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Crucially, the policy prohibits state funding for sober housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/sapb/CDPH%20Document%20Library/2020-Overdose-Mortality-Data-Brief_ADA.pdf\">fentanyl use\u003c/a> surged nationwide, critics have argued that the state’s policy is too restrictive, limiting housing options for those attempting to avoid drugs. Addiction specialists contend that living in environments permeated by drug use can derail recovery efforts, even for highly motivated individuals.[aside postID=news_11990665 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-003-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg']“San Francisco needs different kinds of supportive housing for the diverse range of people who are homeless, including recovery-oriented housing for people with addictions,” Keith Humphreys, a Stanford psychology professor who served as senior drug policy advisor in the Obama administration, said Monday in a news release from Dorsey’s office. “Research shows that recovery housing helps residents cease substance use, find a job and stay out of jail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although federal housing officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.usich.gov/sites/default/files/document/All_In.pdf\">revised their Housing First guidelines\u003c/a> to include provisions for drug-free recovery housing in 2022, California has yet to adopt similar measures, leaving a gap in support for those in recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) is leading efforts to amend state law. His proposed bill, \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2479/id/2927209\">AB 2479\u003c/a>, would allocate up to 25% of state housing funds for drug-free housing. The bill has passed the state Assembly and is now under consideration by the state Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many people seeking recovery don’t want to live next to others who are still using drugs, and they shouldn’t be forced to. These drug-free recovery models allow for a community of people who are all on a journey to be fully sober to help keep each other accountable and make sure that they have the support needed to not fall back into drug use or homelessness,” Haney said in a \u003ca href=\"https://a17.asmdc.org/press-releases/20240415-new-bill-ends-californias-ban-funding-drug-free-recovery-housing\">press release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, some conservative groups and Republican lawmakers are advocating for the repeal of California’s Housing First policy, arguing that it has not effectively reduced homelessness. Assemblymember Josh Hoover (D-Folsom) has introduced \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2417\">AB 2417\u003c/a>, which seeks to dismantle Housing First policies. The bill has yet to be heard by a committee and is unlikely to advance this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kmonahan\">\u003cem>Katherine Monahan\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under California’s “Housing First” policy, there are no drug-free public housing options, a void that advocates argue is critical to fill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not enough to get folks indoors and keep them alive until they die of overdose. The point is to get them indoors so we can support them in living long and full and productive lives,” Mandelman said at a news conference on Monday at City Hall announcing the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua Brathwaite, a San Francisco-based recovery advocate, highlighted the urgency of the situation in a recent \u003ca href=\"https://a17.asmdc.org/press-releases/20240415-new-bill-ends-californias-ban-funding-drug-free-recovery-housing\">press release\u003c/a> from a California legislator aiming to allow state housing funds to go toward sober housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been sober for 16 months, but I can’t find any available drug-free housing that can give me the programming and support I need to continue being sober,” Brathwaite said. “I’m in danger of relapsing and falling back into a cycle I fought so hard to get out of.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-funding/active-funding/docs/housing-first-fact-sheet.pdf\">Housing First policy\u003c/a>, enacted in 2016, prioritizes rapid rehousing without prerequisites such as credit checks, criminal background reviews, income verification, or sobriety, with the goal of quickly moving people into housing before following up with addiction treatment, healthcare, mental health services and job training. Crucially, the policy prohibits state funding for sober housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/sapb/CDPH%20Document%20Library/2020-Overdose-Mortality-Data-Brief_ADA.pdf\">fentanyl use\u003c/a> surged nationwide, critics have argued that the state’s policy is too restrictive, limiting housing options for those attempting to avoid drugs. Addiction specialists contend that living in environments permeated by drug use can derail recovery efforts, even for highly motivated individuals.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“San Francisco needs different kinds of supportive housing for the diverse range of people who are homeless, including recovery-oriented housing for people with addictions,” Keith Humphreys, a Stanford psychology professor who served as senior drug policy advisor in the Obama administration, said Monday in a news release from Dorsey’s office. “Research shows that recovery housing helps residents cease substance use, find a job and stay out of jail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although federal housing officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.usich.gov/sites/default/files/document/All_In.pdf\">revised their Housing First guidelines\u003c/a> to include provisions for drug-free recovery housing in 2022, California has yet to adopt similar measures, leaving a gap in support for those in recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) is leading efforts to amend state law. His proposed bill, \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2479/id/2927209\">AB 2479\u003c/a>, would allocate up to 25% of