Interview: Public Health Professor Jason Corburn about COVID-19 in Oakland
How racism contributes to some communities experiencing COVID-19 more than others.
Health and Wellness
Oakland Voices’ health coverage examines health challenges and solutions in Oakland in order to be a catalyst to eliminate health inequities, change narratives, and transform the Town.
Local Artists Beautify Community Fridges as COVID-19 Continues
Since the start of the pandemic, the Bay Area has banded together in a multitude of ways to support the most critical needs of our community. Cheetah, the first restaurant supply app, is launching a[Read more]
Caring during COVID-19: The Essential Work of Being A Caregiver
Ed, sole caregiver for his wife, both contract COVID-19 despite precautions.
New Alameda County program will pay people in certain parts of Oakland to stay home if they have COVID-19
Residents in "high risk" neighborhoods including East Oakland, West Oakland, and Fruitvale/San Antonio are eligible for the $1,250 stipend.
Confessions of a Maskhole
I learned there’s now a term to describe people like me who are undisciplined mask wearers — maskholes. You know the type: we slop them on like an old sock.
Air Quality Alert for Bay Area
The county advises people to stay indoors due to bad air quality. Here's how to check what the air quality is like where you are.
New COVID-19 test site opens in Chinatown
The test site will provide language assistance and is by appointment only.
Mystic healing: Alternative ways of recovering from trauma
Oakland residents seek alternative ways of healing from trauma after surviving domestic, spiritual abuse.
Increasing percent of hospital patients in Alameda County are COVID-19 patients
"9.1% of hospital patients in Alameda County were confirmed COVID-19 positive, higher than 6.3% last week."
California COVID-19 cases at all time high; Oakland nurse Janine Paiste-Ponder dies of COVID-19
"Nurses were sometimes assigned five patients at once, including positive and non-positive patients."
