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Edward Strickland receives a COVID-19 rapid test at Greater St. Paul Church in downtown Oakland on January 4, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

Amid new COVID surge, confusing mix of rules

by Emily Hoeven July 19, 2022July 18, 2022

Another month, another COVID surge. As the highly contagious omicron subvariant BA.5 spreads across California and the country — pushing the Golden State’s seven-day test positivity rate to 16.7% as of Thursday — all levels of government seem to be sending mixed messages about how we should respond. Case in point: U.S. Health and Human […]

A nurse draws up a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile health clinic in Los Angeles on March 16, 2022. Photo by Alisha Jucevic for CalMatters

California spent millions to boost COVID vaccination rates of Medi-Cal members — but they lag even more

by Ana B. Ibarra May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

Protestors rallied against Assembly Bill 2223 at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 19, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters

Stillbirths and the law: Bill would end required coroner investigations of lost pregnancies

by Nigel Duara April 20, 2022September 29, 2022

A health care worker points while a person wearing a protective face mask waits in line to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination site at the First African Episcopal Church in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Old data? CDC apparently misjudged California’s COVID risks

by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra March 2, 2022March 1, 2022

A man living on the streets displays what he claims to be the synthetic drug fentanyl in the Tenderloin section of San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2020. Photo by Shannon Stapleton, Reuters

Overdose epidemic plagues California: Fentanyl is driving uptick in deaths

by Emily Hoeven December 3, 2021December 3, 2021

A Fluzone influenza vaccine at Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy in San Francisco on Jan. 9, 2018. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

COVID and the flu: Is a ‘twindemic’ threat lurking again?

by Ana B. Ibarra October 21, 2021October 20, 2021

The Lambda COVID variant is in California: 5 things to know

by Barbara Feder Ostrov August 13, 2021September 28, 2021

Water Act would keep water clean and affordable

by Guest Commentary July 8, 2021July 9, 2021

John Werner holds a handful of soil for a portrait in his soon-to-be pistachio grove near Visalia on June 10, 2021. He works as an educator to supplement his income from farming and is planning on planting pistachio trees soon. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Tulare County’s never-ending drought brings dried up wells and plenty of misery

by Julie Cart June 15, 2021June 30, 2021

A teenage girl pulls a mask off her face. California will relax most mask restrictions by June 15. Image via iStock.

California to end its mask mandate — sort of

by Emily Hoeven May 18, 2021May 18, 2021