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The ‘speed of trust’: California wants statewide panel to review any COVID vaccine

by Ana B. Ibarra October 19, 2020October 27, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom says Californians need to have confidence in a vaccine, and the state will have a review process regardless of which presidential candidate wins in November.

Portrait of Celinda Gonzales in Weitchpec on Sep. 17. Gonzales looks off over the Klamath River towards a large rock her son Paul Moreno used to jump off into the water. The rock’s height, she said, deterred Moreno’s friends, but he was a thrill seeker and enjoyed the challenge. Photo by Alexandra Hootnick for CalMatters.

Mental health ‘tsunami’ looms: Can California prevent a surge in suicides?

by Jocelyn Wiener September 30, 2020October 1, 2020

COVID testing of teachers, staff hotly debated as California schools reopen

by Barbara Feder Ostrov September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Isael Corona, a math major at UC Berkeley, looks out the window from his student apartment near campus where he lives with a roommate on Sept. 3, 2020. Corona says he misses being with his friends but wanted to be back on campus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

College coronavirus testing varies by system, campus

by Mikhail Zinshteyn, Felicia Mello and Kimberly Morales September 10, 2020September 24, 2020

Whipsawed: California faces shifting federal messages over coming COVID vaccine

by Barbara Feder Ostrov September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

A billboard encouraging drivers to wear a mask posted along I-80 outside of Vacaville on Aug. 28, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Next up: Californians brace for the ‘twindemic’

by Ana B. Ibarra September 3, 2020September 10, 2020

California State House

Lawmakers running out of time

by Emily Hoeven August 27, 2020August 27, 2020

A nursing student does patient check-in and hands out requisition forms allowing patients to get their COVID-19 test results online at Cal Expo in Sacramento. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

‘Game changer’ in California coronavirus testing to double capacity and speed up results

by Ana B. Ibarra August 26, 2020August 26, 2020

So you think your California county is tracing contacts of sick people? Maybe not.

by Rebecca Sohn, Ana B. Ibarra and Manuela Tobias July 29, 2020August 10, 2020

The virus and the vulnerable: Latino children suffer higher rates of COVID-19

by Elizabeth Aguilera July 7, 2020October 21, 2020