Health CareIn California, Nursing Home Owners Can Operate After They're Denied A LicenseMay 29, 2021Nursing home chain ReNew Health continues to care for hundreds of patients even after the state attempted to crack down. Before and during the pandemic, homes connected to ReNew had safety violations.
Health CareCalifornia Coronavirus Updates: Vietnam Faces New Highly Transmissible COVID-19 VariantMay 29, 2021A new coronavirus variant that is highly transmissible and has features of two other strains has been detected in Vietnam.
State GovernmentCalifornia Will Give Away More Than $116 Million In Cash, Gift Cards To Get More People VaccinatedMay 27, 2021 | Scott RoddThe state will give out $100 million in the form of $50 gift cards to the next 2 million newly-vaccinated Californians, and hold drawings for another $16.5 million. Here's how it will work and who is eligible. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
PolitiFact CaliforniaCan You Handle The Truth: Fact-Checking Claims About If Businesses Can Require Proof Of COVID-19 VaccinationMay 27, 2021 | Chris NicholsLegal experts say businesses may need to make accommodations in some cases but are not barred from requiring proof of vaccination before entry.
Health CareWilling To Help But Nowhere To Go: State’s Recruitment Of COVID-19 Volunteers Fell ShortMay 23, 2021More than 251,000 Californians signed up on MyTurn to volunteer at vaccine clinics. But only 379 people have been able to book shifts through the state’s problem-plagued website.
Health CareDespite Pandemic, Newsom Declines To Boost Local Public Health Budgets — AgainMay 23, 2021California Gov. Gavin Newsom has, for the third consecutive year, rejected new state funding for local public health departments.
Health CareConfusion Over Mask Rules Has Sacramento Businesses, Workers Thinking About Conflict-ResolutionMay 20, 2021 | Randol WhiteTension over CDC mask guidelines and state of California rules is playing out at businesses in Sacramento. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareAs Counties Expand Vaccine Access, Student-Run Clinic Steps In With Culturally Competent Care For Underserved CommunitiesMay 19, 2021 | Janelle SalangaMedical students are helping Sacramento-area residents to get vaccinated, streamlining the process of vaccination while offering care that’s grounded in an understanding of patients’ ethnic backgrounds.
Health CareHomicides Surge In California Amid Covid Shutdowns Of Schools, Youth ProgramsMay 18, 2021California endured a brutal spike in homicides in 2020 across large swaths of the state, registering the largest year-over-year increase in victims in three decades.
State GovernmentCalifornia Will Keep Mask Rules In Place Until June 15May 17, 2021 | Chris Hagan | Nicole NixonThe move comes a week after the CDC said fully vaccinated adults could safely go without masks in most indoor and outdoor settings.
