The Latest Stories from KQED Science
| Even After Care Homes Abandoned Residents, California Still Isn't Ready for Wildfires | | Chaotic evacuations at long-term care facilities have brought into stark relief just how unprepared nursing homes and assisted-living centers are for wildfires. Now, a KQED analysis has found thousands of these care homes are still at risk. | | |
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| Disaster Planning in Nursing Homes: The Questions to Ask Your Loved One's Facility | | If your loved one is in a care home, how can you find out what the facility is doing to protect them in the event of an emergency or natural disaster like a wildfire? | | |
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| See How Wildfires Endanger Older Californians — and It's Getting Worse | | Climate change and COVID-19 are disasters long-term care homes and seniors may not be ready for. | | |
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| The U.S. Has a Dwindling Number of Months to Contain COVID-19 Before a Winter Surge | | Americans must use the weeks between now and the onset of "indoor weather" to tamp down coronavirus transmission, experts warn. | | |
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| | | IFPTE Local 21 | The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 21 is a union representing more than 11,000 public workers across the Bay Area. Essential workers in IFPTE Local 21 demonstrate that public services are the bedrock of our communities.
IFPTE Local 21: Serving the public. Champions for our communities. |
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| Pandemic Galvanizes Money Managers Who See Climate Changes as Next Global Financial Crisis | | The risks of climate change and pressure from investors is driving the finance industry to move away from fossil fuels and improve its transparency. | | |
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| Android Phones Will Now Automatically Receive California Earthquake Warnings |
| | | Android phones in California will now automatically receive quake warnings from ShakeAlert, a system that uses a network of 700 seismometers installed across the state. | | |
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| California Doctors and Nurses Are Not Doing Okay |
| | | After months of fighting the pandemic, health care workers are breaking under heavy emotional and physical strain. | | |
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