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  • Lifeling Medical Trust Clinic Partners pose for a group photo.
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    ‘Trust Our Patients So They Can Trust Us’

    At an Oakland clinic, patients who once lived on the streets are helping to improve care for the unsheltered.

    •Feature Story
  • Tents pitched under freeway in Oakland, CA
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    There’s No Health Without Home

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: The state with the nation’s mightiest economy is in the grip of a homelessness crisis that has so far outstripped the ability of state and local governments to cope with it.

    •Feature Story
  • Repuestas a tus preguntas sobre las vacunas contra El COVID-19
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    ¡Hablemos! Let’s Talk About the COVID-19 Vaccines

    Latinx doctors, nurses, and promotoras answer common questions in English and Spanish about the COVID-19 vaccines.

    •Expert Perspective
  • Maria Isabel Bueso
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    Deadly Policy Change Blindsides Immigrants with Severe Illnesses

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: After being widely criticized, the Trump administration has partially backtracked on its decision to stop protecting immigrants from deportation while they receive lifesaving medical care. However, the future of the medical deferred action program remains…

    •Behind the Headlines
  • Elderly residents are evacuated from their care facility as flames and smoke approach
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    Wildfires Create ‘New Normal’ for California Health Care Facilities

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: California health care organizations are suddenly grappling with the operational challenges of climate change.

    •Behind the Headlines
  • Actors from Parks and Recreation participate in a COVID-19 themed episode
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    You’re Not Losing Your Mind — Really

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: Even if the COVID-19 threat eases soon, the damage done to our psyches may be with us for a long, long time.

    •Behind the Headlines
  • Monica McLemore, PhD, RN, MPH
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    ‘You Want Your Immune System Protecting You and Your Baby’

    Ob/gyns, a nurse, and a midwife answer FAQs about the COVID-19 vaccine, pregnancy, and fertility.

    •Expert Perspective
  • Birth control pills
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    Will Low-Income Women Lose Access to the Reproductive Health Care They Need?

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: The Trump administration’s changes to the Title X Family Planning Program are expected to severely reduce access to reproductive health services in California and across the country.

    •Behind the Headlines
  • Benday dot illlustration of two similar faces merging or connecting.
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    Will the Data Walls Come Tumbling Down?

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Electronic health records are supposed to take the US health care system into the 21st century while improving quality of care. Is that dream within reach?

    •Behind the Headlines
  • illustration of crowd wearing mask and syringe
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    Will Californians Trust a COVID-19 Vaccine?

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: State residents worry that scientists may be moving so quickly to produce a vaccine that it may not be safe and effective.

    •Behind the Headlines
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    Why Nursing Homes Become COVID-19 Hot Spots

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: Before the deaths began to mount, geriatricians knew what was about to happen.

    •Behind the Headlines
  • Client at West County Health Center
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    White House Puts National Spotlight on California Homelessness

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: President Trump’s new interest in California’s homelessness crisis has state officials questioning why White House proposals neglect key drivers of the problem.

    •Behind the Headlines
  • Kathy Brandt (right) and Kim Acquaviva sit together on an outdoor bench.
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    When the Practitioner Becomes the Patient

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Kathy Brandt is a nationally recognized expert in palliative health care, but nothing has acquainted her more intimately with the subject than her decision to seek it for herself.

    •Behind the Headlines
  • surgical team preps pregnant patient for cesarian section operation
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    When It Comes to C-Sections, All Hospitals Are Not the Same

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: Take a look at America’s cesarean section capital to see how challenging it is to reduce surgical childbirth for low-risk, first-time mothers.

    •Behind the Headlines
  • men waiting in line wearing cloth masks
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    When Inequity Gets Measured, It Gets Managed

    Stories That Caught Our Attention: How California is trying to ensure that its 58 counties don’t overlook the health of neighborhoods most deeply affected by COVID-19.

    •Behind the Headlines