With winter coming, health officials in California and other areas are pushing harder for COVID-19 booster shots.
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CDC shifts pandemic goals away from reaching herd immunity
Experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have set aside herd immunity as a national target for ending the pandemic.
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‘Winter is coming,’ Gov. Newsom warns as California’s COVID threat persists
California has yet to fully shake off the Delta surge, and there are signs conditions are headed in the wrong direction in parts of the state.
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California rolled out websites and apps to fight COVID-19 — did they work?
Lea este artículo en español. During the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, Shira Shafir was trying to make vaccine appointments for some colleagues at UCLA. Unfortunately, the first few times she used MyTurn, part of California’s technological response to the pandemic, the site proved difficult even for her, an adjunct associate professor at UCLA focused on […]
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Not all the unvaccinated are diehards, but the ‘wait and see’ crowd is shrinking
Not all unvaccinated people have totally ruled out COVID-19 shots. Some say they will “wait and see” about getting vaccinated, or will do so “only if required,” surveys show.
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Thousands of state workers are unvaccinated. California isn’t testing half of them for COVID as required
The state’s struggle to implement Newsom’s mandate comes as workplaces across the nation are imposing deadlines for workers to provide proof of vaccination or risk losing their jobs.
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Q&A: Mimi Hall looks back as her time as health services director in Santa Cruz comes to a close
Mimi Hall, the county’s health services director for the past four years, is leaving the position at the end of this week to work for a nonprofit health exchange. In her Q&A with Lookout, she reflects on her time here as well as her two decades of public service.
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CDC poised to expand COVID booster shots. What does that look like in Santa Cruz?
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded the types of COVID booster shots it recommends for Americans, making tens of millions more eligible. Locally, health care providers say they are preparing for the expected spike in demand.
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70,000 Californians have died from COVID-19
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Why do unvaccinated COVID survivors also need a vaccine?
Health officials say a coronavirus infection does provide some immunity, but it doesn’t last long enough, given how the COVID-19 pandemic is going. And data suggest that unvaccinated people who survive COVID-19 will be far more protected if they get vaccinated after recovering from their illness.