"If everybody in this community were vaccinated, we would have one person in the ICU. One," Marian Regional pulmonologist Zacharia Reagle said.
Healthcare Regulation and Reform
If drug price negotiation fails, Democrats lose funding for much of their current health care plans.
Birthing parents report isolation during the pandemic and stress after the closure of the labor and delivery center in Fort Bragg last year, revealing strains on maternal healthcare in Mendocino County.
Unhoused people are reversing overdoses and saving lives on the street, but these efforts aren’t showing up in official counts.
As COVID-19 spread through Santa Maria in early 2020, basic information about preventive measures failed to reach much of the population.
More women have been opting for home birth as hospitals postponed or moved most of their health care online due to COVID-19.
This story was written by SweSwe Aye while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2021 California Fellowship.
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Over the past two years, at least 16 people at the Mendocino County jail have overdosed while in custody.