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  • House Appropriations Committee Releases the FY22 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill

    Fact Sheet

    The House Committee on Appropriations released its FY 2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) appropriations bill on June 28, 2021 and accompanying report on June 30, 2021. The SFOPs bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Funding for these programs, through the Global Health Programs (GHP) account, which represents the bulk of global health assistance, totaled $10.6 billion, an increase…

  • KFF/Post Survey of Frontline Health Care Workers Finds Nearly Half Remain Unvaccinated

    News Release

    As of early March, just over half (52%) of frontline health care workers say they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, leaving 48% who have not, a new KFF/The Washington Post national survey of health care workers finds. Most who work in hospitals (66%) and outpatient clinics (64%) say they have received a COVID-19 vaccine, compared to half who work in doctors’ offices (52%) or in nursing homes or assisted care…

  • COVID-19 Long-Term Care Deaths and Cases Are at An All-Time Low, Though A Rise In LTC Cases In A Few States May Be Cause for Concern

    Issue Brief

    This data note looks at state-reported LTCF data from 41 states plus Washington DC to assess what has happened to new deaths and cases in LTCFs in the four months since vaccinations began on December 21st, 2020. We also examine how recent changes in deaths and cases in LTCFs have shifted the nature of the pandemic outside of LTCFs. Data in this analysis is as of the week of April 11th, 2021.

  • This Week in Coronavirus: February 5 to February 11

    Policy Watch

    During the 55th week since the first coronavirus case appeared in the United States, the world is at nearly 108 million COVID-19 cases. The U.S. approached 27.4 million cases and a total of 475,400 deaths.

  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on LGBT People

    Poll Finding

    This analysis examines the reported experiences among self-identified LGBT individuals based two months of KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor reports and finds that LGBT people have experienced the COVID-19 pandemic differently than non-LGBT people, including being harder hit in some areas.

  • White House Releases Full FY 2022 Budget Request

    Fact Sheet

    President Biden released his full FY 2022 budget request to Congress on May 28, 2021 (an initial, topline discretionary FY 2022 budget proposal was released on April 9, 2021). The request includes an increase of almost $1 billion for global health programs, most of which (84%) is for global health security. Almost all other global health program areas were level-funded in the request, with the exception of small increases for maternal and child health (MCH)…