Public Health

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.

Disneyland will close under state pressure to limit large gatherings. Gov. Gavin Newsom warned to expect more closures.

Government policy is one thing, real life another. What happens if your germ-carrying preschoolers suddenly pose a lethal threat to their elderly grandparents? What becomes of your teenagers’ future if their education is disrupted, long-term? How protected are we if schools cancel class but kids then disperse to malls and bounce houses and movie theaters?

Long wait begins as California counts votes. Coronavirus death leads to emergency declaration. California health officials defend needle-exchange program.

In a state with more patients and more in quarantine than any other, many questions remain unanswered as coronavirus develops in California.

Explanations include the state's comprehensive sex education, access to birth control, better contraception methods and even reality TV. Even so, the rates in some California counties remain very high.