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Stollwood Convalescent Hospital, a Woodland skilled nursing facility devastated by 17 coronavirus deaths in the earlier months of the pandemic, will close permanently this fall.
What’s it like to try to track the spread of a coronavirus outbreak? CalMatters goes inside the world of Los Angeles County’s busy contact tracers.
As the pandemic drags on, families and nursing home watchdogs are mobilizing in California and nationwide to urge state officials to allow in at least one “essential caregiver” to watch over loved ones, many of whom suffer from dementia.
In our roles as directors of free clinics, we have become intimately involved with the complexity inherent to the care of underserved populations, including how seemingly innovative programs can sometimes not meet their intended goals.
Covid-19 has further exposed how social determinants of health, such as housing, are crucial in shaping access to health care – and how housing insecurity can leave large portions of the population vulnerable to the disease.
Women’s health report & interactive website with consideration for COVID-19
After a bit of last-minute legislative maneuvering, the list of propositions that California voters will be asked to weigh in on has been – more or less – finalized.
Merced County promised 42 tracers to interview infected people. But it’s not actually tracing. “All of us got sick, and the county didn’t do anything to help us.”
