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With Burning Man Canceled, Attendees Lend Trailers To Sacramento Health Workers In Isolation

April 28, 2020 | Sammy Caiola

Sacramento-area attendees of Burning Man, the annual arts festival in the Nevada desert, are lending their RV’s and trailers to nurses who are temporarily isolating from their families to protect them from COVID-19.

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Coronavirus Could Force Private Practices To Close Or Sell — Raising Costs

April 25, 2020

Faced with empty clinics and a cash crunch, independent physicians are worried about closing their doors or selling their private practices — a prospect that could lead to higher patient costs.

As California Hospitals Return To Normal, Patients Wonder When They Can Seek Care

April 23, 2020 | Sammy Caiola

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week he wants to loosen medical care restrictions as part of the exit strategy from stay-at-home. But providers are still figuring out how to safely return to normal, while patients anxiously wait for a green light.

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County And State COVID-19 Testing

April 23, 2020

The conversation around testing and when to reopen continues across the country. We check in with the Solano County Public Health Director.

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A Closer Look At Coronavirus Antibody Testing

April 22, 2020

Results from antibody testing studies for the coronavirus are starting to paint a picture of the scope of the disease it causes. We take a closer look.

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Earliest U.S. Coronavirus Death Occurred In California In February

April 21, 2020 | Chris Hagan | Sammy Caiola

A person who died in Santa Clara County Feb. 6 is now the first known COVID-19 death in the United States, moving the timeline of when health officials thought the disease first entered the state.

Public Safety And Reopening States And Counties

April 21, 2020

Protests against stay-at-home orders continue on, but many are still itching to get outside, no more so than in California with a landscape inviting people into the outdoors.

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Coronavirus Weekend Updates, Local County Testing

April 20, 2020

We discuss COVID-19 developments from over the weekend, including county testing capacity and Gov. Newsom’s update on housing the state’s at-risk homeless people.

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