A reporter explores how the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting the Bay Area's Asian communities.
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Despite Hawaii’s reputation as a racial paradise, the state is home to striking income disparities that fall along racial and ethnic lines.
COVID-19 has underscored the disparities faced by immigrant communities in access to medical care and financial support in the state.
Except for end-of-life situations, visitors largely haven’t stepped foot in facilities in months, leading to calls for access and balance. Outdoor visits are allowed but many operators do not permit them.
As we look to understand the public health response to COVID-19, Dr. Jan Gurley of the San Francisco Department of Public Health explains what it means when a state institutes Crisis Standards of Care, as Arizona has.
Friendship Line California relieves loneliness for older adults isolated at home. That makes it easier to stay there.
The virus has exposed what advocates for better treatment and families of loved ones in nursing facilities have known for years.
Recently, state and county officials rolled out plans for mass COVID-19 testing in nursing homes. But there’s no roadmap for widespread testing in another senior care venue: assisted living facilities.
Charlie Ornstein of ProPublica and Reuters' Chris Kirkham talk strategy.
The lawsuit, among the earliest of its kind in California, accuses The Springs at Pacific Regent and its owner of negligence in responding to the novel coronavirus.