In April, Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a multimillion-dollar state initiative to bring COVID-19 testing to the people and places with the least access: rural towns and disadvantaged inner-city neighborhoods. California is now halting its expansion, ... [Continue Reading]
‘More Than Physical Health’: Gym Helps 91-Year-Old Battle Isolation
MONROVIA, Calif. — Most mornings, like clockwork, you could find Art Ballard pumping iron. At least five days a week, he drove to Foothill Gym, where he beat on the punching bag, rode a stationary bike and worked his abs. After he joined the gym five ... [Continue Reading]
Easy To Say ‘Get Tested.’ Harder To Do. Here’s How.
Will Bondurant decided to get tested for COVID-19 after attending three racial justice demonstrations over a five-day period in San Francisco, where he lives. The first, on June 3, “was the scariest and most risky from the point of view of COVID ... [Continue Reading]
Injured And Uninsured, Protesters Get Medical Aid From LA Doctor
It wasn’t Deon Jones’ fractured cheekbone or even his concussion that most worried Dr. Amir Moarefi. He was most concerned that Jones could go blind. “He sustained a rubber bullet direct injury to the cheek, which broke his zygomatic bone, ... [Continue Reading]
The Costs Of Safely Reopening A High-End Restaurant
Like countless other restaurateurs across California and the nation, Alex and Charity Prestifilippo have been caught in a precarious health-and-safety limbo. Beginning in March, the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered their popular Gourmet Italia restaurant ... [Continue Reading]
At A Time Of Great Need, Public Health Lacks ‘Lobbying Muscle’
SACRAMENTO — If there were ever a time for more public health funding, health experts say, it’s now. Yet California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s Democratic-controlled legislature are expected to reject a plea from local public health officials ... [Continue Reading]
COVID-19 Batters A Beloved Bay Area Community Health Care Center
MARIN CITY, Calif. ― A small band of volunteers started the Marin City Health and Wellness Center nearly two decades ago with a doctor and a retired social worker making house calls in public housing high-rises. It grew into a beloved community ... [Continue Reading]
Using Stories To Mentally Survive As A COVID-19 Clinician
Dr. Christopher Travis, an intern in obstetrics-gynecology, has cared for patients with COVID-19 and performed surgery on women suspected of having the coronavirus. But the patient who arrived for a routine prenatal visit in two masks and gloves had ... [Continue Reading]