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As San Diego County issues new rules for wearing face coverings in public, officials are purchasing another 41,000 bandanas to distribute to homeless and vulnerable people in need of protection. Read More »
Author Archives: Jill Castellano
Equipment malfunction at San Diego VA may have sent airborne COVID-19 into ICU
A malfunction that occurred in the San Diego VA hospital’s isolation rooms may have exposed patients and staff in the ICU to the novel coronavirus. Read More »
Two San Diego VA clinics still not screening patients for COVID-19, inspectors find
A new report by the VA inspector general’s office reveals shortcomings at the San Diego VA in its efforts to combat the novel coronavirus. Read More »
County purchases 90,000 bandanas as fears of mask shortages escalate
A screen printing company has begun selling bandanas amid the coronavirus pandemic, and San Diego County was first in line to purchase. Read More »
How the coronavirus might worsen California’s nurse shortage
San Diego State University’s nursing program, along with others across California, have pulled their students from clinical experiences in hospitals amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read More »
‘Irresponsible’ mask restrictions endanger medical staff as COVID-19 spreads, workers say
As the coronavirus escalates in San Diego, hospitals have put restrictions on protective respirator masks to conserve their stockpiles. Read More »
The struggle in San Diego to get COVID-19 safety gear for healthcare clinics
San Diego County officials say they’re providing healthcare facilities with all the medical supplies they need during the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, but community health centers that cater to low-income and uninsured patients are still having to look elsewhere. Read More »
Top 7 things you should know about inewsource’s REWIRED investigation
inewsource published a two-part investigation last week called REWIRED. The stories detail an experimental brain treatment, a Navy SEAL’s psychotic break and an internal investigation at the University of California San Diego, one of the country’s top research institutions. Since the articles are lengthy, we compiled the top seven takeaways from the investigation for the TL;DR crowd. The only thing ... Read More »
VA leaders questioned at congressional hearing about ‘egregious’ San Diego human research
Leadership from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs answered questions at a congressional hearing Wednesday about inewsource’s investigation into dangerous liver research conducted at the San Diego VA and poor oversight of the VA healthcare system. Read More »
Behind the scenes: What it took to do our investigation into the VA medical inspector
Sometimes, jury duty is inspiring. Read about how an inewsource reporter’s day in the courthouse led to our latest investigation. Read More »