COVID-19 Federal government to ship free at-home COVID tests again this season By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | December 20, 2022 All households are eligible for four tests.
Bay Area Bay Area health officials urge protection against winter respiratory viruses By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | December 16, 2022 The Bay Area is seeing a substantial uptick in COVID-19 cases right now.
climate change California approves far-reaching strategy for tackling climate change. So what’s next? By Nadia Lopez | CalMatters | December 15, 2022 Here are six ways that Californians will be affected by the state’s new climate change blueprint.
California California’s only HBCU aims to solve Black doctor shortage By Alyssa Story | CalMatters | December 15, 2022 Charles Drew University will launch a new MD program next year.
Featured in Category To attract in-home caregivers, California offers paid training — and self-care By Laurie Udesky | Kaiser Health News | December 13, 2022 The state needs to prepare for a workforce shift that will require people to seek help outside their families.
California Are you an optimist? Could you learn to be? Your health may depend on it By Judith Graham | Kaiser Health News | December 13, 2022 Multiple studies show a strong association between higher levels of optimism and healthy aging.
Elections Ballot blockade: California industries rely on referenda to stop laws By Ben Christopher and Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | December 12, 2022 The fast food and oil industries are only the latest to seek a referendum to stop, or at least delay, a law passed by the state Legislature.
climate change Will California keep up its climate momentum? By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | December 12, 2022 This week California is the first and only U.S. state to be an official observer at the UN biodiversity convention in Montreal, Canada.
Health Matters How will California handle the youth fentanyl overdose crisis? By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | December 9, 2022 One analysis found that fentanyl was responsible for 1 in 5 deaths among 15- to 24-year-old Californians in 2021.
Bay Area FDA expands omicron-specific COVID-19 booster vaccine authorization to kids under 5 By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation | December 8, 2022 The updated, “bivalent” boosters target both the initial COVID-19 strain and the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the highly contagious omicron variant.