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Tag: Coronavirus

The latest news on the coronavirus outbreak in California and the state’s response to the pandemic.

A kitchen staffer works behind the counter of a restaurant in Los Angeles on June 8, 2021. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
Posted inJustice

Got COVID from a loved one who was at work? Their employer owes you nothing, California court rules

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara July 6, 2023July 6, 2023

A Bay Area woman sued her husband’s employer after she became infected with COVID-19. The California Supreme Court found that giving her workers’ comp could set a precedent that would imperil the system.

The offices of the Employment Development Department in Sacramento on Jan. 10, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Posted inEconomy

California’s COVID unemployment reckoning goes national

Avatar photo by Lauren Hepler June 12, 2023June 9, 2023
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
Posted inHealth

Long COVID in California: ‘A pandemic of loneliness and social isolation and rejection’

Avatar photo by Kristen Hwang April 27, 2023June 29, 2023
Beth Kenny at Crab Cove in Alameda, Calif., on Friday on Apr. 8th, 2023. Photo by Felix Uribe for CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

The California mask mandate is gone. Now some patients fear for their health.

Avatar photo by Kristen Hwang April 11, 2023April 11, 2023
Eddie Daniels administers rapid COVID-19 tests at Greater St. Paul Church in downtown Oakland on Jan. 4, 2022. Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

COVID disparities grow as California ends state of emergency

Avatar photo by Kristen Hwang February 28, 2023February 27, 2023
A staff member of Total Testing Solutions Covid-19 testing site in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles checks in a patient that had been waiting over two hours in a long queue of cars for a COVID-19 test on Jan. 5, 2022. Raquel Natalicchio for CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

State COVID testing sites begin to close

Avatar photo by Kristen Hwang January 19, 2023January 18, 2023
A box of the COVID-19 treatment pill Paxlovid on Feb. 8, 2022. Photo by Jennifer Lorenzini, Reuters
Posted inHealth

The supply of COVID antivirals is increasing, but many patients aren’t using them

Avatar photo by Ana B. Ibarra December 5, 2022May 2, 2023
Andrew McDowell, a small business owner of With Love Market & Cafe, rearranges the pastry case in Los Angeles, on August 4, 2021. According to McDowell, it has been a difficult task to keep his business in full operation due to the pandemic and a lack of financial assistance from the government. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

Why last minute changes to Cal/OSHA’s COVID regulations are a mistake

by Guest Commentary November 15, 2022November 14, 2022
A commuter sits in a Los Angeles Metro train in Los Angeles on July 13, 2022. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP
Posted inHealth

California to end the COVID state of emergency

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra October 17, 2022October 17, 2022
Martin (left) and Miranda Basulto pose for a photo in front of their home in Coalinga on June 28, 2022. Miranda is eligible for a state bond given to kids who lost a caregiver (or both) because of COVID. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Posted inCalifornia Divide, Coronavirus

Some COVID orphans in California will get financial help

by Elizabeth Aguilera July 22, 2022May 24, 2023

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