As Supes pressed DPH on Latinx Covid-19 response, questions are left unanswered
San Francisco Department of Public Health workers had few clear answers at a hearing today on the...
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Immigrant Life
Rapid tests for Covid-19 could hold “promising” possibilities, new data from a UCSF study suggests
Rapid tests might hold “promising” possibilities to prevent the spread of Covid-19, according to...
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Oakland testing reveals high Mayan Covid-19 positivity, high need in Fruitvale
A recent Covid-19 study in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood underscored the virus’...
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The man delivering ballots in the Mission for over two decades
Elmer Padilla has been delivering the mail to stoops and mailboxes across the Mission for the last...
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Right to Recover set to improve after initially failing to meet public health goal
Right to Recover aims to fix weeks-long delays in paying recipients Alison Chan’s job was to hand...
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Neighborhood Notes: Indigenous People’s Day, “Voices from the Kitchen,” and “Prince 2 Queens”
What’s going on in the neighborhood? Next stop, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation...
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Prop. C asks voters if noncitizens should serve on commissions
This dispatch is part of a series called “On the Ground” with Report for America, an initiative of...
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Kids can now get Covid-19 testing at neighborhood sites
Considering a covid-19 test nose swab has made many adults tear up, Josue Geraldo Alvarenga, 5,...
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Some southeast sector sites cautiously report 3 percent positivity rate, approaching city’s rate for first time
For the first time, pop-up Covid-19 testing sites embedded in the city’s most vulnerable...
Read MoreVIDEO: The Invisible along the U.S. Mexican border
Mimi Chakaorva, our multimedia editor and the editor of Still I Rise Films, and Stefania...
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Essential immigrant workers march and rally for more resources to battle Covid-19
A caravan of cars, trucks, bikes and marchers traveled from the Mission to San Francisco City Hall...
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Mayor Breed finds $28.5 million to focus on persistently high Covid-19 rates in Latinx population
Mayor London Breed said today the city will expand its assistance to the Latinx community – a...
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Central American immigrants take to the streets to decry TPS court ruling
Immigrants from El Salvador and Honduras poured out onto the corner of 24th Street BART Plaza...
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Updated: 16th Street BART becomes one-stop-shop for free covid tests and flu vaccines, more than half resources leftover
Clad in vibrant orange and face-shields, Unidos En Salud volunteers scampered alongside BART...
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Mantra ‘follow the data and science’ to crush Covid-19 falls short for Latinx and southeast San Francisco
Latinx, who represent 50% of the city’s Covid cases, only represent 9% of its testing We...
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Pop-up testing site on 16th Street offers free Covid-19 tests and flu shots
As flu season begins, community groups and Walgreens will launch a new temporary healthcare site...
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