New Brief Examines COVID-19 Risks and Impacts for Health Care Workers by Race and Ethnicity November 11, 2020 News Release New coronavirus cases in the United States have hit daily records multiple times in the past week and hospitalizations are rising in several areas of the country. Health care workers face some of the greatest risk of exposure to the coronavirus and a new KFF brief examines the composition of…
COVID-19 Risks and Impacts Among Health Care Workers by Race/Ethnicity November 11, 2020 Issue Brief This analysis provides insight into COVID-19 risks and impacts among health care workers and how they vary by race and ethnicity.
This Week in Coronavirus: October 30 to November 5 November 6, 2020 Blog During the 42nd week since the first coronavirus case appeared in the United States, worldwide cases surpassed the 48 million mark and U.S. cases are over 9 million and nearly 235,000 deaths.
Wide Variations in Flu Vaccination Rates Across States Highlight Challenges as State and Local Authorities Plan to Distribute a COVID-19 Vaccine November 2, 2020 News Release When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, all or most people living in the country will need to get vaccinated in order to maximize its benefits and provide adequate immunity nationwide. That could present a daunting challenge for state and local health officials, as a new KFF analysis shows vaccination rates…
Death Toll of the Pandemic Places the U.S. at Top of Most Affected Countries November 2, 2020 Slide The United States’ excess deaths count per 100,00 people is higher this year than that for comparable countries, which is likely to increase the mortality gap between the U.S. and peer countries. Learn more in this Chart of the Week.
This Week in Coronavirus: October 23 to October 29 October 30, 2020 Blog During the 41st week since the first coronavirus case appeared in the United States, worldwide cases surpassed the 45 million mark and U.S. cases are at 9 million and 228,000 deaths.
State Variation in Seasonal Flu Vaccination: Implications for a COVID-19 Vaccine November 2, 2020 Issue Brief This analysis of flu vaccination rates across states and across groups within each state highlights some of the challenges facing public health officials in ensuring most people receive a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available.
The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Taken a Higher Toll on Nursing Homes with Relatively High Shares of Black or Hispanic Residents October 27, 2020 News Release Nursing homes with a relatively high share of Black or Hispanic residents are more likely to have had a resident die of COVID-19 than homes with lower shares of such residents, finds a new KFF analysis. Nationwide, 63 percent of nursing homes with a relatively high share of Black residents…
This Week in Coronavirus: October 16 to October 22 October 23, 2020 Blog During the 40th week since the first coronavirus case appeared in the United States, worldwide cases surpassed the 41 million mark and U.S. cases are over 8 million and 223,000 deaths.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in Nursing Homes October 27, 2020 Issue Brief This data note presents national data that shows that nursing homes with a high share of Black or Hispanic residents were more likely to have at least one coronavirus case, at least one COVID-19 death, and (among facilities with cases) more severe case outbreaks than facilities with a low share of Black or Hispanic residents. This piece also includes state-level data from 21 states where a sufficient sample of facilities with a high share of Black or Hispanic residents was available.
