Shaking felt as far west as San Francisco. The preliminary epicenter was just west of the town of Walker, where fewer than 1,000 people live, in the northern edge of Mono County. The epicenter was about 70 miles northwest of Mammoth Mountain.
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With Delta variant spreading, how worried should fully vaccinated people be?
The big question, as the Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads, is whether fully vaccinated people can act as carriers, passing the strain to unvaccinated people.
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Do people who got the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine need a booster?
Should people who got the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine consider getting a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna?
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COVID-19 and lasting erectile dysfunction: Here’s what we know
There are several possible reasons why COVID-19 can impair male sexual health, health experts say. “We don’t know the scale of the problem at this point,” one doctor explains.
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Highly infectious Delta variant spreading rapidly, now California’s dominant coronavirus strain
The highly infectious Delta variant has become California’s most identified strain of the coronavirus, a troubling development.
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The new ‘Delta-plus’ coronavirus variant has been identified. What does that mean?
It’s unclear whether Delta-plus is more transmissible than the original, highly transmissible Delta variant. Without more research, it shouldn’t yet be cause for alarm, experts say.
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‘Long COVID’ is a risk for the unvaccinated. What you need to know
Long COVID is one name for a puzzling syndrome that can afflict people who have been infected with the coronavirus. The symptoms can vary and come and go without warning, and long COVID can be “severely debilitating” for those affected, the CDC director said.
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Great white shark bites swimmer off Gray Whale Beach near Pacifica; male victim in serious condition
The 35-year-old man was swimming off the San Mateo County coast just south of Pacifica and just north of Montara. The beach was ordered closed.
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Highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant spreading fast in California
The Delta variant now makes up 14.5% of coronavirus cases analyzed so far this month in California, up from 4.7% in May.
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The Delta variant’s biggest danger: ‘A pandemic of unvaccinated people’
In L.A. County, vaccination rates are lower among Black and Latino residents. Health officials fear a disproportionate rise in COVID transmission.