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Omicron: Más infeccioso pero menos peligroso

May 2, 2022 by Carlos Drouaillet

El Omicron, variante del COVID-19 es más infeccioso pero menos peligroso, reportaron dos reconocidas expertas de la medicina.  Esto hace que sea … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español, Health Care, Recently Posted, Spanish

A letter to the San Quentin population: From the editors of the Informed Patient

May 1, 2022 by San Quentin News

It’s been an honor to communicate with you through our patient newsletter, “The Informed Patient: A San Quentin Newsletter” for the past 21 months. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Recently Posted, SQ News

Prisons’ quarantine isolation measures failed to prevent massive COVID infections

April 19, 2022 by Randy Hansen

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Solitary confinement cells used to quarantine prisoners during the COVID-19 pandemic did not prevent spreading the virus or prevent prisoners from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, Recently Posted

New variants, same old COVID-19 

April 19, 2022 by Carlos Drouaillet

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COVID-19 is more infectious but potentially less dangerous, two leading medical experts report. This makes it less important to impose some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Recently Posted

Researchers see explosion of diabetes in wake of COVID-19

April 19, 2022 by Steve Brooks

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For more than two million Americans who were locked up in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a new worry on the horizon: an epidemic of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Recently Posted

Prisons’ Contempt Moves Court 

February 28, 2022 by Raymond Torres

A settlement agreement to improve the quality of health care in Arizona prisons was thrown out after six years of the state showing little interest in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, Recently Posted Tagged With: Arizona Department of Corrections, Health Care

TB Case Prompts Testing 

February 28, 2022 by Randy Hansen

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A tuberculosis case was reported at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego, prompting officials to notify and offer tests to all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Recently Posted Tagged With: California, Health Care, San Diego County Jails

Newsom Fights Vaccine 

February 28, 2022 by Randy Hansen

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State officials have urged a federal judge to order all California prison guards to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  “We do really have a problem … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Health Care, Recently Posted Tagged With: California, cdcr, COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newson, Health Care

 SQ Suffers Another Outbreak

February 27, 2022 by A.J. Hardy

Two months after a local court ruled that the COVID-19 emergency at San Quentin State Prison had passed, the entire California prison system has gone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Health Care, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, San Quentin State Prison

Ohio courts make COVID shots condition of probation

January 23, 2022 by Rickey Goins

Two Ohio judges have ordered defendants to get COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of their probation or face prison time, the New York Times … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Institutions, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, Ohio

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