Nurse Shortages In California Reaching Crisis Point
August 29, 2021
COVID-19 burnout is driving many nurses to quit, and hospital administrators say the state’s new vaccine mandate is compounding the shortage, too.
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Worried About Going Out Once California Reopens? Experts Say Take It Slow.
May 10, 2021 | Sammy Caiola
While many people may be excited about returning to in-person social interactions post-pandemic, therapists say others are experiencing fear, obsessive behavior and uncertainty about going out again.
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How Growers Had To Sidestep County And State Programs To Vaccinate Farmworkers
May 9, 2021
As harvest season approached, growers begged county officials to vaccinate their workers. But the state and counties didn’t prioritize vaccine doses for farmworkers in February. So the growers and doctors stepped in and set up their own clinics.
Interview: The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Affect On Our Personal-Space Boundary Norms
May 6, 2021 | Randol White
Face-to-face meetings are creeping back into our daily lives after more than a year of social-distancing. But how comfortable will you be with this shift back to in-person social interaction?
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Pediatricians Weigh In On What's Safe And Not Safe For Unvaccinated Children
May 1, 2021
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with pediatricians Nia Heard-Garris of Northwestern University and Jose Romero, Arkansas secretary of health, about what's safe and not safe to do with unvaccinated children.
Butte County Considers Expanding COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility To All Residents 16 Years And Older
March 24, 2021
Butte County is taking considerable effort to fill vaccination clinics because of declining demand for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Asian and Pacific Islander Groups Respond To Health Director’s Racial Slur
November 23, 2020 | Sarah Mizes-Tan
Community organizers with a Sacramento-area network of Asian and Pacific Islander residents have submitted a list of demands for how the county can move forward in addressing health disparities and racism as a public health crisis.
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High Rates of COVID Among Pacific Islanders Spur Community Solutions
November 18, 2020 | Pauline Bartolone | Emily Zentner
Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians have the highest rates of COVID-19 in Sacramento County and statewide. But members of the community are stepping up to bring those infections down.
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Newsom Signs Bill Expanding Tax Credits to Undocumented Workers
September 18, 2020
A law signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom will extend tax breaks aimed at helping low-income individuals and families to undocumented immigrants.