Coronavirus
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556Omicron Is in Retreat
The percentage of cases causing severe illness is much lower than it was with the delta variant
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551County Health Officials: Cloth Masks ‘No Longer Preferred’ Option
The updated recommendation comes as Santa Cruz County is facing a record-breaking surge in the number of people contracting Covid
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536At-Home Covid Tests Change Pandemic Response
There’s been a lot of discussion among health officers that case rates aren’t going to be accurate going forward because of home...
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640Here’s How Climate Change and COVID Are Transforming Skiing
Skiers are adapting to the dual crises and the popular winter sport is evolving even as snow cover declines around the world
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585Conservative Majority on Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Biden’s Virus Plan
A federal workplace safety law, they indicated during a two-hour argument, did not provide legal authority for the sweeping emergency measure
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560County Health Officials: ‘Avoid the ER’
As the Omicron variant spreads and Covid-19 cases and local hospitalizations increase, unnecessary trips to already burdened ERs are not advised
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659Two CDC Reports Indicate COVID Vaccines Rarely Lead to Problems in Younger Children
Most of the 43,000 children surveyed reported nothing more than pain at the site of the shot, fatigue or a headache, especially...
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690Another Tough Day for Air Travel, With More Than 1,100 U.S. Cancellations
The continued disruption comes as the country is averaging more than 260,000 new coronavirus cases a day, greater than the peak levels...
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811FDA Authorizes Pfizer Boosters for 16- and 17-Year-Olds
The Food and Drug Administration broadens Pfizer’s authorization to cover the younger age group on an emergency basis
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839Biden Vows to Fight Omicron With ‘Science and Speed, Not Chaos and Confusion’
President Joe Biden laid out a new pandemic strategy on Thursday afternoon that includes hundreds of vaccination sites aimed at families, boosters...
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651WHO Says Omicron Poses a ‘Very High’ Risk Globally
Despite significant questions about the variant itself, the World Health Organization warned Monday that global risks posed by the new omicron variant...
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1.0KUC Housing Crunch Worsens
Uncertainty around whether instruction would be in person or online created a last-minute rush of students applying for housing
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Santa Cruz County’s Indoor Mask Mandate Returns Monday
Santa Cruz County Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel issued a health order requiring all people to wear a face-covering when indoors in...
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698Covid-19 Outbreak Reported at Santa Cruz Main Jail
According to report, about 12 inmates have tested positive and are under quarantine protocol
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917What Does the Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandate Mean for You?
Corporate America has entered the next phase of its effort to counter the spread of the coronavirus
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650Vaccines Coming for 5-to 11-year-olds with Final CDC Recommendation
Starting next week, every school site will offer the inoculation; the local vaccination efforts will also include drive-thru clinics
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609Child Care in California hasn’t Rebounded; Why Many Workers aren’t Returning
The California workforce is about 10% smaller than it was pre-pandemic
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1.2KHomeless Hotel Residents Facing Eviction, Brutal Housing Market
Funding for Project Roomkey, a statewide program designed to get senior and medically vulnerable people off the streets, expires in the end...
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897Pfizer Says Vaccine Is Highly Effective in Children Ages 5 to 11
The Biden administration has been eagerly promoting the prospect of protection for the 28 million children aged 5 to 11
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780Do Americans Really Need Boosters? CDC Panel Is Wrestling With the Data
Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention home in on vaccine efficacy, advantages of mixing different vaccine types and...
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1.1KFDA Panel Recommends a Moderna Booster for Many Americans
The Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously to recommend a booster shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine
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952State Health Department Blasted Over Nursing Home Oversight
Lawmakers and critics subjected the Newsom administration to questions about the state’s oversight of nursing homes
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1.5KA Year After a Jobs Bust, College Students Find a Boom
For many college students, the pandemic closed off the usual paths that lead from the classroom to jobs after graduation
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959Congressman Panetta Announces Farmworker Aid
The Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program will provide $700 million in relief to farmworkers, meatpacking workers, front-line grocery workers
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803Pfizer Asks FDA to Authorize Vaccine for Children 5 to 11
Pfizer and BioNTech have asked federal regulators to authorize emergency use of their coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11
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1.1KU.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 700,000 Despite Wide Availability of Vaccines
The U.S. has had one of the highest recent death rates of any country with an ample supply of coronavirus vaccines
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994Mandates Boost Vaccination Rates Among Health Care Workers in California
Tens of thousands of unvaccinated employees in California have gotten shots in recent weeks
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1.5KCounty Lifts Indoor Mask Mandate as Covid-19 Cases Fall
Unvaccinated individuals must continue to wear masks indoors.
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COVID Vaccine Prompts Protective Immune Response in Younger Children, Pfizer Says
Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective in children ages 5 to 11 years old
