Concerns about a possible conflict of interest reached the county CEO’s office early, but were quashed after former OC Supervisor Andrew Do’s staff insisted there was no issue.
Tag: Dr. Clayton Chau
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Orange County’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate Shrinks for First Time in a Month
Increased COVID testing is key, says one leading epidemiologist to keeping schools open.
Posted inGovernment
Balancing Equity and Accountability: Millions in Health Outreach Contracts Draws Questions, Whistleblower Complaint
Orange County officials are looking to diversify service delivery and improve health disparities in underserved communities. But there are more and more questions about the way the proposed contracts add up…or don’t.
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From Covid to Climate: Experts Warn OC is Walking Unprepared into Next Public Health Crisis
Some warn the climate crisis poses the next great test to Orange County’s public health response.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Newport Beach Ends COVID Local Emergency, County Supervisors Continue State of Emergency
Newport Beach officials are unclear if their decision will impact access to pandemic relief funds.
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Nonprofit Sparks Efforts to Vaccinate OC’s Muslim Population; Pandemic Data on Arab Community Nonexistent
Mobile vaccine clinics are coming to mosques across Orange County during and after Ramadan.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Underwood: On Covid Time – A Mid Pandemic Assessment
One year into this life altering pandemic we mark as Covid time, seems like a good time to take stock of our public health response in Orange County to the coronavirus thus far, and ask the critical question how fit is our frontline public health agency in seeing us through what will most certainly be a second year on Covid time?
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Fitzgerald and Pulido: OC Mayors Support Dr. Chau, Orange County Chief Public Health Officer
As Mayors of Orange County, we have come to respect and appreciate Dr. Clayton Chau, Director of the Orange County Health Care Agency and County Public Health Officer, for his tireless efforts to ensure the health and welfare of all of Orange County’s residents during the County’s COVID-19 response.
