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Timeline: California reacts to coronavirus

This timeline tracks how California state and local governments tackled the evolving COVID-19 crisis since the first case was detected.

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Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA)

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Who does the policy apply to? (i.e. residents of California, globally, physicians)

This policy applies to all persons residing (regardless of legal status) in the U.S. and any of its territories as well as the District of Columbia who require medical screening examinations as outlined in the act or treatment for an emergency medical condition.

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Epidemiology of Respiratory Health Outcomes among World Trade Center Disaster Workers: Review of the Literature 10 Years after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

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How was the study funded?

Although nothing is specifically mentioned the author has an affiliation with New York Medical school. American Medical Association.

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The Problem of Securing Health

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Who are the authors, where do they work, and what are their areas of expertise? How is the author professionally situated in respect to emergency response? Note any other publications/research foci that are of relevance to the DSTS Network.

Andrew Lakoff is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Communication at the University of Southern California, Department of Sociology. His disciplines are: Social Theory, Medical Anthropology, and Cultural Anthropology.

Stephen Collier holds a Ph.D in Sociocultural Anthropology at the University of California Berkeley, Department of Department of Sociology. His disciplines are Social Policy, Social Theory, Social Theory, Foucault, and Neoliberalism. He was also Chair and Associate Professor at The New School, Department of International Affairs from 2003-2015.

Although they are not directly involved in emergency response, Stephen and Andrew have written extensively on the social aspects of medicine, especially in disaster scenarios.

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Compassion Protocol: Legalizing Diseased Undocumented Immigrants

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What were the methods, tools and/or data used to produce the claims or arguments made in the article or report?

The article is supported by data analysis of accepted individuals in order to show the change in policy's effect on the contrbution to population increase of immigrants for medical resaons. This also includes a description and examples of the different parts of the law.