Health

CalMatters is tracking school closures for the coronavirus crisis. Check here for updates. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California still doesn't have enough capacity to test for coronavirus. Private industry and public laboratories are stepping up, but will help arrive quickly enough?

Gov. Gavin Newsom has directed seniors age 65 and older and people with compromised immune systems to isolate themselves at home during this coronavirus crisis. Here's what we know so far about that.

More than 5.7 million K-12 California children, including more than nine out of 10 public school students, will be home from school starting Monday after a majority of the state’s school districts announced emergency closures to stem the novel coronavirus’ spread. In a wave of announcements triggered Friday by the Los Angeles and San Diego […]

Since the coronavirus pandemic, the Democratic governor of "the most un-Trump state in America," as he once termed it, has been so conciliatory toward the president — and so unlike that of Democratic governors elsewhere — that he's being praised by Republicans and Fox News. 

On a typical day at the vast food bank warehouse in San Jose, 80 to 100 volunteers pack apples, oranges, pears, squash and cabbage into boxes to be shipped out to hundreds of distribution sites across Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. On Tuesday, just 17 volunteers showed up. All told, more than 1,000 volunteers […]

Disneyland will close under state pressure to limit large gatherings. Gov. Gavin Newsom warned to expect more closures.

Government policy is one thing, real life another. What happens if your germ-carrying preschoolers suddenly pose a lethal threat to their elderly grandparents? What becomes of your teenagers’ future if their education is disrupted, long-term? How protected are we if schools cancel class but kids then disperse to malls and bounce houses and movie theaters?

Health care has become a high risk job in the wake of the coronavirus and workers are nervous. In California, unions are rallying to the cause.

State health officials and Gov. Gavin Newsom are trying to control the coronavirus outbreak. Watch here to learn how California is responding.