Public Health

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We know how to stop gun violence; let’s fund it

With rising gun violence in communities of color, we must fully invest in California’s Violence Intervention and Prevention program.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 5 月 24, 2021

新冠病毒

Herd immunity? Only two counties are even close

Less than half of eligible people in 45 of the state’s 58 counties have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Marin and Alpine rank at the top with 69%, while Lassen, Mariposa and Kings are at the bottom with 25% or less.

经过 安娜·B·伊瓦拉 • 5 月 18, 2021

重要的事情

To mask or not to mask? California’s conundrum

Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a mask dilemma. If he updates the state’s mask guidance to align with that of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which on Thursday announced that fully vaccinated people no longer have to wear masks or physically distance in most places — he risks contradicting his own […]

经过 Emily Hoeven • 5 月 14, 2021

学院节拍

First-generation college students push for in-person commencements

Lea este artículo en español.  Marie Manipud didn’t expect that her college graduation would be much of an event.  The UC San Diego public health major had immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines at 14, becoming the first in her family to navigate the American education system. As a first generation college student, she saw […]

经过 Julianna Domingo, Shehreen Karim, 马修·里根 和 Emma Hall • 5 月 11, 2021

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Los estudiantes universitarios de primera generación presionan por las graduaciones en persona

Read this article in English.       Marie Manipud no esperaba que su graduación universitaria fuera un gran evento.  La estudiante de salud pública de UC San Diego había inmigrado a los Estados Unidos desde Filipinas a los 14 años, convirtiéndose en la primera de su familia en navegar por el sistema educativo estadounidense. Como estudiante universitaria de […]

经过 Julianna Domingo, Shehreen Karim, 马修·里根 和 费利西亚梅洛 • 5 月 11, 2021

新冠病毒

Pediatricians can bypass MyTurn as they vaccinate children

In an effort to accelerate vaccination of teens, California health officials say they will allow pediatricians to obtain doses without going through the state’s problematic registration site. Children ages 12 to 15 may become eligible for COVID-19 vaccines next week.

经过 Barbara Feder Ostrov • 5 月 7, 2021

新冠病毒

How growers had to sidestep county and state programs to vaccinate farmworkers

As harvest season approached, growers begged county officials to vaccinate their workers. But the state and counties didn’t prioritize vaccine doses for farmworkers in February. So the growers and doctors stepped in and set up their own clinics.

经过 Caitlin Antonios • 5 月 5, 2021

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Cómo los agricultores tuvieron que eludir los programas estatales y del condado para vacunar a los trabajadores agrícolas

A medida que se acercaba la temporada de cosecha, los productores rogaron a los funcionarios del condado que vacunaran a sus trabajadores. Pero el estado y los condados no dieron prioridad a las dosis de vacunas para los trabajadores agrícolas en febrero. Entonces, los productores y los médicos intervinieron y establecieron sus propias clínicas.

经过 Caitlin Antonios 和 CalMatters Staff • 5 月 5, 2021

重要的事情

Behind the scenes of CA’s pandemic response

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, May 4. An incomplete story Even as California appears to be nearing the end of the pandemic, many gaps remain in our knowledge about the past year’s events — raising questions as to the state’s preparedness for potential future disasters. Today — with record-low hospitalizations, a 1.1% positivity rate and […]

经过 Emily Hoeven • 5 月 4, 2021

重要的事情

California policy gives businesses incentive to require ‘vaccine passports’ at events

California is incentivizing businesses to require customers show proof of vaccination, suggesting that the Golden State is moving toward a “vaccine passport” system despite health officials’ comments to the contrary. The state Department of Public Health last week unveiled little-noticed revisions that allow conferences, live events and performances, stadiums, family entertainment centers and other gatherings […]

经过 Emily Hoeven • 4 月 20, 2021