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Latest California Healthline Stories

How Those With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Added Angst Of COVID

By Elizabeth Lawrence

During the coronavirus pandemic, people with obsessive-compulsive disorder and other serious anxieties may struggle to distinguish concerns brought on by their conditions from the fears shared by the general public. But some patients say successful treatment has armed them to handle COVID-19’s uncertainties.

Watch: Are Administration Medical Experts Muzzled?

KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joins a panel of health journalists on CNN to discuss the lack of public briefings on coronavirus by key medical experts in the Trump administration.

‘Just Make It Home’: The Unwritten Rules Blacks Learn To Navigate Racism in America

By Cara Anthony

Darnell Hill, a mental health caseworker, is teaching black teens in St. Louis how to safely walk through the park, run to the store or handle an encounter with the police. Beyond tangible skills, he offers comfort and a semblance of control to those for whom birding, running or walking down the street hold the risk of racial violence.

Behind The Byline: ‘Contactless Reporting’

By Cara Anthony

Check out the revamped video series from KHN — Behind The Byline: How The Story Got Made. Come along as journalists and producers offer an insider’s view of health care coverage that does not quit.

Pandemic Upends The Lives Of People With Disabilities — And Of Their Caregivers

By Bram Sable-Smith, Wisconsin Public Radio

Wisconsin already faced a shortage of caregivers who offer crucial health services and independence to their clients. Then the pandemic struck. In a survey of nearly 500 Wisconsinites with disabilities and older adults, every respondent said the pandemic had disrupted their caregiving service.

The Costs Of Safely Reopening A High-End Restaurant

By John M. Glionna

The shifting federal guidelines about how to reopen during the pandemic have perplexed many small-business owners, including the Prestifilippos, who dug deep into their wallets to provide a new kind of dining experience they hope is safe.

Wealthy Hospital Taps Craft Breweries For Aid To Buy Masks, Gloves

By Phil Galewitz

Although the federal government has poured billions of dollars into hospitals to defray their losses from the coronavirus outbreak, new streams of fundraising have emerged — including health worker-themed beer that adds “a drop in the bucket.”

California Hits Up Libraries And Tax Offices To Recruit 20,000 New Disease Detectives

By April Dembosky, KQED

As California begins one of the largest contact-tracing training programs in the country, many of the new recruits will be librarians: who are known to be curious, tech-savvy and really good at getting people they barely know to open up.