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California Vaccine Bill Amended To Appease Governor

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester June 18, 2019

In the wake of concerns from Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Medical Board of California, a state senator on Tuesday unveiled significant amendments to his bill to tighten vaccine requirements. A hearing on the measure is likely to draw hundreds of people to the state Capitol on Thursday.

Calor extremo y violencia, más amenazas para los que esperan asilo en la frontera

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester May 22, 2019

Ya no son hombres solos en busca de trabajo. Familias enteras buscan asilo en los Estados Unidos, y deben esperar en refugios atestados y zonas de violencia al sur de la frontera.

Mysterious Vaping Lung Injuries May Have Flown Under Regulatory Radar

By Sydney Lupkin and Anna Maria Barry-Jester August 27, 2019

Doctors who saw patients with a mysterious lung illness in the past suspected vaping as the cause but didn’t know where to report such cases. “It wasn’t that I didn’t want to report it, it’s that there’s no pathway,” said one California pulmonologist.

A Proposal To Make It Harder For Kids To Skip Vaccines Gives Powerful Voices Pause

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester June 14, 2019

California lawmakers are debating whether to tighten the rules on childhood vaccinations and give the ultimate say to state public health officials. But questions are emerging from unexpected quarters: the state medical board and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

En la frontera, médicos voluntarios brindan atención temporal a inmigrantes

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester April 5, 2019

En consultorios improvisados en depósitos, médicos y asistentes voluntarios pasan largas horas atendiendo las necesidades de salud de miles de migrantes.

Heat And Violence Pose Twin Threats For Asylum-Seekers Waiting At Border

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester May 22, 2019

For Central American migrants who follow U.S. government rules for pursuing asylum, conditions on the Mexican side of the border are sweltering, filled with anxiety and illness. Few people have a clear timetable for when it will get any better.

On The Border, Volunteer Doctors Struggle To Provide Stopgap Care To Immigrants

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester April 5, 2019

As recent arrivals are released from detention with severe medical problems ranging from diarrhea to gaping wounds, a makeshift health system of volunteers is overwhelmed. The work is taking a financial and emotional toll.

Vaccine Drama On Display In California’s Capitol

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Harriet Blair Rowan June 20, 2019

Hundreds of protesters descended on the state Capitol on Thursday, warning against government tyranny and corporate greed. Their target: not taxes, not high-tech surveillance, but a bill that would determine which kids must get their routine shots.

California busca liderar movimiento para descifrar los traumas infantiles

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester March 5, 2019

La doctora Nadine Burke Harris, flamante cirujana general de California, lidera un movimiento para comprender cómo las experiencias traumáticas infantiles generan enfermedades físicas y mentales graves.

California Looks To Lead Nation In Unraveling Childhood Trauma

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester March 5, 2019

The Golden State, in a movement spearheaded by its first-ever surgeon general, stands to become a vanguard for the nation in tracing adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, to the onset of physical and mental illness. But what can a pediatrician, with her 15-minute time slots and extensive to-do list, do about the ills of an absent parent or a neighborhood riddled with gun violence?

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