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Across California, thousands of health care workers have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus. Yet, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that transmission is relatively rare when a doctor, nurse or other worker has brief contact with a patient and is wearing appropriate protective gear. As of April…

As California begins to bend the curve on coronavirus cases, some local governments are contemplating how they might gradually reopen various workplaces next month.In Los Angeles County, the director of the Department of Public Health, Barbara Ferrer, spoke of certain strategies being in place “as we begin to lift our health officer orders, Safer at…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A nursing home in California is now under investigation after at least 13 people died from coronavirus there and dozens were sickened.The Alameda County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday it opened a probe into the Gateway Rehabilitation and Care Center in Hayward, Calif.,…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox.  Sign up here.Several Southern California nurses were suspended after they refused to enter coronavirus patient's rooms without N95 respirator masks, the National Nurses Union said this week.Mike Gulick, who is one of the suspended nurses, told the Associated Press he’s been extremely careful…

California is launching a $125m disaster relief fund for undocumented immigrants, the first of its kind in the nation, California governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. Undocumented immigrants make up 10% of California’s workforce, Newsom said, but are ineligible for unemployment insurance, pandemic unemployment assistance and federal stimulus support. “Regardless of your status, documented or undocumented,…