state housing funds for drug-free housing. The bill has passed the state Assembly and is now under consideration by the state Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many people seeking recovery don’t want to live next to others who are still using drugs, and they shouldn’t be forced to. These drug-free recovery models allow for a community of people who are all on a journey to be fully sober to help keep each other accountable and make sure that they have the support needed to not fall back into drug use or homelessness,” Haney said in a \u003ca href=\"https://a17.asmdc.org/press-releases/20240415-new-bill-ends-californias-ban-funding-drug-free-recovery-housing\">press release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, some conservative groups and Republican lawmakers are advocating for the repeal of California’s Housing First policy, arguing that it has not effectively reduced homelessness. Assemblymember Josh Hoover (D-Folsom) has introduced \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2417\">AB 2417\u003c/a>, which seeks to dismantle Housing First policies. The bill has yet to be heard by a committee and is unlikely to advance this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kmonahan\">\u003cem>Katherine Monahan\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834305/masks-for-smoke-and-covid-19-what-kind-is-best\">Read in English\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los californianos se han habituado a las máscaras en los últimos años.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Primero descubrimos el \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11706160/how-particulate-respirator-masks-work\">valor de las mascarillas N95 y N100 para protegernos del humo de los incendios forestales\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés). Y durante la pandemia de COVID-19, las mascarillas de todos los tipos pasaron a formar parte de nuestro vestuario diario.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A medida que \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987343/covid-bay-area-wastewater-variant-symptoms-isolation-guidance\">los niveles de COVID-19 aumentan de nuevo en las corrientes de agua residuales del Área de la Bahía a principios del verano de 2024\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), muchas personas están optando por volver a usar las mascarillas en espacios cerrados concurridos como los supermercados o el transporte público BART en hora pico. Pero a medida que los incendios forestales siguen amenazando California, ¿con qué debería cubrirse la boca y nariz si el humo de los incendios forestales y COVID-19 vuelven a coincidir?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En breve, la respuesta es: Esas mascarillas de N95 o KN95 que puede que aún tenga en casa son la mejor opción para protegerse tanto contra el COVID-19 como contra el humo de los incendios forestales. Siga leyendo para conocer lo que necesita acerca de las mascarillas para protegerse en 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Con cientos de incendios forestales en diferentes partes de California, y grandes incendios afectando la calidad del aire cerca de casi cada condado del Área de la Bahía, los residentes se preguntan como sobrellevar múltiples crisis. Los incendios, el humo y la pandemia de covid-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En “los tiempos de antes”, antes de la pandemia, los residentes de áreas con humo tenían que evitar salir de sus hogares y se surtirían de cubrebocas N95 o N100, para protegerse de las pequeñas partículas en el aire que existen cuando hay incendios y que pueden tener efectos negativos en la salud.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Uso de mascarillas de tipo N95 para COVID-19 y el humo\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“La mejor mascarilla para protegerse contra el humo de los incendios forestales es una de tipo N95. También es la mejor mascarilla para protegerse del coronavirus», afirmó el Dr. John Balmes, neumólogo y profesor de medicina de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de California en San Francisco (o UCSF, por sus siglas en ingés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (o CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) afirman que las mascarillas de respiración bien ajustadas y aprobadas por el Instituto Nacional de Salud y Seguridad en el Trabajo (o NIOSH, por sus siglas en inglés), \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/publicppe/community-ppe.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprevent-getting-sick%2Ftypes-of-masks.html#anchor_5146932324\">como las de tipo N95, ofrecen el “mejor” nivel de protección frente a los peligros del aire, incluidas las gotitas que propagan el COVID-19\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés). (\u003ca href=\"https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2023/06/29/wildfire-smoke/\">Tenga en cuenta que, por lo general, los CDC utilizan oficialmente la palabra “respirador” para referirse a este tipo de protectores de rostro\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) que son muy eficaces contra las partículas, y “mascarillas” para referirse a los tipos de protectores de rostro que son menos eficaces, como las mascarillas de tela y las mascarillas quirúrgicas, le daremos más información sobre ellas más adelante).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El “95” de N95 también indica que estas mascarillas “alcanzan una eficacia de filtración mínima del 95%” frente a partículas peligrosas, según los CDC. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11706160/how-particulate-respirator-masks-work\">Lea más sobre cómo funcionan las mascarillas N95 y por qué son tan eficaces\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004846\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004846\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/WILDFIRE-SMOKE-IN-THE-AIR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/WILDFIRE-SMOKE-IN-THE-AIR.