Pandemic

  • California extends outdoor dining, to-go drinks through Dec. 31

    When Los Angeles shut down indoor dining, DK Marikan did everything in his power to reinvent his 28-year-old Mediterranean restaurant and deli to keep it afloat. “At some point we only did to go, and that was nothing. Nobody wanted to come,” he said of Garo’s, a staple with...
  • Headed to the Woods

    SANTA FE, N.M. — At the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, Americans hit the road, with the U.S. Forest Service reporting an increase of 19 million visitors last summer over 2019 numbers. Maureen Brooks, wildfire prevention program manager for the U.S. Forest Service, expects an equal number of people...
  • En Dirección al Bosque

    SANTA FE, N.M. — En el punto culminante de la pandemia de coronavirus en el 2020, los americanos salieron a las calles, con el Servicio Forestal de EE.UU. reportando un incremento de 19 millones de visitas el verano pasado comparado con los números del 2019. Maureen Brooks, directora del...
  • COVID-19: Getting Back to Normal Brings New Anxieties

    SEATTLE — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and as life returns to normal, many people are coming down from more than a year of anxiety. A Census Bureau survey found symptoms of anxiety or depression had increased among adults from 11% in 2019 to 41% in 2021. Dr. Mabel Bongmba, adult...
  • COVID-19: Volver a la normalidad trae nuevas ansiedades

    SEATTLE, Wash. – Mayo es el Mes de Concientización sobre la Salud Mental, y a medida que la vida vuelve a la normalidad, muchas personas están saliendo de más de un ano de ansiedad. Una encuesta de la Oficina del Censo encontró que los síntomas de ansiedad o depresión han aumentado entre...
  • Herd immunity? Only two counties are even close

    Five months after COVID-19 vaccinations began, only two California counties are close to reaching “herd immunity” while most trail far behind with less than half of their eligible population vaccinated. A CalMatters analysis of state vaccination data found that in nine counties, less than a third of residents ages...
  • ¿La inmunidad de grupo? Solo dos condados están siquiera cerca

    Cinco meses después de que comenzaran las vacunas contra COVID-19, solo dos condados de California están cerca de alcanzar la “inmunidad colectiva”, mientras que la mayoría se queda atrás con menos de la mitad de su población elegible vacunada. Un análisis de CalMatters de los datos de vacunación estatales...
  • CAN INDIA EMERGE FROM ITS COVID CATACLYSM?

    The eyes of the world are focused on India, as the country experiences a brutal second wave of the Covid pandemic, with an average of 400,000 new daily infections and 3,000 daily deaths. Public health experts say the numbers could be five to 10 times higher, as it is...
  • Appreciate Nurses–We Can All Do Our Part to Help End the Pandemic

    Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been inspired by the strength and resilience of California’s nurses, many of whom are Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). This May and every day, I urge everyone to express appreciation to nurses by helping to end the pandemic. As we celebrate Asian...
January