As the pandemic’s cruelest month gave way to the merry month of May, Los Angeles was filled with demands and unrest.
Two Kaiser RNs look back on a week of having to use “reprocessed” N95 masks. Meanwhile, COVID cases have leveled off.
The Trump administration says no to family immigration, but yes to guest workers.
Even as Trump attacks Medicaid, 2020 might be the year for expansion in North Carolina.
Amid a raging pandemic, immigrant detainees say they are double bunked in cells and that guards don’t wear protective equipment.
Los Angeles reports that its county’s low-income COVID deaths are triple the number of those of wealthier neighborhoods.
The five-year cleanup of a lead-contamination zone is a story of confusion, shifting goalposts, missed deadlines and bloated budgets.
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The Dept. of Toxic Substances Control has halted all field work on cleaning homes affected by Exide contamination until further notice.
The 60-day ban, which originally targeted all forms of immigration, now freezes the issuing of green cards.
Everything from chronic physician shortages to the county’s political culture seemed aligned against a rapid response to the virus.