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Tag: COVID-19 infections

Posted inCalifornia Currents

Housing for the Harvest: Newsom touts sheltering program for farmworkers despite few takers

by Jackie Botts, CalMatters March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

California is upgrading its underutilized Housing for the Harvest program to provide quarantine hotel rooms for farmworkers, in the hopes that a wage replacement and an option to shelter at home will boost participation. But is it too late?

Posted inCOVID-19 Information Hub

Pollen can raise COVID-19 risk – and season is getting longer thanks to climate change

by Lewis Ziska, associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University March 11, 2021March 10, 2021
Posted inCalifornia Currents

Legislators issue conditions for reopening schools — without Newsom’s backing

by John Fensterwald, EdSource February 19, 2021February 19, 2021
Posted inCalifornia Currents

Chico State becomes first California university to close dorms after students move in

by Ashley A. Smith, EdSource September 3, 2020September 3, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Currents

UC officials: Students could face discipline for gatherings that violate health regulations

by Larry Gordon, EdSource August 27, 2020August 27, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Currents

California’s vacation industry is open for business, but proceed with caution

by CALmatters June 22, 2020June 21, 2020
Posted inTalkers

Lethargic global response to COVID-19: How the brain’s failure to assess abstract threats cost us dearly

by Arash Javanbakht May 5, 2020May 19, 2020

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