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		<title>Global COVID-19 Tracker</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This tracker provides data on global COVID-19 cases and deaths by country, region, and income-level. Additionally, the tracker reports current closure, economic, and health system policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic globally. This tracker will be updated as new data are available.  ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Estimating Effectiveness of Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccines: The “Test-Negative” Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief summarizes the "test-negative" methodology for estimating the effectiveness of influenza and COVID-19 vaccines, noting its strengths and potential limitations. This is the design is used in a CDC-led COVID-19 vaccine study that HHS decided not to publish.]]></description>
		
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		<title>KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Trust in the CDC and Views of Federal Childhood Vaccine Schedule Changes</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/trust-in-cdc-and-views-of-federal-childhood-vaccine-schedule-changes/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/trust-in-cdc-and-views-of-federal-childhood-vaccine-schedule-changes/#respond</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Weeks after the Trump administration reduced the number of childhood vaccine recommended for routine use, public trust in the CDC is at its lowest since the COVID-19 pandemic, and less than half are confident in federal agencies' ability to make such recommendations. Among those who have heard about the revised recommendations, more say they expect the changes to have a negative impact than a positive one on children’s health.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Poll: Trust and Confidence in the CDC Remain at Low Point After Changes to Recommended Childhood Vaccines; More Say the Changes Will Hurt than Help Children’s Health</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/poll-trust-and-confidence-in-the-cdc-remain-at-low-point-after-changes-to-recommended-childhood-vaccines-more-say-the-changes-will-hurt-than-help-childrens-health/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/poll-trust-and-confidence-in-the-cdc-remain-at-low-point-after-changes-to-recommended-childhood-vaccines-more-say-the-changes-will-hurt-than-help-childrens-health/#respond</comments>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the weeks after the Trump administration reduced the number of recommended childhood vaccines for routine use, the public’s trust in the CDC remains at its lowest point. Among those who have heard about the recent changes to the recommended childhood vaccine schedule, more say they expect the changes to have a negative impact than a positive one on children’s health.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Community Health Center Patients, Financing, and Services</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffakashp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Centers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Community health centers served more than 32 million patients in medically underserved urban and rural areas in 2024. This brief reports on health center patients, services, and financing in 2024, using national data from the Uniform Data System (UDS).]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Has U.S. Spending on Health Care Changed Over Time?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/how-has-health-spending-changed-over-time/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig "Moondog" Palosky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This chart collection explores National Health Expenditure (NHE) data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), including the latest data from 2024. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FDA Memo Linking COVID Vaccines to Child Deaths May Boost Uncertainty Among Parents</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/quick-insights/fda-memo-linking-covid-vaccines-to-child-deaths-may-boost-uncertainty-among-parents/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When federal health officials frame unverified [Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System] reports as evidence of vaccine-caused deaths, it may become more difficult for health communicators to explain the system’s limitations and the vaccines’ extensive safety evidence.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>States Are Forming “Health Alliances.” Can They Make a Difference for Public Health Policy?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/other-health/states-are-forming-health-alliances-can-they-make-a-difference-for-public-health-policy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjoshuam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[States have begun to form "health alliances" as a counter to federal public health recommendations and policies under the Trump Administration. This Policy Watch describes the goals of these alliances, and discusses what effects they may have for U.S. public health policy.    ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>KFF/The Washington Post Survey of Parents</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffisabellev]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The KFF-Washington Post partnership Survey of Parents explores experiences and views pertaining to childhood vaccines. The Survey of Parents also sheds light on school vaccination requirements, views on federal health agencies and policy changes, and the views of parents with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. This poll comes as the Trump administration revamps federal policies, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to question the childhood vaccine schedule.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New KFF-Washington Post Survey Explores Parents’ Trust In, and Confusion About, Childhood Vaccines as the Trump Administration Revamps Federal Policies</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/new-kff-washington-post-survey-explores-parents-trust-in-and-confusion-about-childhood-vaccines-as-the-trump-administration-revamps-federal-policies/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/new-kff-washington-post-survey-explores-parents-trust-in-and-confusion-about-childhood-vaccines-as-the-trump-administration-revamps-federal-policies/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffrainl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new KFF-Washington Post partnership survey of parents explores their experiences with and views about vaccines for their children, including a look into how they make decisions related to vaccines and where they are uncertain or confused about their safety. The poll comes as the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Most Parents Nationally and in Florida Want Schools to Require Vaccines</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/quick-insights/most-parents-nationally-and-in-florida-want-schools-to-require-vaccines/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Florida moves to end its mandates, early release findings from a new KFF-Washington Post survey show that parents overwhelmingly support current laws that require children to be vaccinated against diseases like measles and polio.