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/WILDFIRE-SMOKE-IN-THE-AIR-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humo de incendio forestal en el aire cerca de Pleasant Valley Road en Vacaville, condado de Solano, el 20 de agosto de 2020. \u003ccite>(Peter Arcuni/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Una advertencia: algunos funcionarios de salud pública afirman que las mascarillas de tipo N95 no son para cualquier persona, debido a la posibilidad de que el usuario se equivoque en el ajuste y de que provoquen el tipo de incomodidad que hace que algunas personas sean menos propensas a llevarlas de manera constante,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Vien, funcionaria de información pública del Departamento de Salud Pública de San Francisco, afirma que las mascarillas como las de tipo N95 pueden resultar incómodas de llevar durante largos periodos de tiempo y deben “proporcionar un sello hermético alrededor de la boca y la nariz del usuario” para funcionar de forma eficaz. “Si una mascarilla N95 le hace sentir mejor, póngasela. Si se siente aún peor, no lo lleve”, afirma Vien.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balmes, de la UCSF, también señaló que algunos tipos de mascarillas KN95, similares a las mascarillas N95, pero fabricadas en China, también son buenas. Los CDC denominan a este tipo de mascarillas “respirador facial filtrante internacional”, porque \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/publicppe/community-ppe.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprevent-getting-sick%2Ftypes-of-masks.html#anchor_5146932324\">se someten a pruebas según normas internacionales y no según las normas del NIOSH\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), lo que significa que “pueden no tener los rigurosos requerimientos de garantía de calidad que satisfacen aquellas [mascarillas] que están aprobadas por el NIOSH.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Y las mascarillas tipo N95 con válvulas de exhalación?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Este tipo de mascarillas funcionan bien contra el humo de los incendios forestales, pero son menos eficaces para detener la propagación de enfermedades como el virus del COVID-19, incluso con cinta aislante sobre la válvula. Por lo tanto, si tiene COVID-19, estará exhalando partículas infecciosas hacia los demás a través de esas válvulas como no lo permiten los N95 sin válvulas. Esto se debe a que, si bien estas válvulas impiden que las partículas lleguen a la boca, pueden permitirle respirar el aire que sale de la mascarilla sin filtrarlo.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Uso de una mascarilla quirúrgica contra el COVID-19 y el humo\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las mascarillas quirúrgicas «protegen de alguna manera contra el humo de los incendios forestales porque están estandarizadas», afirma Balmes. Balmes calcula que las mascarillas quirúrgicas pueden reducir la exposición al humo de los incendios en aproximadamente un 20%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En cuanto a COVID-19, los CDC afirman que las “mascarillas quirúrgicas desechables bien ajustadas” son sólo la segunda mejor mascarilla para protegerse del virus, junto con las de tipo KN95, por detrás de las mascarillas N95.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Uso de una mascarilla de tela para COVID-19 y el humo\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>El uso de mascarillas de tela fue una de las principales medidas adoptadas para limitar la propagación del virus en los primeros días de la pandemia. Pero a estas alturas, los CDC han advertido de que, aunque este tipo de mascarillas “pueden bloquear las gotitas”, no protegen de las partículas pequeñas, por lo que no son una buena opción para protegerse contra el COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además, las mascarillas de tela no filtran el humo de los incendios forestales. Como señalan los CDC, ni las mascarillas de tela ni las mascarillas quirúrgicas “tienen el tipo de material filtrante que eliminará las partículas de humo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿La mejor manera de protegerse del humo de los incendios forestales?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Aunque las mascarillas son una buena opción, las autoridades sanitarias afirman que \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1926793/protecting-your-health-from-toxic-wildfire-smoke\">la forma más eficaz de protegerse del humo de los incendios forestales es quedarse en casa lo más posible\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abajo encontrará un mapa interactivo de la calidad del aire realizado por la compañía privada PurpleAir. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Con cientos de incendios forestales en diferentes partes de California, y grandes incendios afectando la calidad del aire cerca de casi cada condado del Área de la Bahía, los residentes se preguntan como sobrellevar múltiples crisis. Los incendios, el humo y la pandemia de covid-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En “los tiempos de antes”, antes de la pandemia, los residentes de áreas con humo tenían que evitar salir de sus hogares y se surtirían de cubrebocas N95 o N100, para protegerse de las pequeñas partículas en el aire que existen cuando hay incendios y que pueden tener efectos negativos en la salud.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Uso de mascarillas de tipo N95 para COVID-19 y el humo\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“La mejor mascarilla para protegerse contra el humo de los incendios forestales es una de tipo N95. También es la mejor mascarilla para protegerse del coronavirus», afirmó el Dr. John Balmes, neumólogo y profesor de medicina de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de California en San Francisco (o UCSF, por sus siglas en ingés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (o CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) afirman que las mascarillas de respiración bien ajustadas y aprobadas por el Instituto Nacional de Salud y Seguridad en el Trabajo (o NIOSH, por sus siglas en inglés), \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/publicppe/community-ppe.