COVID-19

Facts Refute Antivaccine Fearmongering After Powell’s Death from COVID-19

October 25, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Even with full vaccination, former secretary of state Colin Powell's immune system — weakened by a blood cancer — couldn't fend off a coronavirus infection.

Information Campaigns, Mandates Produce Some Good News

October 18, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Public health leaders have been encouraged by increased acceptance of COVID-19 shots in communities that were lagging state and national vaccination rates.

California Tackles Crucial Data Exchange Challenges

October 11, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Nationally, investment in health data infrastructure has been woefully lacking for years, with significant consequences for public health reporting.

California Public Safety, Health Care Workers Confront Vaccination Mandates

October 4, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Holdouts push employers to the limit.

State, Federal Actions Protected Health Coverage for Millions During Pandemic

September 27, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends

Stories That Caught Our Attention: The percentage of Americans with health insurance remained stable during 2020 despite a hobbled economy.

Shared Information Has the Power to Change Californians’ Lives for the Better

September 23, 2021

Data Exchange, Health Equity, Medi-Cal

The pandemic challenges have shown that California must update health data systems to protect public health, improve care delivery, and help health and human services systems care for the whole person.

COVID-19 Financial Costs Are Surging Too

September 20, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Health Care Costs

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Insurance companies across the country have been reinstating cost sharing for people being treated for the disease, and it isn't cheap.

Hospitals in California’s Central Valley Flooded with COVID-19 Patients

September 14, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Health care workers and public health agencies are overwhelmed.

Seeking COVID Justice Through Policy Change

September 13, 2021

Health Equity, Homelessness & Health Care

Public Health Advocates, a California organization that advances policies to reduce health disparities, created an initiative to respond to the deep-rooted inequities brought into focus by the pandemic.

I’m a Black Doctor. My Mom Still Won’t Get Vaccinated.

September 2, 2021

Elaine Batchlor

Health Equity, Workforce

A Los Angeles physician explains why she doesn't really blame her mother for refusing the vaccine.

Will Unvaccinated Respond to COVID-19 Vaccine Approval, Mandates, and the Delta Surge?

August 30, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Hospitals in California counties with low vaccination rates are flooded with COVID-19 patients.

The Financial Impact of COVID-19 on California Hospitals: January 2020 Through June 2021

Glenn Melnick, Susan Maerki

Health Care Costs

While hospital utilization fell dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, California's hospitals still recorded nearly $3.5 billion in net revenue in 2020, with Medi-Cal providing the greatest revenue increase.

COVID-19 Surveys of California Health Care Providers: November 2020–May 2021

CHCF commissioned in-depth surveys of frontline health care providers to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health care system and on providers themselves. Three surveys conducted over seven months track trends.

COVID-19 California Surveys

Over the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, CHCF conducted regular surveys of Californians and the state's frontline health care providers to gauge the impact of the pandemic on people and the health care system.

Housing Instability Exacts Yet Another Kind of Pandemic Health Toll

August 16, 2021

Heather Tirado Gilligan

Homelessness & Health Care, Health Equity

Stories That Caught Our Attention: For renters with low incomes facing the threat of eviction, assistance has been slow in coming.