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A road sign announcing the closure of the Emergency Room and Madera Community Hospital outside the main entrance on Jan. 2, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

A county without a hospital

by Ben Christopher January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

Darren Gallagher stands in front of a damaged house in Rio Dell on December 20, 2022 after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California. Photo by Fred Greaves, REUTERS

Will Northern California earthquake revive seismic safety debate?

by Emily Hoeven December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

Registered nurse Kyanna Barboza, right, tends to a COVID-19 patient as Kobie Walsh puts on her PPE at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP

California on track for worst COVID surge yet

by Emily Hoeven January 14, 2022January 14, 2022

Patients are held in the hallway as St.Mary Medical Center resorts to using tents outside to handle the overflow at its 200 bed hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Apple Valley on Jan. 12, 2021. Photo by Mike Blake/REUTERS

California hospitals buckle under patient surge, sick staff

by Emily Hoeven January 13, 2022January 13, 2022

Phlebotomist lab assistant Jennifer Cukati, right, and Registered Nurse Carina Klescewski, left, care for a COVID-19 patient inside the Sutter Roseville Medical Center ICU in Roseville on Dec. 22, 2020. California became the first state to record 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, reaching the milestone on Christmas Eve as close to the entire state was under a strict stay-at-home order and hospitals were flooded with the largest crush of cases since the pandemic began. Photo by Renee C. Byer, The Sacramento Bee via AP/Pool

Are some California hospitals COVID hot zones?

by Foon Rhee December 24, 2021December 24, 2021

A registered nurse puts on her PPE before entering a room to check on a patient in a COVID-19 unit decorated with Christmas stockings at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo on Dec. 21, 2020. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

CalMatters en Español

Otra temporada festiva con COVID: ¿Está California en una mejor posición este año?

by Ana B. Ibarra and Hannah Getahun November 23, 2021November 24, 2021

A registered nurse puts on her PPE before entering a room to check on a patient in a COVID-19 unit decorated with Christmas stockings at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo on Dec. 21, 2020. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Another COVID holiday: Is California in a better place this year?

by Ana B. Ibarra and Hannah Getahun November 23, 2021November 22, 2021

CalMatters en Español

Provoca escasez de dispositivos médicos críticos el problema de la cadena de suministros

by Kristen Hwang November 22, 2021November 23, 2021

Supply chain woes trigger shortages of critical medical devices

by Kristen Hwang November 22, 2021November 19, 2021

Registered nurses listen to speakers during a National Nurses United rally at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland on March 11, 2020. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

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by Emily Hoeven October 15, 2021October 15, 2021

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