News of the week The updated, Omicron-targeting booster shot is now widely available at local drugstores and health care providers. Walgreens is booked out about one week in advance at the Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz locations, but has openings at its Freedom location as soon as Tuesday. Safeway and CVS’s county locations now have […]
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COVID Dashboard: With holidays nearing, health care professionals urging boosters
News of the week The updated, Omicron-targeting booster shot is now widely available at local drugstores and health care providers. Walgreens is booked out about one week in advance at the Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz locations, but has openings at its Freedom location as soon as Tuesday. Safeway and CVS’s county locations now have […]
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COVID Dashboard: Lots of new variants circulating as winter draws closer
News of the week The updated, Omicron-targeting booster shot is now widely available locally at drugstores and health care providers. Walgreens is booked out about one week in advance at the Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz locations, but has openings at its Freedom location as soon as Tuesday. Safeway and CVS’s county locations now have […]
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COVID Dashboard: What do new subvariants mean for the future of boosters?
News of the week The updated, Omicron-targeting booster shot is now widely available locally at drugstores and health care providers. Walgreens is booked out about one week in advance at the Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz locations, but has openings at its Freedom location as soon as Tuesday. Safeway and CVS county locations now have […]
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COVID Dashboard: Cases rise in Santa Cruz County as new Omicron subvariant shows up in Bay Area
News of the week The updated, Omicron-targeting booster shot is now widely available locally at drugstores and health care providers. Walgreens is booked out about one week in advance at the Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz locations, but has openings at its Freedom location as soon as Tuesday. Safeway and CVS county locations now have […]
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COVID Dashboard: Low cases, high prevalence in Bay Area
News of the week The updated, Omicron-targeting booster shot is now widely available locally at drugstores and health care providers. Walgreens is booked out about one week in advance at the Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz locations, but has openings at its Freedom location as soon as Tuesday. Safeway and CVS county locations now have […]
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COVID Dashboard: Outdoor events in full swing; will they last?
News of the week The updated, Omicron-targeting booster shot is now widely available locally at drugstores and health care providers. Walgreens is booked out about one week in advance at the Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz locations, but has openings at its Freedom location as soon as tomorrow. Safeway and CVS county locations now have […]
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COVID Dashboard: Omicron-targeting boosters widely available as Bay Area transmission reaches ‘low’ level
News of the week The current state of COVID in the Bay Area is a far cry from just a few months ago. COVID transmission has reached the “low” level in all Bay Area counties, except Marin and Sonoma, which are in the medium level. BART will lift its mask mandate effective Oct. 1. Masking, […]
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COVID Dashboard: COVID numbers continue to improve nationwide; Biden says pandemic is over
News of the week COVID trends remain good as summer fades and leaves begin to change color. More than 50% of U.S. counties are officially in the “low” COVID-19 community level, and more than 35% are in the “medium” level. It is worth noting, however, that about 82% of U.S. counties remain in the “high” […]
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COVID Dashboard: UCSF and San Mateo County Health to study long COVID
News of the week COVID news has been good lately. Omicron-targeting boosters are out, and the Bay Area as a whole is seeing its lowest case counts since April. Locally, cases continue to drop. Monday’s update from the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency listed 778 active cases, 216 fewer than last Tuesday. No new […]