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PHI & Kaiser Permanente announce new $63m California contact tracing initiative

A new PHI study will look at the links between air pollution, race and COVID-19 in the Bay Area.

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Newsom Announces $63m PHI/KP Contact Tracing Initiative

On Aug 10, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new $63m partnership with Kaiser Permanente and the Public Health Institute to support the state’s COVID-19 response, by building California’s clinical contact tracing infrastructure and strengthening contact tracing statewide.

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