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COVID-19

A Colorado ski community planned to test everyone for COVID-19. Here’s what happened.

By Christie Aschwanden | Kaiser Health News | April 10, 2020

A couple decided to donate a new test from their company to enable coronavirus testing for everyone in their ski resort community. It was an experiment that promised to show what widespread testing could do to fight the spread of COVID-19.

COVID-19

Here’s how putting California’s homeless in hotels actually works

By Matt Levin | CALmatters | April 9, 2020

State officials are trying to find hotel rooms for homeless Californians with COVID-19 or vulnerabilities, but say the logistics are daunting.

Bay Area

Bay Area coronavirus updates | Thurs., Apr. 9

By Eli Walsh | Bay City News | April 9, 2020

Yelp announces furloughs; Berkeley Unified School District temporarily pausing live video instruction.

COVID-19

Nation’s most vulnerable populations face greater risk from coronavirus

By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | April 9, 2020

One of the barriers to ensuring that vulnerable populations are protected is that health officials aren't collecting and reporting COVID-19 data about race and ethnicity.

Bay Area

Don’t cancel summer internships, California STEM education advocates caution

By Sydney Johnson | EdSource | April 9, 2020

Cancellations are on the rise and could have an irreversible, long-lasting impact on the science and technology talent pool.

California

Most CA parents are worried school closures will leave their students behind, survey finds

By John Fensterwald | EdSource | April 9, 2020

The transition to distance learning has been uneven, particularly in providing services to special education students.

California

Newsom’s ambitious health care agenda crumbles in a ‘radically changed’ world

By Angela Hart | Kaiser Health News | April 9, 2020

Newsom had ambitious - and expensive - proposals to increase health insurance coverage, reduce homelessness and tackle drug prices. Then came COVID-19.

COVID-19

What’s missing in the coronavirus response

By Shefali Luthra | Kaiser Health News | April 9, 2020

A range of tools, high-tech strategies and old-school public health interventions could help tamp down the spread of COVID-19.

COVID-19

What does recovery from COVID-19 look like? It depends. A pulmonologist explains.

By Judith Graham | Kaiser Health News | April 9, 2020

Pulmonologist discusses COVID-19 hospitalization, ventilation and recovery.

health

Newsom the Beneficent? California governor steps into pandemic supply vacuum

By Ben Christopher | April 8, 2020

California provides: That's the message that Gov. Gavin Newsom has been sending to the rest of the country over the last week.