Public Health

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Gaps in paid sick days, leave puts families, communities at risk

Too many California workers are not provided sufficient paid sick days or job-protected leave, putting patients and their families in impossible situations.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 5, 2020

Mental Health

‘Go on Medi-Cal to get that’: Why Californians with mental illness are dropping private insurance to get taxpayer-funded treatment

It may be an agonizing decision — but the only way to get care their insurance won't cover.

에 의해 조셀린 위너 • 7월 31, 2020

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California must invest in a contact tracing workforce led by people of color

Given California’s rich cultural diversity, the state needs contact tracers that are able to speak with patients in their native language and with cultural sensitivity.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 7월 23, 2020

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Feds to send COVID tests to nursing homes, but can California really use them?

State health officials were caught off guard by the federal government’s plan, as the tests are less accurate and may be of limited use in California’s nursing homes.

에 의해 Barbara Feder Ostrov • 7월 17, 2020

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The gathering storm: How the state seized control of two troubled nursing homes as coronavirus crisis loomed

Once a rarity, state takeovers of on-the-edge nursing homes are expected to become more common as the pandemic tips facilities further into chaos.

에 의해 Barbara Feder Ostrov • 7월 15, 2020

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The virus and the vulnerable: Latino children suffer higher rates of COVID-19

Latino children are testing positive at higher rates than other groups of children, accounting for the majority of all California cases among those under 18. Experts say close contact with essential workers and crowded living conditions play a role.

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera • 7월 7, 2020

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Efforts to silence public health officials must stop

Public health leaders must be free to follow the science where it leads, and speak uncomfortable truths.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 7월 6, 2020

CalMatters 스페인어

No es una opción: El Gobernador ordena el uso de mascarillas en todo el estado en medio de un retroceso disperso

Luego de semanas de diversos mensajes y de permitir que los condados tomen la decisión, el estado dijo hoy que se exigirá el uso de cubrebocas en muchos lugares para detener la propagación del coronavirus.

에 의해 아나 B. 이바라 • 6월 18, 2020

CalMatters 스페인어

¿Quiénes vigilan ahora? Los casos de COVID-19 aumentan en los hogares para adultos mayores con un historial precario

Los residentes de los hogares para personas mayores en California, que ya son vulnerables al abuso y al abandono, ahora se enfrentan a los estragos del coronavirus con menos atención a su seguridad general.

에 의해 조셀린 위너 • 6월 15, 2020

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Who’s watching now? COVID-19 cases swell in nursing homes with poor track records

Lee este artículo en español. Long before the coronavirus began sickening Kingston Healthcare Center’s residents and staff, state and federal officials knew the Bakersfield nursing home had serious problems. During multiple visits last year, state inspectors identified 85 violations at the home, including failure to provide dental care to a resident with rotten teeth, allowing pressure […]

에 의해 조셀린 위너 • 6월 15, 2020