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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Heroin and meth are illegal drugs, but public health advocates want to make it safer for people to inject them. -
The nonprofit that contracts with San Diego County government only received a handful of calls since it was activated as the public information source during the coronavirus global health emergency. -
Port commissioner Castellanos and a healthcare advocate Vargas are in a tight race for the November runoff. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe DNA-based coronavirus vaccine under development at a San Diego lab could address the current global outbreak as well as the next. -
KPBS Midday EditionCounty officials are launching four temporary voting sites staffed with specially trained workers to help San Diegans register to vote in the final days leading up to the election. -
A new report from the county looks at infectious diseases among a small group of people experiencing homelessness and chronic Hepatitis C is the most prevalent.
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It is the largest jump in cases since the county confirmed its first case three weeks ago, and coincides with the highest number of overall test results since the crisis began, with 1,538 results coming in Tuesday. -
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