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Carmela Coyle, who represents California鈥檚 hospitals in the state Capitol, is a power player whose clout has grown during the pandemic. Though she hasn鈥檛 won every battle, she has helped shape the state鈥檚 response to the crisis.
The ability of California health officials to multitask in a pandemic will be severely tested as they scramble to find staff for vaccination sites while maintaining testing and contact tracing.
Those walking away free were facing years in prison for crimes of 鈥渦nbounded greed.鈥
As covid patients flood California emergency rooms, hospitals are increasingly desperate to find enough staffers to care for them all. But some nurses worry hospitals will use the pandemic as an excuse to permanently roll back their hard-won nurse-patient ratios.
A federal program that sends retail pharmacists into nursing homes to vaccinate residents and workers has been hindered by bureaucratic hurdles and scheduling woes.
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
As the pandemic raged, I made dozens of visits to a fertility clinic. Did I catch covid on one of those visits? I鈥檒l never know, but the guilt is still there.
In California, the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history is run largely by the same overworked and underfunded local health departments tasked with covid-19 testing and contact tracing. It鈥檚 a daunting undertaking as the pandemic continues to surge.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom鈥檚 2021-22 budget blueprint would direct billions in state covid assistance to schools, businesses and the state鈥檚 vaccination effort. But he didn鈥檛 propose more funding for the state's 61 local health agencies, which have taken on increased responsibility for testing, contact tracing and enforcement of health orders.
A growing number of 鈥減eer respites,鈥 nonclinical settings for psychiatric recovery, can help people in distress who mainly need to talk to people who understand their problems.
The oxygen delivery infrastructure is crumbling under pressure in Los Angeles and other covid hot spots, jeopardizing patients鈥 access to precious air and limiting hospital turnover.
Covid-19, distrust of police and cheap narcotics have turned parts of the wealthy city into cesspools of filth and drug overdose. City officials and residents profoundly disagree on what needs to be done.
At least 2,900 health workers have died since the pandemic began. Many were minorities with the highest levels of patient contact.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said in July that California would target businesses that flagrantly violate public health orders. But the state鈥檚 strategy of education over enforcement means that businesses that don鈥檛 comply face few 鈥 if any 鈥 consequences.
A UCSF emergency room physician reflects on California鈥檚 response to COVID-19 and on lessons learned 鈥 or not 鈥 as the coronavirus makes its second devastating surge.
As some patients linger near death, staffers at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center seek ways to expand capacity for a surge of cases that isn鈥檛 letting up.
Dr. Dale Bredesen is a well-known, well-respected neurologist. But his colleagues think the comprehensive Alzheimer鈥檚 program he鈥檚 marketing through a private company is a mixture of free-for-the-asking common sense and unproven interventions.
One woman鈥檚 attempt to create a festival celebrating diverse music ran up against the reality of the pandemic this year. But it also yielded lessons in how to reimagine events in the COVID era.
COVID infection rates in California are consistently higher in low-income neighborhoods than more affluent areas, according to an analysis by ZIP code. Our findings underscore the heightened risks borne by millions of low-wage workers whose jobs are deemed essential.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he has already begun discussing California health care priorities with Xavier Becerra, tapped this week by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as his Health and Human Services secretary.
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