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprevent-getting-sick%2Ftypes-of-masks.html#anchor_5146932324\">como las de tipo N95, ofrecen el “mejor” nivel de protección frente a los peligros del aire, incluidas las gotitas que propagan el COVID-19\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés). (\u003ca href=\"https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2023/06/29/wildfire-smoke/\">Tenga en cuenta que, por lo general, los CDC utilizan oficialmente la palabra “respirador” para referirse a este tipo de protectores de rostro\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) que son muy eficaces contra las partículas, y “mascarillas” para referirse a los tipos de protectores de rostro que son menos eficaces, como las mascarillas de tela y las mascarillas quirúrgicas, le daremos más información sobre ellas más adelante).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El “95” de N95 también indica que estas mascarillas “alcanzan una eficacia de filtración mínima del 95%” frente a partículas peligrosas, según los CDC. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11706160/how-particulate-respirator-masks-work\">Lea más sobre cómo funcionan las mascarillas N95 y por qué son tan eficaces\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004846\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004846\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/WILDFIRE-SMOKE-IN-THE-AIR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/WILDFIRE-SMOKE-IN-THE-AIR.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/WILDFIRE-SMOKE-IN-THE-AIR-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humo de incendio forestal en el aire cerca de Pleasant Valley Road en Vacaville, condado de Solano, el 20 de agosto de 2020. \u003ccite>(Peter Arcuni/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Una advertencia: algunos funcionarios de salud pública afirman que las mascarillas de tipo N95 no son para cualquier persona, debido a la posibilidad de que el usuario se equivoque en el ajuste y de que provoquen el tipo de incomodidad que hace que algunas personas sean menos propensas a llevarlas de manera constante,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Vien, funcionaria de información pública del Departamento de Salud Pública de San Francisco, afirma que las mascarillas como las de tipo N95 pueden resultar incómodas de llevar durante largos periodos de tiempo y deben “proporcionar un sello hermético alrededor de la boca y la nariz del usuario” para funcionar de forma eficaz. “Si una mascarilla N95 le hace sentir mejor, póngasela. Si se siente aún peor, no lo lleve”, afirma Vien.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balmes, de la UCSF, también señaló que algunos tipos de mascarillas KN95, similares a las mascarillas N95, pero fabricadas en China, también son buenas. Los CDC denominan a este tipo de mascarillas “respirador facial filtrante internacional”, porque \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/publicppe/community-ppe.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fprevent-getting-sick%2Ftypes-of-masks.html#anchor_5146932324\">se someten a pruebas según normas internacionales y no según las normas del NIOSH\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), lo que significa que “pueden no tener los rigurosos requerimientos de garantía de calidad que satisfacen aquellas [mascarillas] que están aprobadas por el NIOSH.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Y las mascarillas tipo N95 con válvulas de exhalación?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Este tipo de mascarillas funcionan bien contra el humo de los incendios forestales, pero son menos eficaces para detener la propagación de enfermedades como el virus del COVID-19, incluso con cinta aislante sobre la válvula. Por lo tanto, si tiene COVID-19, estará exhalando partículas infecciosas hacia los demás a través de esas válvulas como no lo permiten los N95 sin válvulas. Esto se debe a que, si bien estas válvulas impiden que las partículas lleguen a la boca, pueden permitirle respirar el aire que sale de la mascarilla sin filtrarlo.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Uso de una mascarilla quirúrgica contra el COVID-19 y el humo\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las mascarillas quirúrgicas «protegen de alguna manera contra el humo de los incendios forestales porque están estandarizadas», afirma Balmes. Balmes calcula que las mascarillas quirúrgicas pueden reducir la exposición al humo de los incendios en aproximadamente un 20%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En cuanto a COVID-19, los CDC afirman que las “mascarillas quirúrgicas desechables bien ajustadas” son sólo la segunda mejor mascarilla para protegerse del virus, junto con las de tipo KN95, por detrás de las mascarillas N95.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Uso de una mascarilla de tela para COVID-19 y el humo\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>El uso de mascarillas de tela fue una de las principales medidas adoptadas para limitar la propagación del virus en los primeros días de la pandemia. Pero a estas alturas, los CDC han advertido de que, aunque este tipo de mascarillas “pueden bloquear las gotitas”, no protegen de las partículas pequeñas, por lo que no son una buena opción para protegerse contra el COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además, las mascarillas de tela no filtran el humo de los incendios forestales. 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Para más información de la calidad del aire visite \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1968622/mapa-reporte-actual-de-la-calidad-del-aire-en-el-area-de-la-bahia\">este enlace\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.purpleair.com/map?#9.33/37.7482/-122.4927\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estos consejos parecen no ser de tanta ayuda debido a la ola de calor y a las evacuaciones pendientes, pero los funcionarios de la Oficina de Servicios de Emergencia del estado continuan recomendando que las personas se mantengan en sus casa con las puertas y ventanas cerradas y con el aire acondicionado prendido, si es posible.