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Tag: public health

Kristen Hwang reporting on a story in Fresno on June 10, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Posted inInside the Newsroom

CalMatters Reporter Kristen Hwang Awarded in Excellence in Health Care Journalism Contest

Avatar photo by Sonya Quick February 27, 2023March 17, 2023
Businesses in downtown Roseville closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. May 14, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

COVID-19 effects on California will linger for years

by Dan Walters February 14, 2023February 13, 2023
Two men place flowers near Star Dance Studio to honor victims killed in a shooting in Monterey Park, on Jan. 22, 2023. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo
Posted inCommentary

California should be treating gun violence as a public health crisis

by Guest Commentary January 24, 2023January 23, 2023
A staff member of Total Testing Solutions Covid-19 testing site in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles checks in a patient that had been waiting over two hours in a long queue of cars for a COVID-19 test on Jan. 5, 2022. Raquel Natalicchio for CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

State COVID testing sites begin to close

Avatar photo by Kristen Hwang January 19, 2023January 18, 2023
Posted inCommentary

California jails failed to monitor or report COVID data. Some didn’t even bother

by Guest Commentary December 7, 2022
A box of the COVID-19 treatment pill Paxlovid on Feb. 8, 2022. Photo by Jennifer Lorenzini, Reuters
Posted inHealth

The supply of COVID antivirals is increasing, but many patients aren’t using them

Avatar photo by Ana B. Ibarra December 5, 2022May 2, 2023
A farm worker puts grapes inside of plastic bags in Teviston on Oct. 21, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Posted inCommentary

Why California must end the use of herbicide linked to cancer, Parkinson’s

by Guest Commentary November 22, 2022November 21, 2022
Patricia Moran at the at-home day care she runs, Patricia's Creative Learning Center, in San Jose on Nov. 2, 2022. Photo by Laure Andrillon for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

More people will be eligible for health insurance through Covered California

by Elizabeth Aguilera November 7, 2022November 6, 2022
Registered nurses prepare their personal protective equipment (PPE) gear to enter the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo on Jan. 25, 2022. Photo by Shannon Stapleton, REUTERS
Posted inWhatMatters

California faces triple threat of respiratory illnesses

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven November 2, 2022May 2, 2023
Posted inHealth

The public health workforce got an infusion of money during the pandemic, but is it enough?

Avatar photo by Kristen Hwang October 19, 2022October 19, 2022

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