February 15, 2021 | Pauline Bartolone
Before the pandemic closed schools, only a few dozen kids at Sacramento City Unified schools missed three days a week of school or more. Now, that number is almost a thousand.
February 12, 2021 | Scott Rodd | Kris Hooks
Dr. Mark Ghaly told reporters on Friday that waiting until March 15 allows the state time to increase its limited vaccine doses and build up distribution infrastructure that will give providers time to prepare.
California State Of MindEpisode 13
February 12, 2021
Getting kids back into schools is becoming a bigger priority as the pandemic trudges on. But what about the ones who’ve dropped out entirely? And, as Lunar New Year begins we explore the importance of ethnic enclaves like Little Saigon in Sacramento.
February 8, 2021 | Kris Hooks
The at-cost partnership between two of the state’s largest health care providers, Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente, comes amid an already rocky vaccine rollout that has been criticized for its inequities.
February 7, 2021
Alpine County, California’s least populated county, is home to just over 1,100 people. The county, which is just south of Lake Tahoe on the Nevada state line, recorded only three new covid cases in the past two weeks.
February 5, 2021 | Sammy Caiola
With a limited supply of vaccines and no state guidance on which essential workers to prioritize, farmworker advocates say these vulnerable residents are being overlooked.
February 2, 2021 | Sammy Caiola
Healthy people under 50 who are not essential workers likely won’t get vaccinated until this summer. Counties are currently vaccinating health providers, farmworkers, teachers, law enforcement personnel and people over age 65.
February 2, 2021 | Nicole Nixon
While some advocates say a tracking system is a good start, the status of a rape kit is just one part of a sexual assault investigation.
February 2, 2021
Watch as California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly gives an update Tuesday on COVID-19 in the state.
January 29, 2021 | Sammy Caiola
Sacramento’s community clinics are gearing up to distribute the vaccine, but say they need more coordination from the county to reach marginalized groups.
Health Care NEWS
March 6, 2021
At work every day, Agnes Boisvert attends to ICU patients "gasping for air" and dying from COVID-19. But communicating that harsh reality to her skeptical community has been a challenge.
March 2, 2021
One Medical is seeing the shutoff of vaccine allocations, new reports of wrongdoing, and a congressional hearing as fallout deepens following NPR's investigation of its COVID-19 vaccination practices.
March 2, 2021
Merck traditionally has been a leader in vaccines but has not had success with a COVID-19 vaccine. It's lending a hand to Johnson & Johnson, where production is running significantly behind schedule.
March 2, 2021
If you've been delaying routine medical care in the past year, now's the time to catch up, doctors say. The consequences of missing some key screenings and health checkups can be lethal.
March 1, 2021
Nonwhite Americans looking for care for a loved one are much more likely than whites to encounter discrimination, language barriers, and providers who lack cultural competence, a new report finds.
