Health CareWith More Vaccine Doses Coming, California Counties Scramble To Make Distribution PlansDecember 31, 2020 | Sammy CaiolaAs county health departments dole out the vaccine doses they have to health workers and long-term care facility residents and workers, they’re also thinking ahead to widespread distribution.
State GovernmentCalifornia Identifies A Case Of Coronavirus Variant First Seen In U.K.December 30, 2020Newsom made the announcement during an online conversation about the pandemic with Dr. Anthony Fauci, but offered little additional information about the circumstances of the diagnosis.
Health CareWho’s Next? Counties Lobbied Over Vaccine Priority ListDecember 30, 2020California’s 58 counties will have some flexibility on who’s next to receive vaccinations. That discretion has sparked lobbying by unions, businesses and other interest groups trying to push their workers ahead in the line.
State GovernmentWatch: Gov. Gavin Newsom's Update on COVID-19 And Conversation with Dr. Anthony FauciDecember 30, 2020Watch as California Gov. Gavin Newsom gives an update on the state's response to COVID-19 and has a conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Health CareCalifornia Dentists Wait Their Turn For COVID-19 Vaccine, Fight To Be Able To Distribute ItDecember 29, 2020 | Sammy CaiolaWorkers in California dental offices say they had to push the state to put them in the first phase of vaccine distribution, and some dentists still don’t think they’re getting fair treatment.
Health CareMassive COVID-19 Vaccination Effort Begins at California Nursing HomesDecember 28, 2020 | Pauline BartolonePharmacists and other health care workers are setting up vaccination clinics at nursing homes across California today to inoculate residents and their caregivers against the novel coronavirus.
State GovernmentCalifornia COVID Forecast Darkens After Holiday CelebrationsDecember 28, 2020Gov. Gavin Newsom said California could see “a surge on top of a surge arguably on top of a surge” after the holidays.
Health Care‘Nine Months Into It, The Adrenaline Is Gone And It’s Just Exhausting’December 27, 2020Kaiser Health News circled back last week to check in with Dr. Jeanne Noble, director of the COVID response at the University of California-San Francisco medical center emergency department, to get her reflections on the Bay Area’s experience.
Health CareCentral Valley Farmworkers Distrustful Of COVID Vaccine, Survey SuggestsDecember 21, 2020 | Ezra David RomeroWhile farmworkers may be part of an earlier wave of COVID-19 vaccinations, a new poll of Central Valley farmworkers shows many are wary of getting the shots.
Health CareFauci: Vaccines Should Allow CA Colleges To Teach In-Person Next FallDecember 21, 2020While coronavirus cases are surging across California and overwhelming intensive care units, the country’s top infectious disease expert said today he’s “cautiously optimistic” that college students can return to campus in the fall.
