KFF and Global Health Council Present a Virtual Town Hall on COVID-19 Response in Low- and Middle-Income Countries April 29, 2020 Event On April 28 at 12 pm ET, KFF and Global Health Council presented a webinar about the challenges and opportunities of resource mobilization in response to COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Preparing for COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Leveraging U.S. Global Health Assets April 24, 2020 Issue Brief This data note assesses where the U.S. government has existing global health assets that could be mobilized when and if needed to assist in the COVID-19 response in low and middle income countries.
Poll: Just Over Half of the Nation’s Workforce Have Lost a Job or Income Due to Coronavirus, though Most of Them Believe They Will Get Their Job and Income Back Within Six Months April 24, 2020 News Release With many businesses shut down and job losses mounting nationwide, just over half of the nation’s workers (55%) now say they have lost a job or had their incomes reduced as a result of the health and economic crises sparked by the novel coronavirus pandemic, the latest KFF Health Tracking…
KFF Health Tracking Poll – Late April 2020: Coronavirus, Social Distancing, and Contact Tracing April 24, 2020 Issue Brief This poll examines the public’s stance on the coronavirus outbreak and the social distancing and shelter-in-place restrictions as well as the public’s willingness to download apps to their phones to help public health officials with contact tracing,.
Donor Funding for the Global Novel Coronavirus Response April 23, 2020 Issue Brief This data note provides an accounting of publicly-available information on donor funding to date for the global coronavirus (COVID-19) response.
How Many Adults Are at Risk of Serious Illness If Infected with Coronavirus? Updated Data April 23, 2020 Issue Brief About four in ten adults (37.6%) ages 18 and older in the U.S. (92.6 million people) have a higher risk of developing serious illness if they become infected with the novel coronavirus, due to their older age (65 and older) or health condition. The share who have a higher risk varies across the country. An estimated 5.1 million of these adults are uninsured.
Poll: 8 in 10 Americans Favor Strict Shelter-in-Place Orders To Limit Coronavirus’ Spread, and Most Say They Could Continue to Obey Such Orders for Another Month or Longer April 23, 2020 News Release With President Trump and some Republican governors pushing to restart the nation’s economy, most of the public (80%) supports strict shelter-in-place policies to limit the coronavirus’ spread compared to just one in five (19%) who say these measures pose unnecessary burdens and cause more harm than good, the latest KFF…
Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Increased by Over 1 Million in Last Two Weeks April 22, 2020 Slide In the past two weeks in April, confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by over 1 million worldwide. Learn more in this Chart of the Week.
The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) and the COVID-19 Pandemic April 22, 2020 Issue Brief This explainer describes the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), explores how it has been used in the past, and assesses how it is already being used or has been proposed to be used to fill gaps in the current response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
What Testing Capacity Do We Need? April 17, 2020 Blog This post looks at potential benchmarks for estimating the number of coronavirus tests needed in the United States and compares them to current national, and state level, testing levels.