Public Health

Emails reveal Fresno County public health officials tipped off Foster Farms executives during the county's largest-known COVID-19 workplace outbreak.

Los correos electrónicos revelan que los funcionarios de salud pública del condado de Fresno avisaron a los ejecutivos de Foster Farms durante el brote de COVID-19 en el lugar de trabajo más grande conocido del condado.

As the state reshuffles vaccine distribution and reopening rules, lawmakers green-light a hard-fought plan to bring students back into schools. What does it all mean for economic recovery?

How will vaccines get into the arms of people in low-income communities? And the 40% allotment also raises questions about whether other Californians will be pushed lower on the priority list — particularly people with high-risk health conditions

California Native American leaders fear the deaths that have shadowed their communities this past year have been undercounted.

Los casos de COVID-19 en los hogares de ancianos de California se han desplomado 98% desde diciembre. Pero los centros de atención a largo plazo dicen que están esperando la orientación del estado antes de reabrir a las visitas familiares. “El sacrificio que han hecho nuestros mayores ha sido muy, muy difícil y ha causado mucho daño. Ahora es el momento de dejar de sacrificarlos ”, dijo un médico.

The decisions to reopen, however, still rest with school officials and labor unions. Newsom hopes the funding bill will prod them into holding in-person classes. Parent activists say it's not enough.

COVID-19 cases at California’s nursing homes have plummeted 98% since December. But long-term care facilities say they are waiting for state guidance before reopening to family visits. “The sacrifice our seniors have made has been very, very difficult and caused a lot of harm. Now is the time to stop sacrificing them," one doctor said.

Las decisiones de reabrir, sin embargo, aún recaen en los funcionarios escolares y los sindicatos. Newsom espera que el proyecto de ley de financiación los impulse a realizar clases en persona. Los padres activistas dicen que no es suficiente.

Health care operations company OptumServe has quietly been assuming an ever-larger role in California’s pandemic response — including its vaccine rollout — despite numerous counties expressing dissatisfaction with its services. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced plans to open 11 OptumServe vaccination sites to serve “some of the hardest-hit or most at-risk communities” in the […]