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District recommends that “when wildfires are affecting air quality, staying indoors with windows and doors shut is the best way to protect your health”, if heat allows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/AirDistrict/status/1704288547967218052\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 17, 2024, the Air District launched an air quality incident notification system. You can now \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/contact-us/sign-up-for-information/air-quality-incident-notifications\">sign up to receive notifications about incidents impacting air quality for any (or all) of the Bay Area’s nine counties\u003c/a>. You can choose to receive notifications via email, SMS text or both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Air Resources Board (CARB) also recommends mechanical air cleaners with a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter that collects very small particles and does not emit harmful substances. These air cleaners can dramatically reduce indoor particle levels, in some cases by more than 90%. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/air-cleaners-ozone-products/california-certified-air-cleaning-devices\">See a list of CARB-certified air cleaning devices.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have air conditioning — which makes closing doors and windows especially difficult during a heat wave — consider getting some battery-operated fans and reducing activities that increase indoor air pollution, like burning candles, cooking on gas stoves or vacuuming. We also have\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976551/how-to-get-or-make-a-free-low-cost-air-purifier-for-your-home\"> instructions on how to make your own low-cost air purifier.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story was originally published on Aug. 21, 2020. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Every time I have AM radio on and there’s a baseball game on, I think about my dad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>– Michelle Deely\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11754518\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 486px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11754518\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37701_me-and-dad-michelle-deely-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37701_me-and-dad-michelle-deely-qut.jpg 486w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37701_me-and-dad-michelle-deely-qut-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Deely and her dad, George Tomcufcik. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Michelle Deely)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Growing up in San Rafael, my family lived less than a mile from the Bay. I remember feeling very frightened by the eery moaning noise of the fog horns out in the darkness when I was falling asleep at night. One evening, as my dad was getting me ready for bed—I was probably about three or four—the fog horns started, and I remember feeling just stricken with fear. And my dad went and got some paper and a pencil, and he sketched out this cute little drawing of a fog horn. He made it look so tiny and innocent on paper, and he completely diffused the situation. That was almost 40 years ago, and still every time I hear a fog horn I think of my dad and I remember how gentle and caring he was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>– Kristine Kenefick\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/06/SOUNDS1Foghorns.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37694_IMG_1914-qut-800x620.jpg\" Title=\"Foghorns - Kristine Kenefick with her father, Pat Kenefick\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sound that reminds me most of my father is Giants baseball on the TV. The sound of the crack of the bat, and there’s a very distinctive way one of the announcers says, ‘Swing and a miss.’ Whenever I’m out and I hear it, it just takes me right back to my parents’ house growing up. Happy Father’s Day to the most devoted Giants fan I know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>– Jody Amable\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/06/SOUNDS13Giants.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37696_32-mom-qut-800x574.jpg\" Title=\"The Giants - Jody Amable, with her parents, George Amable and Joanne D'Ambrosia\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sound that reminds me of my father is the sound of an impact wrench, immediately followed by the sound of an air compressor. My father is a mechanic, and he used to work on cars over the weekend in our driveway, and my bedroom overlooked the driveway. And those are the sounds I would hear, which was super loud. Every time I hear it, I think of my father.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>– Jennifer Wong\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/06/SOUNDS8ImpactWrench.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37685_jennifer-wong-dad-and-me-cross-country-roadtrip-yellowstone-falls-qut-800x534.jpg\" Title=\"Impact Wrench - Jennifer Wong and her father, Weng\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a performing artist in San Francisco. The sound that reminds me most of my father is the album that he made, that we discovered after he died. It’s called \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Styles-Trenton-Cooper/dp/B077VY52DY\">The Piano Styles of Trenton Cooper\u003c/a>. Whenever I really really miss him, I throw that on and listen to all the songs he wrote for my mother, and that I grew up and went to bed every night listening to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>– Edris Cooper\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/06/SOUNDS6Music.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/cooper.png\" Title=\"Music - Trenton Cooper's album for his wife\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m calling with a memory of my grandpop, Jack. The sound that reminds me most of my grandfather is the sound of whistling. He whistled all the time: at home, while we were out, while we were in the car. I would spend several weeks every summer with my grandfather. One time, he was whistling in the car. I was in my teenage years, and the sound was piercing, it was driving me crazy. And I said, ‘Grandpop, would you please stop whistling.’ His job was picking up bodies from the mortuary at hospitals and taking them to a funeral home. And his comeback was, ‘None of the people that I drive around at work ever complain.’ That was exactly his sense of humor, and whenever I hear anyone whistling, I think of my grandpop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>– Katherine Newton\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/06/SOUNDS2Whistling.mp3\" Image=\"https://www.kcbx.org/sites/kcbx/files/styles/x_large/public/201508/california_report_bear_logo.jpg\" Title=\"The sounds of whistling\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The distinctive sound that reminds me of my dad is the sound of a spoon hitting the side of a little espresso cup, because that’s how he used to wake me up when I was in high school. He used to make me a little cup of espresso with a teaspoon of sugar in it and hit it very noisily as he walked from the kitchen to my room, and I would hear that ‘ding ding ding ding.’ [The noise reminds me of how] annoying my father could be, but also how caring he is when he would do things for me, my mom, and others.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>– Giacomo Fiore\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/06/SOUNDS3EspressoSpoon.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/giacomo.png\" Title=\"Espresso - Giacomo Fiore and his dad, Paolo, who still lives in Italy\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sound that makes me think of my father is Kai Ryssdal’s voice. That’s because every time we were in the car with him, we would be listening to NPR, begging for music, and we would hear Kai say, ‘But first, let’s do the numbers.’ And my dad would say, ‘You can wait for music. They’ll do a segue, and you’ll hear some music.’ Luckily, I get to think of him many times each week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>– Aaron Harkey\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11754510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11754510\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS37698_IMG_0087-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Listener Aaron Harkey, his brother, Damon, and pop, Ron. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Aaron Harkey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Without a doubt, the sound that reminds me most of my father is the sound of mechanical clocks. And not just one of them, the tick-tock, but hundreds of them. Our house was filled with them. I would have friends come over, and they wouldn’t be able to sleep at night because the entire house was ticking and tocking, all in unison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>–\u003cem> Steve Ogden\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2019/06/SOUNDS5Clocks.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/ogden.jpg\" Title=\"Tick-Tock of Clocks - Steve Ogden's dad, Lt. Col. Wenscell H. Ogden, Jr.\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sound that reminds me of my father is the opening of a soda can with a simultaneous cough. Whenever my brother, sister and I heard this, we would stop watching the movie playing on the big screen and smile as we looked down the row and wondered if any of the other moviegoers noticed he had just opened the can of Tab. As an Episcopalian priest, my father is highly ethical. He only brought in his own drinks and popcorn with no butter after he had checked with the manager, and only if they did not sell his low-fat options at the theatre. I love you, dad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>– Patty Debenham\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/06/SOUNDS7SodaCan.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/debenham.jpg\" Title=\"Soda Can - Patty Debenham and her dad, Warren\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sound that most reminds me of my father is the sound of ceramic or glass banging together. He would drink coffee from ceramic mugs every morning, and on the way to work, he would eventually finish them and set the mug underneath the seat of his car. After several days, there’d be a few mugs, and every time we’d turn a corner in his truck, the mugs would bang together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>– Mollie Maisch\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/06/SOUNDS11Mugs.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/maisch-1.jpg\" Title=\"Mugs - Mollie Maisch and her dad, Mike\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sound that would remind me of my father would be to hear his old Atlas Lathe with its gear train. It’s an electric motor with a gear train, and the gear’s running. Probably listened to that tens of thousand of hours during the course of our many years together. My dad had a shop in our backyard, and until he passed away, I’d go and visit with him, and he’d be running the Lathe or the mill. 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"content": "\u003cp>As the planned closure of the only trauma center on the east side of Santa Clara County draws nearer, a coalition of health care workers, advocates and community leaders are ramping up their efforts to halt it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Backed by thousands of people who have signed \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/stop-closure-of-trauma-comp-stroke-code-heart-at-regional-med-ctr-san-jose-immediately\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an online petition\u003c/a>, the group is urging Gov. 