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Department of State Hospitals/Our investigation last year found the death rate at the hospital was even higher than at state prisons with some of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in the country. -
Ariana Drehsler/CalMattersCal Fire faces a mental health crisis. As wildfires intensify, thousands of overworked California firefighters carry a heavy load of trauma, pain and grief.
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The Latinx families lost young mothers due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. -
Tulare County officials hope the region will soon be a testing ground for a new generation of technology in a centuries-old war: Human vs. Mosquito.
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The worst of the pandemic may be over, but hospitals all over the state are still reeling from financial losses.
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The state decides it won’t require COVID vaccines for children this fall, and a bill to mandate kids vaccines without personal belief exemptions stalls out.
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A public radio special exploring the high price of climate change for California communities.
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Thousands of ICE detainees nationwide have tested positive for covid; at least 11 have died. Doctors in California are volunteering to teach immigrants awaiting trial or deportation about treatment and vaccination.
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The Newsom administration plans to spend $4.4 billion addressing mental health needs among young people. But will it come soon enough?
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She credits her background as the daughter of Mexican immigrant farm workers for driving her toward a strong education and the desire to break down health barriers within rural and minority communities.
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The governor’s new proposal would require all 58 counties to participate in the program to compel people with serious mental illnesses into treatment.
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A group of California legislators has crafted vaccine laws that would be the most aggressive state approach to vaccines in the nation.
