Natalie Singer

Nursing student @ColumbiaNursing. Formerly @KFF. Proud @VanderbiltU alum. She/Her. Opinions mine. RTs are not endorsements.

[Patrick Kunetz - Remastered 2022 @PKunetz]

In case anyone wanted to know what I got up to this weekend

[Alina Salganicoff @a_salganicoff]

17 states will ban abortion very shortly, whether through pre-Roe abortion bans or recent state laws banning abortion.

[Lindsey Dawson @LindseyH_Dawson]

If you are thinking of picking up a home #COVID19 test, do it now. Online stock has dropped in the last day and most delivery dates are now AFTER Christmas. Go in person to look in stores as what you see online as in stock is not always accurate.

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

Over a year and a half into a pandemic that has laid bare racial inequities, and only 8 states are reporting vaccinations by race and ethnicity for kids.

@SArtiga2

[Ebony Jade Hilton, MD @EbonyJHilton_MD]

1 in 449 #BlackAmericans has died from #COVID19. Per age group:
🔹<29yo: 1 in 20,992
🔹30-39yo: 1 in 2,467
🔹40-49yo: 1 in 920
🔹50-64yo: 1 in 310
🔹65-74yo: 1 in 115
🔹75-84yo: 1 in 58
🔹>85yo: 1 in 30

That’s 1 in every 74 #BlackPersons >65yo.
Excuse me as I weep.

#ColinPowell

[Natalie Singer @_nataliesinger]

@PKunetz You mean breadsticks???

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

More people are getting newly vaccinated each day compared to a month ago, but it looks like the recent growth may have peaked.

https://t.co/VWEZ0adZRS

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

Texas gov Abbott's executive order prohibiting public entities from mandating vaccines also prohibits all of the big public hospitals from from doing it when private hospitals can. Safety net hospitals,their workers and low income patients get the short end of the stick (again).

[Nirmita Panchal @NirmitaPanchal]

Drug overdoses rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among Black and American Indian/Alaska Native people.

Follow the link for more info on substance use prevalence and access to care by race and ethnicity https://t.co/s8Yin0HqV9

[Natalie Singer @_nataliesinger]

New #socialdistancing action out of HI. The first state to implement new measures like these post-vaccine rollout. #COVID19

[Office of the Governor, State of Hawai`i @GovHawaii]

With COVID-19 cases going up, the State of Hawaiʻi is taking precautions now to avert a strain on our healthcare systems. To that end – I’ll be signing an Executive Order that will limit social gatherings, effective immediately.

[Jen Kates @jenkatesdc]

NEW: We reviewed state data on breakthrough events. Take home: these are extremely rare. Among states w/data, >9 in 10 cases, hospitalizations, deaths were among those unvaccinated/not fully vaccinated. w/@LindseyH_Dawson @Emma__Anderson @annarouw @joshmich @_nataliesinger

[Samantha Artiga @SArtiga2]

Lack of data to Identify & address disparities has been an ongoing challenge

NEW @KFF analysis shows data gaps persist for #COVIDvaccination among children

As of 7/26, just 6 states & DC were reporting vaccinations by race/ethnicity for children

https://t.co/ZAI9D78ZI4

[Samantha Artiga @SArtiga2]

Uneven vaccination coverage➡ uneven risks

Black & Hispanic people have persistently lower vaccination rates than White people across most states

These lower rates leave Black & Hispanic people at higher risk, particularly as the Delta variant spreads

https://t.co/mHPmTOJjpm

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

Starting July 1, people who have received any unemployment benefits during 2021 can get no premium health insurance on https://t.co/lJvUVZodqt for the rest of the year. This could be a big source of coverage, if people hear about it.

https://t.co/iUnX5gmOVL

[Madeline Guth @Madeline_Guth]

UPDATE: A judge ruled yesterday that MO's #MedicaidExpansion initiated amendment is unconstitutional & that MO does NOT have to implement expansion on July 1.

Plaintiffs are expected to appeal.

More info on this & other expansion activity on @KFF tracker
https://t.co/JAhv5AKRZh

[Madeline Guth @Madeline_Guth]

For more general info on health care access for homeless populations, see recent @KFF brief: https://t.co/vRCMLPDIPo

& for more on justice-involved populations, we have a brief on that too!: https://t.co/xVLYaLFVb9

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

As I wrote in @JAMAHealthForum back in January: "A federal public option may be difficult to achieve politically, but waivers could facilitate state public options."

Nevada is poised to do just that.

https://t.co/6l90JL2SdU

[KFF @KFF]

CHART OF THE WEEK: Parents and parental consent laws will play a critical role in the COVID-19 vaccination effort to reach children in the U.S., particularly as authorization moves to even younger ages: https://t.co/PolaHs2su1

[KFF @KFF]

Parents will play a critical role in the #COVID19 vaccination effort to reach children in the US, particularly as authorization moves to even younger ages.

Our new policy watch assesses which states have parental consent laws & for what ages: https://t.co/A73BiPpB7V