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STD Investigator Hou Vang (left) works in his office as Jena Adams (right), Communicable Disease Program Manager, checks in on him on June 8, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local Congenital syphilis rates soar across California as public health funding dwindled prior to the pandemic
Mindy Lym has been living with long COVID since the summer of 2022. After months of bed rest, she's now living in Camas, Washington, where her symptoms are improving but are still a day to day challenge. Photo by Celeste Noche for CalMatters Long COVID in California: ‘A pandemic of loneliness and social isolation and rejection’
Elbert Lee Jones Jr. outside the Close to Home St. Mary's Center transitional housing in West Oakland on Jan. 12, 2023. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters The fastest-growing homeless population? Seniors
Outlines of the Madera Community Hospital sign being covered by a tarp at the Emergency Room entrance of the hospital on Jan. 2, 2023. Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue announced a state of emergency for the county when the hospital shut its doors due to bankruptcy. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local After Madera’s hospital closure, could others follow?
Illustration by Chanelle Nibbelink for CalMatters On the edge: Can California heal its mental health system?
Meet the Team
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Adam Ashton
Deputy Editor
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Ana B. Ibarra
Health Reporter
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Kristen Hwang
Health Reporter
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Jocelyn Wiener
Health Reporter