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The procession symbolizes the extra time it might take a patient to reach another trauma center in an emergency if the Regional Medical Center’s trauma center closes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Raj Gupta, the head of neurology and stroke services at the hospital, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988440/advocates-protest-planned-closure-of-east-san-jose-trauma-center\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who has spoken out\u003c/a> against the cuts, said he doesn’t like the greediness of HCA Healthcare, which made $5.2 billion in profit last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and his colleagues are participating in the rallies to try to stop them or, at minimum, raise awareness of the cuts that could be coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can close my eyes and let it happen, right?” he said. “But the public will not know until Aug. 12, when a crisis occurs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As the planned closure of the only trauma center on the east side of Santa Clara County draws nearer, a coalition of health care workers, advocates and community leaders are ramping up their efforts to halt it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Backed by thousands of people who have signed \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/stop-closure-of-trauma-comp-stroke-code-heart-at-regional-med-ctr-san-jose-immediately\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an online petition\u003c/a>, the group is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to step in and prevent what they call the life-threatening closure of the trauma center and other service cuts at Regional Medical Center, a hospital in East San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have a choice but to fight,” Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez said Thursday at a rally just steps from the entrance to Regional Medical Center. “Because if the state understood the impacts to this community, they already would have weighed in to say no to HCA removing these critical services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990292\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990292\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez speaks at a rally outside Regional Medical Center in East San José on Thursday. Chavez and a coalition of advocates are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to halt the closure of the hospital’s trauma center. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The hospital’s ownership group, Hospital Corporation of America, or HCA Healthcare, is planning on Aug. 12 to shutter the Level II trauma center at Regional and eliminate its ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) program, which handles severe heart attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company also plans to downgrade its stroke services from the “comprehensive” level, which can care for all types of stroke patients and has 24/7 availability for complex neurosurgery, to “primary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of staff members, including surgeons, doctors and other medical personnel at the hospital, recently started receiving termination notices tied to the planned cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the closure were to proceed, patients who needed such services would need to be transported to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, run by the county, or Stanford Hospital, which would have a “negative cascading effect” on the county health care system, the county said previously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The calls on Thursday to halt the cuts follow earlier requests by the group and county officials asking \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987665/advocates-urge-state-to-intervene-in-closure-of-san-jose-trauma-center\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Attorney General Rob Bonta\u003c/a> and the California Department of Public Health to investigate the planned cuts and to intervene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attorney general’s office on Thursday said it is reviewing the matter but is unable to comment on a potential or ongoing investigation “to protect its integrity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the Governor’s office deferred comment to the California Health and Human Services Agency, who did not immediately respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez, as well as other elected leaders, doctors, nurses and patient advocates, are raising alarms over the cuts, which they say will lead to more deaths and worse health outcomes for people all over the region who rely on the critical services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990289\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990289\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regional Medical Center in East San José is planning to close its trauma center and cut back other critical services on Aug. 12. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The changes happening are discriminatory, the group said, as they will hit hardest in the area around the hospital, an area of the county with larger proportions of families with low income and of people of color who are more likely to have a harder time accessing health care in general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, on the west side of San José, HCA is planning a major expansion and remodel of its Good Samaritan Hospital near the Cambrian Park neighborhood, where there are more hospitals to address health care needs in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HCA has yet again decided to place profits over patients,” Melissa Gong, a registered nurse at Regional Medical Center, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said many East San José residents have no insurance or are underinsured, have lower health literacy, and often face language barriers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a result, many of these patients have chronic health conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes, and resulting comorbidities. All comorbidities that require the use of stroke, STEMI, and trauma services,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement issued Thursday, Carmella Gutierrez, a spokesperson for HCA’s Far West Division, said the campaign against the hospital is choosing “exaggeration to generate a false fear” in the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990293\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990293\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240613-REGIONALMED-JG-4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Diangson, a member of Defensoras, a patient organizing committee with health nonprofit Latinas Contra Cancer, speaks at a rally outside Regional Medical Center in East San José on June 13. