Coronavirus
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135Do 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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453FDA 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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525State 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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868A 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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512Congressman 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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458Pfizer 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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590U.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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513Mandates 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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853County 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
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1.2KBiden Mandates Vaccines for Workers, Saying, ‘Our Patience Is Wearing Thin’
President Biden pushes two-thirds of U.S. workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus
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1.0KCovid-19 Surge Subsiding in Santa Cruz County
Covid-19 cases in Santa Cruz County starting to slow
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1.1KHealth Officials Urge White House to Scale Back Booster Plan
Regulators need more time to collect and review all the necessary data before coronavirus booster shots are officially recommended
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1.3KNew Covid-19 Vaccination Grant Targets Hard-to-Reach Santa Cruz County Communities
Santa Cruz County received a $1 million grant to Salud Para La Gente from the Health Resources and Services Administration
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1.4K2‘Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’
Vaccines not an option, life for families with young children
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978It’s ‘Back to That Isolation Bubble’ for Workers Pining for the Office
In a survey of more than 950 workers, 31% said they would prefer to work from home full time; 45% said they...
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1.0KSanta Cruz County Health Officer Says Mask Order Won’t Change Behavior
Dr. Gail Newel said the county did not want to distract from ongoing efforts to increase commendable but still unsatisfactory vaccination rates.
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1.5KNew Covid Measures in Wake of Outbreak at Felton Show
SLV businesses temporarily close, promoters want proof of vaccination
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1.1KCommunity Bridges Trades Pints for Vaccines at Watsonville Pop-up Clinic
“Poke for a Pint” is located at the East Lake Village Shopping Center, in front of Coffeeville and Fruition Brewing.
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1.7KAdministrators Face ‘Learning Loss’ as Schools Prepare to Open
This “learning loss” has affected students in every age demographic, from elementary through high school.
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1.3KDesperate for COVID Care, Unauthorized Immigrants Resort to Unproven Drugs
Unproven remedies have appealed to people in low-income immigrant communities in places where COVID-19 rates have been high but access to health...
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1.2KLocals Express Optimism, Confusion on Big Californian ‘Opening Day’
As California set to return to “business as usual,” local residents were all over the map as far as how they said...
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1.4KAs Masks Come Off, Health Officials Eye Lagging South County Vaccinations
Officials raise concerns about slowing vaccination rates
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1.7K5Hundreds of Advocates Urge Gov. Newsom to Expand SB91
Bill set to expire June 30; State budget deadline looms
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1.5KExhibit Pays Tribute to Santa Cruz High Students’ Pandemic Graduation
Exhibit highlights students of the class of 2020
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38.2K5Coronavirus: Live Updates from Across Santa Cruz County
County moves to Yellow Tier reopenings; plus the latest updates on the Covid-19 pandemic
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1.5KBoards, Councils Prep for Return to In-Person Meetings
When and how in-person meetings will resume still to be determined
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1.5KAs Economy Reopens, Service Industry Faces Unprecedented Labor Crisis
Nationwide labor crisis compounded by California’s affordability crisis
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1.4KDining Leaders Reflect on Silver Linings from a Turbulent Year
From outdoor dining options to simplifying and revitalizing, dining industry is resilient
