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Tag: n95 respirators

Laura Garcia stands outside her family home in the rural Fresno County community of Raisin City on Feb. 12, 2021. Garcia, a mother of 5 with one on the way, is concerned about how the air quality due to nearby burns is affecting her kids. The orchard in the background replaced a vineyard which was burned away. Photo by Craig Kohlruss, The Fresno Bee
Posted inEnvironment

Up in smoke: Burns in San Joaquin Valley vineyards, orchards may finally end

Avatar by Rachel Becker February 22, 2021February 22, 2021

California’s air board will vote this week on stopping burns that spew plumes of smoke that can trigger asthma attacks. The move is long in coming — it was supposed to end a decade ago under state law.

Patients and hospital staff wear masks outside of Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center on Feb. 12, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

State fines Kaiser $499K for COVID worker safety violations

Ana B. Ibarra by Ana B. Ibarra February 15, 2021February 16, 2021
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center on Oct. 15, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

Exclusive: Kaiser cited for failing to treat COVID-19 as airborne

Jackie BottsAna B. Ibarra by Jackie Botts and Ana B. Ibarra October 16, 2020January 5, 2021
Flying money and masks
Posted inHealth

California’s no-bid contracts for pandemic supplies reveal collapsed deals, untested vendors

Byrhonda LyonsAvatar by Byrhonda Lyons and Laurel Rosenhall June 9, 2020June 15, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

How bad are things? We’ll know more today

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus

Newsom welcomes ‘new partners’ in coronavirus supply deals: federal investigators

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom writes down a note during a March 28 tour of the Bloom Energy in Sunnyvale, which refurbished ventilators to meet the COVID-19 pandemic. This week Newsom announced the state would loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by New York and other states, and that it would share excess masks from its massive purchase of them. Photo by Beth LaBerge/Pool Photo via AP
Posted inPolitics

Newsom the Beneficent? California governor steps into pandemic supply vacuum

Avatar by Ben Christopher April 8, 2020April 9, 2020
Protective face masks like N95 respirators are in short supply — but new California efforts aim to change that in part through a coronavirus mask decontamination effort. Photo by Liliboas via iStock.
Posted inCoronavirus

Cleaning and reusing hospital masks: Is it safe?

Avatar by Rachel Becker April 8, 2020April 8, 2020
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