COVID-19 Commentary | Cruisin’ with COVID By Kathryn Pritchett | October 23, 2020 Seven months of sheltering, zooming, and managing life aboard what feels like a ship suspended at sea.
California Virus outbreaks unavoidable as school campuses reopen, experts warn By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | October 23, 2020 Safety measures can help lower, but not eliminate, the risk of virus transmission.
Bay Area Some Alameda County businesses resumed indoor operations on Friday By Eli Walsh | Bay City News | October 23, 2020 Bowling alleys and climbing gyms, restaurants, religious facilities, movie theaters, and indoor gyms are allowed to resume at reduced capacity.
covid Now for some good news: California praised for recent handling of pandemic By Barbara Feder Ostrov | CALmatters | October 23, 2020 While other states experience deadly surges in coronavirus cases, national public health expert says the Golden State “holds a lesson for all of us.”
COVID-19 Travel on Thanksgiving? Pass the COVID By Anna Almendrala | CALmatters | October 23, 2020 Staying home in your bubble is the safest advice, but family get-togethers, especially at the holidays, mean an awful lot.
COVID-19 Parents struggle with home schooling and online learning By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | October 21, 2020 Screen fatigue and lack of connection among complaints as parents lose faith in distance learning.
California ‘All you want is to be believed’: the impacts of unconscious bias in health care By April Dembosky, KQED | Kaiser Health News | October 21, 2020 One woman shares her experience trying to get care in a Bay Area hospital for COVID symptoms--only to have her complaints dismissed.
COVID-19 How some California school districts deal with students absent from virtual classrooms By Theresa Harrington | EdSource | October 20, 2020 Two San Francisco Bay Area districts boost outreach to vulnerable students.
COVID-19 Ballot campaigns set state record as most expensive By Emily Hoeven | CALmatters | October 20, 2020 Props 22, 21, 15 and 23 alone have raised nine-figure sums, with Uber and Lyft leading the pack, plowing $120M into supporting Prop 22.
COVID-19 Older COVID patients battle ‘brain fog,’ weakness and emotional turmoil By Judith Graham | Kaiser Health News | October 20, 2020 Seniors tend to have more serious symptoms than younger coronavirus patients, including the aftereffects of hospital-based delirium.