Hello everyone, it’s holiday weekend time for many folks and that’s a very good reason to be reminded about where these holiday events have gotten us recently. We’re on a really good trajectory, and now is not the time to mess it up, y’know? I’ll get off my soap box, but still point you to […]
COVID 2022
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California to open COVID-19 vaccine to people with cancer, obesity, other conditions
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Details on the vaccine rollout in Santa Cruz County became more clear this week — here’s what we’ve learned
Santa Cruz County health officials have produced slides about the rollout using statistics from the California Immunization Registry. Here’s a rundown of what they showed.
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COVID PM: ‘Mass confusion and panic,’ plus March surge update
Hey, it’s Mark and we’re headed into a holiday weekend Friday. But first, some vaccine shenanigans. Apparently a sign-up link for the county-run Fairgrounds clinic held Wednesday — intended for county residents 65-plus and particularly those from the Pajaro Valley — had people from all over the state signing up. The other big news out […]
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People from as far away as LA try to ‘game the system’ at Santa Cruz County vaccination site
Hundreds of people under the age of 65 — and some from as far away as Los Angeles — signed up for the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds vaccination clinic, causing “mass confusion and panic” and prompting officials to restructure the event.
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WATCH: County health leadership gives weekly update on virus, vaccines
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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COVID PM: ‘V’ is for variant, now what does that mean for us here in Santa Cruz?
Hi, folks: We’re over the Wednesday hump, and it was day for wrapping our heads around the “V” word — and unfortunately we don’t mean those upcoming Valentine’s Day plans. The news from Gov. Gavin Newsom that the South African variant had touched down not just in California, but right over the hill from us […]
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Get inspired by these ‘people in the pandemic’ by signing up for our free Lookout event this evening
Between medicine, religion, education, wellness and comedy, we’re anticipating a lively discussion about the challenges of pandemic life in which you’ll be able to ask questions via Zoom chat. Additionally, we’ll have the latest update on the status of COVID-19 locally.
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UCSC gears up to to begin search for COVID-19 variants in Santa Cruz County
Genetic sequencing of virus samples sourced from the campus and partner clinics is set to begin by the end of February, providing a new surveillance tool that has the potential to detect variants and chart the pandemic’s progression here.
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COVID PM | BREAKING: Groundwork being laid for some students to return to school
It’s Tuesday and we’ve got some breaking news on the local “return-to-in-person-schooling” front: A concerted effort to get the county’s kindergarten teachers vaccinated on Tuesday may lay the groundwork for a plan to get back to some on-campus schooling before the year is over. Cooperation between the County Office of Education, the majority of the […]