Barbara Feder Ostrov

Lee este artículo en español. California’s essential workers will get new workers’ compensation protections under an executive order signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom — a move that could cost the state billions of dollars in claims from COVID-19-infected workers. The order presumes that workers — including nurses, janitors, first responders, farmworkers and grocery workers who […]

El gobernador Gavin Newsom firmó hoy una orden ejecutiva que presume que los trabajadores que contrajeron COVID-19 se infectaron en el trabajo, y por tanto, tienen derecho a compensación laboral. Los defensores de los trabajadores aplauden la orden, mientras que los representantes empresariales reclaman que los costos pudieran ser prohibitivos.

The doctor duo lit up social media with conclusions about their clinic's coronavirus tests — but infectious disease modelers quickly assailed their claims as statistically flawed.

Gov. Gavin Newsom could order that essential employees who contract coronavirus did so on the job and automatically qualify for workers' comp benefits. Businesses warn that could cost billions.

California and the US are using conflicting coronavirus models to guide pandemic planning. Why their predictions differ — and why that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Some nursing homes may run afoul of California officials, who say they may be required to accept recovering, but still infectious, COVID-19 patients.