COVID-19 is less dangerous now than it has been in the past because most people have some immunity, and because good treatments are now more readily available. For many people, COVID-19 in 2024 is comparable to the common cold. However, it still poses a significant public health threat, ...
Parent Melissa Ocampo is provided with a free face mask for her one-year-old, daughter Melanie, before getting her family tested at a COVID-19 testing and vaccination site run by the Los Angeles Unified School District in East Los Angeles Thursday, April 15, 2021. California Gov. Gavin...
have said the expanded coverage will close a gap in health care access and save the state money in the long run. Those who live in the state illegally often delay or avoid care because they aren't eligible for most coverage, making it more expensive to treat them when t...
Medication to prevent severe COVID-19, such as Paxlovid, will remain available for free while supplies last. After that, the price will be determined by the medication manufacturer and your health insurance coverage. Check with your healthcare provider if you needearly treatment to prevent severe...
Vaccination rates for COVID-19 are much lower compared to the past two years. The vaccines were previously free for patients, with the cost paid by the federal government, but are now on the commercial market. Those without health insurance can still access free vaccines throug...
8, Calif. Governor Newsom’s Administration unveiled a proposed $2.7 billion COVID-19 Emergency Response Package – including a $1.4 billion emergency appropriation request – to bolster testing capacity, accelerate vaccination and booster efforts, support frontline workers, strengthen the health care ...
The scale of both job and health insurance coverage loss will be telling. COVID-19 may in the future may not be temembered for the appling loss of life, but as the defining moment when society forever changed for the worst. Maybe COVID-19 will one day be remembered for the repurposing...
Abundis is among hundreds of thousands of Latinos who have been kicked off Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program forlow-income people, as states resume annual eligibility checks that were paused at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The redetermination process, as it is known, has dispro...
While that collision was briefly avoided due to COVID-19, California once again is confronted with a Gann issue that can no longer be ignored. For taxpayers, the best outcome would be to let the Gann limit run its course and return money to taxpayers “by a revision of tax rates or ...
Mar 02, 2021, 16:19 ET Safely Opening Schools, a pilot program screening for COVID-19, offers a safe and effective solution for getting students back in schools across California The California Endowment (TCE) has launched Safely Opening Schools (SOS), an on-site COVID-19 screening program...