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 EditionAs testing abilities increased more quickly than needs, some hospitals are loosening their criteria to test more people while county officials are launching a task force to better utilize the excess capacity. -
Data has shown San Diegans are taking fewer trips to locations like stores and parks, but urgent care centers are also seeing a decrease in visits. -
California is seeing a significant increase in people applying for state-subsidized health insurance during the coronavirus pandemic. -
There’s a new international effort to find a coronavirus treatment and it’s headquartered in San Diego. Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology are leading a global hunt for antibodies. -
Local officials on Friday highlighted separate data sets that as of that afternoon ranked the region’s social distancing efforts with a grade of C, despite a decrease in movement to retail locations, parks and other destinations. -
Up to 40 volunteers in Pennsylvania and Missouri will receive the medicine developed by researchers at Inovio Pharmaceuticals' Sorrento Valley lab.
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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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