Public Health

Latino children are testing positive at higher rates than other groups of children, accounting for the majority of all California cases among those under 18. Experts say close contact with essential workers and crowded living conditions play a role.

Public health leaders must be free to follow the science where it leads, and speak uncomfortable truths.

Luego de semanas de diversos mensajes y de permitir que los condados tomen la decisión, el estado dijo hoy que se exigirá el uso de cubrebocas en muchos lugares para detener la propagación del coronavirus.

Los residentes de los hogares para personas mayores en California, que ya son vulnerables al abuso y al abandono, ahora se enfrentan a los estragos del coronavirus con menos atención a su seguridad general.

Lee este artículo en español. Long before the coronavirus began sickening Kingston Healthcare Center’s residents and staff, state and federal officials knew the Bakersfield nursing home had serious problems. During multiple visits last year, state inspectors identified 85 violations at the home, including failure to provide dental care to a resident with rotten teeth, allowing pressure […]

Hello! We’re publishing more of our work in Spanish to better serve our diverse state. Make sure to click here to read the article in English. Después de haber pasado por diferentes etapas del confinamiento en los últimos meses, California inició una pequeña reapertura en su economía cuando el estado anunció una serie de listas de control […]

California se prepara para entrenar a miles de trabajadores del Estado para rastrear la propagación del virus en medio de los planes para reabrir el Estado.

California has more than 35,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 but understanding precisely who has been tested and treated remains shrouded in mystery — and is key to ensuring equal access, according to advocacy groups seeking more transparency from the Newsom administration. The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California wrote Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this month […]

Some evidence now suggests that California’s early decision to adopt aggressive social distancing policies may be helping to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus compared to other key states. But the governor said it’s still too early for optimism.  “We are not out of the woods yet—by no stretch of the imagination,” he told […]

Developments in the coronavirus pandemic are changing rapidly. We're working to track the latest California data. Find updates here.