Public Health

California autorizó el pago de OptumServe hasta $221 millones. Pero la compañía ha ayudado con solo el 1% de las vacunas del estado desde enero.

With rising gun violence in communities of color, we must fully invest in California’s Violence Intervention and Prevention program.

Less than half of eligible people in 45 of the state’s 58 counties have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Marin and Alpine rank at the top with 69%, while Lassen, Mariposa and Kings are at the bottom with 25% or less.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a mask dilemma. If he updates the state’s mask guidance to align with that of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which on Thursday announced that fully vaccinated people no longer have to wear masks or physically distance in most places — he risks contradicting his own […]

Lea este artículo en español.  Marie Manipud didn’t expect that her college graduation would be much of an event.  The UC San Diego public health major had immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines at 14, becoming the first in her family to navigate the American education system. As a first generation college student, she saw […]

Read this article in English.       Marie Manipud no esperaba que su graduación universitaria fuera un gran evento.  La estudiante de salud pública de UC San Diego había inmigrado a los Estados Unidos desde Filipinas a los 14 años, convirtiéndose en la primera de su familia en navegar por el sistema educativo estadounidense. Como estudiante universitaria de […]

In an effort to accelerate vaccination of teens, California health officials say they will allow pediatricians to obtain doses without going through the state’s problematic registration site. Children ages 12 to 15 may become eligible for COVID-19 vaccines next week.

As harvest season approached, growers begged county officials to vaccinate their workers. But the state and counties didn’t prioritize vaccine doses for farmworkers in February. So the growers and doctors stepped in and set up their own clinics.

A medida que se acercaba la temporada de cosecha, los productores rogaron a los funcionarios del condado que vacunaran a sus trabajadores. Pero el estado y los condados no dieron prioridad a las dosis de vacunas para los trabajadores agrícolas en febrero. Entonces, los productores y los médicos intervinieron y establecieron sus propias clínicas.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, May 4. An incomplete story Even as California appears to be nearing the end of the pandemic, many gaps remain in our knowledge about the past year’s events — raising questions as to the state’s preparedness for potential future disasters. Today — with record-low hospitalizations, a 1.1% positivity rate and […]