Tarryn Mento
Health ReporterTarryn Mento served as KPBS' health reporter. She had previously worked as the multimedia producer for MetroFocus at WNET in New York City. She was also a Pulliam Fellow at the Arizona Republic. Tarryn has reported from three countries and in two languages. Her work has been published by The Washington Post, the Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News, and El Nuevo Herald. She completed her master's degree at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, where she was named a Carnegie-Knight News 21 Fellow. A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Tarryn completed her undergraduate education in journalism at SUNY-Albany.
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KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra is calling on the federal government to increase the availability and decrease the price of remdesivir, the only drug given FDA authorization to treat COVID-19. -
The nonprofit Family Health Centers of San Diego serves patients, many of whom are uninsured, in the region’s low-income communities. -
Data analysis by county epidemiologists found more than half of San Diegans have at least one chronic condition that increases their risk during the pandemic. -
The outbreak has sparked national debate over fatalities attributed to the virus, as well as public health measures, such as orders to wear facial coverings. -
KPBS Midday EditionAs the need for coronavirus tests surges yet again, materials are becoming scarce and some supply gaps are easier to navigate than others. -
With 587 new cases and 18 deaths announced Wednesday, the region's totals reached 25,107 cases and 505 deaths.
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San Diego County Supervisors Nathan Fletcher and Nora Vargas announced Wednesday they will ask the Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. -
KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. -
San Diego County public health officials have reported 278 new COVID-19 infections and two additional deaths related to the illness, raising the region's totals to 45,425 cases and 767 deaths.
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