Alameda County has reported a huge COVID-19 death total in recent weeks. Here’s why.
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Alameda County has reported a huge COVID-19 death total in recent weeks. Here’s why.

By David DeBolt | [email protected], Evan Webeck | [email protected] and Harriet Blair Rowan | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLSHED: Sept. 18, 2020 at 6:15 p.m. | UPDATED: Sept. 20, 2020 at 7:30 a.m. [gap size=”50px”] Over the past month, the most alarming coronavirus numbers coming out of the Bay Area have been in…

Lack of Access to Information Implies Double Risk for Latinos During The COVID-19 Pandemic
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Lack of Access to Information Implies Double Risk for Latinos During The COVID-19 Pandemic

By: BELatina Daily- August 18, 2020 From its origin to its transmission speed, the new coronavirus has been a myth-filled problem from the beginning. Now, nearly seven months since the global pandemic was declared, access to adequate information continues to put millions of lives at risk. This is especially true for communities that were already…

First Intermountain Healthcare-Stanford Medicine Physician Fellows Focus on Healthcare Innovation
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First Intermountain Healthcare-Stanford Medicine Physician Fellows Focus on Healthcare Innovation

This press release was orginally distributed by ReleaseWire Salt Lake City, UT — (ReleaseWire) — 08/10/2020 — The first two physician fellows from the Intermountain Healthcare-Stanford Medicine Population Health and Care Delivery Science Fellowship have graduated from the unique two-year master’s degree program in health services research. The collaborative program teaches future physician leaders how…

How to talk with people who won’t wear masks; Plus, advocates demand justice for Black girl jailed in Michigan for not doing homework

How to talk with people who won’t wear masks; Plus, advocates demand justice for Black girl jailed in Michigan for not doing homework

On this show: 0:08 – Trump’s Attorney General William Barr yesterday testified to Congress in a heated hearing on the gassing of protesters at Lafayette Square, the deployment of federal agents to cities like Portland, the deaths of people incarcerated in federal prisons, and more. He faced intense grilling by Democrats, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal….

Oakland, awash with COVID-19, struggles to keep people away from popular Lake Merritt
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Oakland, awash with COVID-19, struggles to keep people away from popular Lake Merritt

After authorities discouraged crowds over the weekend, Oakland’s Lake Merritt returned to normal Monday morning, with a small number of people enjoying the pathways and sunny blue skies. (Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times) By Maura DolanStaff Writer  July 27, 2020 6:10 PM OAKLAND —  As coronavirus cases topped 10,000 in Alameda County last week, Oakland officials…

Coronavirus: As deaths in Latinx community skyrocket, Newsom calls to protect essential workers
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Coronavirus: As deaths in Latinx community skyrocket, Newsom calls to protect essential workers

By Robert Salonga | [email protected], David DeBolt | [email protected] and Harriet Blair Rowan   Amid California’s COVID-19 surge, the deadly virus is stalking communities of color, elected leaders and health officials said Friday, targeting Black and Latinx people both at work and in recreational settings. In a news conference Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom underscored the…

Oakland: City Leaders Urge Residents To Avoid Social Gatherings
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Oakland: City Leaders Urge Residents To Avoid Social Gatherings

OAKLAND (BCN) East Oakland residents are being urged to avoid social gatherings because they are leading to a surge in COVID-19 cases, city leaders said Friday. Leaders made their pleas at 12:15 p.m. at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater on Lake Merritt Boulevard between 12th Street and First Avenue. The surge has been directly related to…

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Data secrecy may cripple U.S. attempts to slow pandemic

Science‘s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation California was a COVID-19 success story—until suddenly it wasn’t. Early in the pandemic, the state seemed to have the new coronavirus under control, but it has begun to ride a wave there, with records set in daily cases several times this month,…

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Berkeley City College to conduct fall semester virtually with limited in-person options

By Kate Finman | Senior Staff Student services, including admissions and counseling services, will still be available remotely at Berkeley City College and other colleges in the Peralta Colleges district. Like other colleges in the Bay Area, Berkeley City College will operate online with the exception of certain types of classes for the fall 2020…