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: Lots of new virus, vaccine information to process
Happy Friday, everyone! It was a day of drawing back the curtains on our county’s — and nation’s — health crisis. If you weren’t already familiar with the names, faces, voices and opinions of Dr. Gail Newel, Dr. David Ghilarducci and Dr. Mimi Hall, a rare Zoom gathering Friday provided essential one-stop processing. You can […]
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CVS and Walgreens under fire for slow pace of vaccination in nursing homes
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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The latest on where you can get your vaccine in Santa Cruz County and how to sign up
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is a chaotic work-in-progress, but we’ve got some answers on the basic questions for you.
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Vaccine guideline changes spark widespread confusion as distribution remains behind
One health system’s website crashed. People called another and got conflicting information. And there doesn’t appear to be enough vaccine supply to meet demand. Meanwhile, there’s a vaccine clinic in Santa Cruz County Friday, but appointments are already set. And other counties are struggling, too.
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COVID PM: Lookout Exclusive shows vaccination for our most vulnerable population is lagging
Hey, Santa Cruz — here’s your nightly pandemic rundown. Our Mallory Pickett and Tulsi Kamath dug into the nursing home vaccination data, and it backs up what most of us had been hearing anecdotally for awhile: Very few of our most vulnerable seniors have gotten their first dose of the vaccine. And while the positivity […]
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Chaotic COVID-19 vaccine rollout leads to more deaths, experts say
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Only 25% of nursing home, assisted-living and other long-term care residents here have gotten vaccine
LOOKOUT EXCLUSIVE: “The information we get on this is really spotty. I’m kind of frustrated,” one county health official says. “We were hoping that they would all be done by now, at least the first round dose. And that hasn’t been the case.”
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He escaped the Holocaust but not COVID-19: ‘There were things he still wanted to do,’ says his son
In his youth, Germany native David Orzech escaped the specter of death multiple times, including the grip of Nazism. But at age 91, mourning the recent loss of his wife, he met his match with COVID-19.
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COVID PM: Good news for the 65+ crowd & what that positivity rate means
Howdy, Santa Cruz — welcome back to our daily pandemic roundup. If you are 65 or older, there was vaccine news that perked your ears up today. Officials are calling it a “game changer.” We’ll tell you what we know about how it will affect you or your loved ones in Santa Cruz County. There […]