Want Fries With That Vaccine? Even at a Fast-Food Restaurant, Pop-Up Clinics See Slow Traffic
At a pop-up vaccine clinic in a McDonald鈥檚 parking lot in the city of San Bernardino, fewer than two dozen people agreed to get a shot, offering a snapshot of the faltering vaccination effort.
California podr铆a ofrecer cupones de alimentos a inmigrantes indocumentados
Los dem贸cratas de la legislatura estatal propusieron este a帽o expandir el programa de cupones de alimentos financiado por el estado para abarcar a inmigrantes que viven en el pa铆s sin papeles.
California Takes a Nibble at Offering Food Stamps to Undocumented Immigrants
Food insecurity soared during the pandemic, including among unauthorized immigrants, who are not eligible for federally funded food stamps. California鈥檚 Democratic lawmakers want to expand the benefit to that population, but opponents cite the massive ongoing cost to the state.
Newsom Wants to Spend Millions on the Health of Low-Income Mothers and Their Babies
Democratic legislators back measures that would end the 鈥減ink tax鈥 on diapers and menstrual products, provide mental health support, and pilot a guaranteed-income program.
Corporations Encourage Employee Vaccination but Stop Short of Mandates
Public health officials fear that requiring jabs on the job would create a noisy, counterproductive backlash.
Los latinos son los que m谩s quieren vacunarse, y los que m谩s obst谩culos enfrentan
Una nueva encuesta revela que los hispanos tienen el doble de inter茅s en vacunarse 鈥渓o antes posible鈥 que los blancos no hispanos o personas de raza negra no hispanas.
Latinos Are the Most Eager to Get Vaccinated, Survey Shows 鈥 But Face Obstacles
A new survey shows that unvaccinated Hispanics are almost twice as likely as unvaccinated Blacks or whites to want a covid vaccination. But many still face a variety of access problems, ranging from fear to time squeeze.
As Vaccine Demand Slows, Political Differences Go on Display in California Counties
California officials are optimistic they can vaccinate millions more before hitting a hard wall of vaccine resistance.
California and Texas Took Different Routes to Vaccination. Who鈥檚 Ahead?
California stresses equity for minority groups. Texas is all about personal choice and liberty. Both are struggling to vaccinate Latinos and contending with vaccine hesitancy among conservative communities.
De auto en auto y de puerta en puerta para vacunar a los m谩s desprotegidos
El 15 de abril, todos los adultos de California ser谩n elegibles para inscribirse para recibir una vacuna y, a principios del verano, el objetivo es tener suficientes dosis para cualquier adulto que la quiera.
Beating the Pavement to Vaccinate the Underrepresented 鈥 And Protect Everyone
In poor neighborhoods and desert towns, community activists 鈥 some unpaid 鈥 are signing up hard-to-reach people for vaccination appointments. Experts say these campaigns are key to building the country鈥檚 immunological armor against new outbreaks.
Altruistas ayudan a desconocidos a conseguir citas para vacunarse contra covid
A lo largo del pa铆s, los grupos de voluntarios est谩n siendo vitales para expandir la vacunaci贸n entre personas de bajos ingresos, discapacitadas y aisladas.
In a Year of Zoom Memorials, Art Exhibit Makes Space for Grief
After his father died, artist Taiji Terasaki created a ritual to memorialize him. Now, Terasaki honors front-line health care workers who succumbed to covid with an exhibit inspired by 鈥淟ost on the Frontline,鈥 the investigation by KHN and The Guardian.
Vaccine Altruists Find Appointments for Those Who Can鈥檛
An army of volunteers help people who otherwise would have had difficulty securing a covid vaccination because of cumbersome computer or telephone registration systems.
Black Churches Fill a Unique Role in Combating Vaccine Fears
Churches are the keystone of a major campaign to bring good information about covid vaccines to Black communities. But pastors are finding that scarce supplies and a clumsy rollout are complicating efforts to urge vaccination.
A Recipe for Trouble? Reversal of California Outdoor Dining Ban Has Heads Spinning
Who knows whether banning outdoor dining was a good idea in the first place. But even the experts aren鈥檛 sure it was smart to bring it back.
In Search of a Baby, I Got Covid Instead
As the pandemic raged, I made dozens of visits to a fertility clinic. Did I catch covid on one of those visits? I鈥檒l never know, but the guilt is still there.
COVID en restaurantes, el fallido rastreo de contactos deja a comensales sin saber qu茅 hacer
Con el invierno y la gente se re煤ne cada vez m谩s en interiores, muchos gobiernos locales se mueven a ciegas, al carecer de datos para crear y ajustar las pol铆ticas de restricci贸n por COVID.
Where COVID Is on the Menu: Failed Contact Tracing Leaves Diners in the Dark
State and local public health officials are sure that bars and restaurants are spreading COVID. But they don鈥檛 always have much concrete evidence to support their convictions.
California Businesses Go From Simmer to Boil Over Newsom鈥檚 Fine Dining
Small-business owners struggling to remain afloat are increasingly defying new shutdown orders, in some cases pointing to Gov. Gavin Newsom鈥檚 French Laundry dinner as a reason not to comply.