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Challenges for Rebuilding Trust in the CDC</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/quick-insights/challenges-for-rebuilding-trust-in-the-cdc/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(Secretary Kennedy) has promised to restore public trust in the CDC, but our polling data suggests real challenges given how skeptical the public - and Republicans in particular - are about the agency.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Problem Isn’t Trust in Vaccines, It’s That People Don’t Know Who to Trust</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/from-drew-altman/the-problem-isnt-trust-in-vaccines-its-that-people-dont-know-who-to-trust/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a new “Beyond the Data” column, KFF’s President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman analyzes years of KFF polling on vaccines in light of the current controversies about them. The real problem, he says, is not lack of public confidence in the safety of vaccines — few say they are unsafe — it’s that polarization and misinformation have eroded confidence in what’s true or not, and in scientific institutions people used to rely on for the facts.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Halting mRNA Research Could Deepen the Public’s Distrust and Uncertainty about Vaccine Safety – with Potential Consequences</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/quick-insights/halting-mrna-research-could-deepen-the-publics-distrust-and-uncertainty-about-vaccine-safety-with-potential-consequences/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the debate over mRNA technology continues, public uncertainty about its safety is likely to persist and may even deepen the partisan divide... as well as hinder any efforts to develop new vaccines in response to future pandemics]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kindergarten Routine Vaccination Rates Continue to Decline</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/kindergarten-routine-vaccination-rates-continue-to-decline/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kfflizw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Measles]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This issue brief provides an update on the latest trends in kindergarten children's routine vaccination and exemption rates. Over three-quarters (39) of states had measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)vaccination rates below the “target” rate of 95% for the 2024-2025 school year.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: COVID-19 Vaccine Update</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/kff-tracking-poll-on-health-information-and-trust-covid-19-vaccine-update/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjulianm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As federal vaccine policy changes, this poll finds that most adults do not expect to get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall , and many parents are confused and uncertain about whether the vaccine is recommended for healthy children this year. About one in five adults nationally say the changes to vaccine policy are making people safer, while more than a third say they are making people less safe. ]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">670260</post-id>
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		<title>Poll: While Most Adults Do Not Expect to Get a COVID-19 Shot This Fall, Those Who Want One Worry About Access and Insurance Coverage</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/poll-while-most-adults-do-not-expect-to-get-a-covid-19-shot-this-fall-those-who-want-one-worry-about-access-and-insurance-coverage/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffrainl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As federal vaccine policy changes, most (59%) adults do not expect to get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall, while four in 10 (40%) say that they will “definitely” or “probably” get the shot, a new KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust finds.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Public and Health (Mis)information: What Polling Tells Us about Where We&#8217;ve Been and Where We Might Be Going</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/the-public-and-health-misinformation-what-polling-tells-us-about-where-weve-been-and-where-we-might-be-going/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig "Moondog" Palosky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this research article released online by The Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law, KFF's Elizabeth Hamel, Alex Montero and Mollyann Brodie reflect on 30 years of public opinion data to offer perspectives on how the public accesses, evaluates, and uses health information, and what recent trends may suggest about the future of the…]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Global Health Legislation Tracker</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/u-s-global-health-legislation-tracker/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This tracker provides a listing of global health-related legislation introduced in the current Congress. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Could FDA&#8217;s New Guidance Affect COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage in the U.S.?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/quick-insights/how-could-fdas-new-guidance-affect-covid-19-vaccination-coverage-in-the-u-s/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Taken together, the new guidance on clinical trial requirements, the more restricted approval of the Novavax vaccine, and anticipated changes to CDC recommendations add up to fewer Americans eligible for COVID-19 vaccines and more limited access to these vaccines compared to previous years...such a shift would place the U.S. more in line with Australia, Canada, and countries in Europe. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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