect As L.A.’s Chinese Community Braces For Coronavirus
This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished for free (details). LOS ANGELES — Several staff members of a small community health clinic in L.A.’s historic Chinatown spoke on the phone with patients Tuesday while wearing face masks that muffled their voices. The masks are a recent phenomenon at the clinic, located […]
No Masking The Best Way To Avoid The Scary Coronavirus: Wash Your Hands
This story also ran on The New York Times. This story can be republished for free (details). Americans are watching with alarm as a new coronavirus spreads in China and cases pop up in the United States. They are barraged with information about what kinds of masks are best to prevent viral spread. Students are handing out masks in […]
No enmascares la mejor forma de evitar el aterrador coronavirus: lávate las manos
SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). Los estadounidenses están viendo […]
Public Health Officials Offer Scant Details On U.S. Coronavirus Patients
Disclosure this week of multiple cases in the United States of a new viral infection emerging from China — including the first confirmed cases of the virus passing from person to person in this country — is fueling public concerns about how easily the deadly virus can spread. It is also raising pointed questions about […]
As VA Tests Keto Diet To Help Diabetic Patients, Skeptics Raise Red Flags
This story also ran on U.S. News & World Report. This story can be republished for free (details). A partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Silicon Valley startup Virta Health Corp. is focusing attention on the company’s claim that it provides treatment “clinically-proven to safely and sustainably reverse type 2 diabetes” without medication […]
Listen: Which Is The Greater Threat — The Coronavirus Or The Flu?
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Trump On ‘Medicare for All’ And The Costs Of Extending Health Care To Undocumented Immigrants
“Over 130 legislators in this chamber have endorsed legislation that would bankrupt our nation by providing free taxpayer-funded health care to millions of illegal aliens, forcing taxpayers to subsidize free care for anyone in the world who unlawfully crosses our borders.” President Donald Trump, during his Feb. 4 State of the Union address This story […]
Listen: Updates On Coronavirus Outbreak And How It Affects Chinese Immigrants
https://kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/AAA_200204_01_edit.mp3 Can’t see the audio player? Click here to download. California Healthline correspondents Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Anna Almendrala appeared on New Hampshire-based WNHN’s “The Attitude w/ Arnie Arnesen” on Tuesday to discuss the latest news about the novel coronavirus outbreak. Because there’s still much scientists don’t know about the virus, also known as 2019-nCoV, […]
When It Comes To The New Coronavirus, Just Who Is A ‘Close Contact’?
This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished for free (details). Even as U.S. authorities have taken the drastic steps of quarantining residents returning from China, and temporarily banning foreign visitors who recently traveled to affected Chinese regions, they have urged the vast majority of U.S. residents to go about their […]