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Supervisor Cindy Chavez knows better. 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Most recently, Newsom signed a law granting \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2024/04/california-abortion-ban-arizona/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortion providers from Arizona\u003c/a> an expedited licensing pathway in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alliance Defending Freedom, the group representing the plaintiffs in the abortion pill case, said in a statement that it would continue the legal battle. A lower court judge has already ruled that three states — Idaho, Missouri and Kansas — can join the case as plaintiffs. Legal experts say states often have a stronger standing argument because they have to provide access to health care services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we’re disappointed with the court’s decision, we will continue to advocate for women and work to restore commonsense safeguards for abortion drugs — like an initial office visit to screen for ectopic pregnancies. 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It is now used in nearly all medication abortions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cathren Cohen, a staff attorney with the UCLA Center on Reproductive Health, Law and Policy, said a ruling against the FDA could have had a destabilizing effect on all pharmaceuticals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The court, they’re not scientists, so for them to be second-guessing the people with actual authority, which is the FDA, that’s concerning,” Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of 300 reproductive health researchers detailing mifepristone’s safety record. Dozens of studies have demonstrated its safety and efficacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, researchers from \u003ca href=\"https://bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/news/telehealth-medication-abortion-just-safe-and-effective-person-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UCSF’s Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health\u003c/a> conducted the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02834-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">largest study of telehealth abortions\u003c/a> and found that medication abortions obtained via telehealth appointments are just as safe as those obtained through in-person medical care, with 98% of patients completing the abortion without needing additional medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Newsom announced the state would stockpile misoprostol, the second drug in the medication abortion regimen, in case the Supreme Court decision resulted in a shortage. 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And we are grateful that three states stand ready to hold the FDA accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of women and girls across this country,” Erin Hawley, senior counsel for the group, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Abortion pill access\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Medication abortion is the most commonly used abortion method, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/medication-abortion-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guttmacher Institute\u003c/a>, a national reproductive health policy center advocating for abortion rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mifepristone, the pill at the heart of the Supreme Court decision, is part of a two-drug regimen for medication abortion. 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If a worker tests positive, they’d likely be instructed to go to a clinic and then stay home from work. She said they couldn’t afford to do either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That starts to sound like a really bad deal for 75 bucks because, at the end of the week, they’re supposed to feed their families,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katherine Wells, director of public health in Lubbock, Texas, said that in her state, health officials would provide short-term medical care, such as giving farmworkers the flu treatment Tamiflu. 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Latino immigrants were verbally attacked during the H1N1 “swine flu” pandemic in 2009, for example, and some media personalities used the outbreak to push for a crackdown on immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bethany Boggess Alcauter, director of research and public health programs at the National Center for Farmworker Health, said many workers on dairy farms have been told very little about this new disease spreading in the cows they handle. “Education needs to be a part of testing efforts, with time for workers to ask questions,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These conversations should be conducted in the farmworkers’ language, with people they are likely to trust, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, said public health officials must make clear that workers’ immigration status will not be reported as part of the investigation into the new flu virus. “We’re not going to be the police,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dawn O’Connell, an administrator at the Department of Health and Human Services, said in a press conference on May 22 that nearly 5 million doses of a vaccine against H5N1, the bird flu virus circulating in cattle, are being prepared. However, officials have not decided whether the shots will be offered to farmworkers when they’re ready later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11988972,science_1992816,news_11969913\"]The CDC asked states in early May to share personal protective equipment with farm owners to help them shield workers from the bird flu virus. State health departments in California, Texas, and Wisconsin, which have large dairy industries, all said they have offered to distribute such equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Van Deusen, a Texas health department spokesperson, said four dairy farms had requested protective equipment from the state stockpile. He said other farms may already have had what they needed. 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