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The struggle to control COVID-19 in San Diego's nursing homes has been exacerbated by years of staffing cuts. Read More »

A medical technician at the San Diego VA died from COVID-19 Wednesday night, marking the first death of a local VA employee due to the virus. Read More »

Emails, memos and text messages reveal the San Diego VA’s slow and inadequate response to the COVID-19 outbreak, which exacerbated its spread. Read More »

inewsource interviewed San Diegans directly affected by COVID-19 to piece together a picture of the harrowing tradeoff health officials must make: appease struggling citizens who are pushing for a return to normal or guard against an influx of cases in southern San Diego County that could devastate those communities. Read More »

More than a dozen cars filled with San Diego County employees honked their horns as they drove past the county’s operations center Monday afternoon. Read More »

For more than a month, the local union chapter has decried working conditions for county employees on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, including staff at county jails, hospitals and nursing homes. Read More »

A person in COVID-19 isolation at the county-run Crowne Plaza hotel in Mission Valley died by suicide on April 23. Read More »

While most of the facts presented in the San Diego County news briefings have been accurate and thoughtful, some of the officials’ statements have caused confusion and concern. Read More »

A new San Diego County’s health advisory depicts the most dire scene yet of the region’s shortage of protective gear for medical workers treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More »

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 »