Watch: California Health Officials COVID-19 Update For August 4
August 4, 2020
Watch at 12 p.m. as California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly hosts a video conference to provide an update on COVID-19 in California.
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'Go On Medi-Cal To Get That': Why Californians With Mental Illness Are Dropping Private Insurance To Get Taxpayer-Funded Treatment
August 4, 2020
In dozens of interviews, families, attorneys, judges, therapists and public officials agree: People with serious mental illnesses often do better dropping private insurance and qualifying for taxpayer-funded treatment.
Hospitals Juggle Resources, Continue Surgeries As California’s COVID-19 Cases Rise
July 31, 2020 | Sammy Caiola
California hospitals are performing a careful balancing act of continuing business as usual while maintaining COVID-19 surge capacity. In most cases, that doesn’t involve canceling or postponing non-essential procedures.
California Doesn’t Need To Force More People Into Mental Health Treatment, But Services Are Lacking, State Audit Finds
July 30, 2020 | Sammy Caiola
Many severely mentally ill Californians are cycling in-and-out of forced hospitalizations due to a lack of treatment options when they’re released, according to a recent report from the state auditor.
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Sacramento County Health Officials Say Young People, Essential Workers and Seniors Are Of Major Concern In Current COVID-19 Surge
July 29, 2020 | Sammy Caiola
California health officials have created indicators for how well counties are mitigating COVID-19 spread. Sacramento County is failing three of them: positivity rate, transmission rate and ICU capacity.
Watch: California Health Officials COVID-19 Update For July 28
July 28, 2020
Watch at 12 p.m. as California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly hosts a video conference to provide an update on COVID-19 in California.
Sexual Assault Survivors Want Less Police, More Trauma-Informed Professionals — Especially For Black Victims
July 28, 2020 | Sammy Caiola
In the era of ‘defund the police’ and during a push for more racial equality, survivors of sexual violence are calling for cases to be handled by mental health professionals not law enforcement officers.
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The Color of COVID: Will Vaccine Trials Reflect America’s Diversity?
July 27, 2020
When it comes to trials for drug treatments and vaccines, diversity matters. For reasons not always fully understood, people of different races and ethnicities can respond differently to drugs or therapies, research shows.
ER Doctor Saw COVID-19 Devastate New York. Now, He's Doing It Again In California
July 24, 2020
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Dr. Louis Tran, an emergency physician in San Bernardino County. He spent much of May helping out in New York City ICUs grappling with COVID-19 patients.
How Much Did Protests Contribute To LA’s COVID-19 Surge? The Data Is Still Sparse.
July 21, 2020 | Chris Nichols
Medical experts say it’s likely the protests contributed somewhat, but say transmission in Los Angeles was already on the upswing before the demonstrations started.