It’s possible the Eris subvariant, formally known as EG.5, might have even further immune-escape advantage than other members of the Omicron coronavirus family.
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COVID Dashboard: Pandemic caused biggest decline in birth rates in 50 years
News of the week Monday’s update of the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency’s COVID case count showed 271 active cases. That’s 36 fewer than last Monday. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s pandemic death toll at 276. Hospitalizations are down across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and […]
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COVID Dashboard: Infant brain damage highlights significant unknowns
News of the week Monday’s update of the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency’s COVID case count showed 307 active cases. That’s 35 more than last Monday. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s pandemic death toll at 276. Hospitalizations are down across the country according to the Centers for Disease Control. Santa […]
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Free money for post-COVID job training programs — for yourself or someone you help
California is offering cash to students and community groups to spread the word about a $2,500 grant for students who lost jobs because of COVID-19.
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COVID Dashboard: Nasal vaccine making progress
News of the week Monday’s update of the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency’s COVID case count showed 272 active cases. That’s 15 fewer than last Monday. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s pandemic death toll at 276. Hospitalizations are down across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Local […]
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COVID Dashboard: Is another bivalent booster coming?
News of the week Monday’s update of the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency’s COVID case count showed 287 active cases. That’s just 7 fewer than last Monday. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s pandemic death toll at 276. Hospitalizations are down across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control. […]
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COVID Dashboard: Santa Cruz County drops to ‘moderate’ transmission tier
News of the week Monday’s update of the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency’s COVID case count showed 294 active cases. That’s 34 fewer than last Monday. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s pandemic death toll at 276. Hospitalizations are down across the country according to the Centers for Disease Control. Local […]
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COVID Dashboard: Future exposure at younger ages could lead to weakened virus
News of the week Monday’s update of the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency’s COVID case count showed 328 active cases. That’s 65 fewer than last Monday. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s pandemic death toll at 276. Hospitalizations are down across the country according to the Centers for Disease Control. Local […]
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COVID Dashboard: County health pivoting to wastewater data rather than case counts
News of the week A Monday update of the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency’s COVID case count showed 338 cases, down by 56 from the previous Monday. No new deaths were reported locally, keeping the county’s pandemic death toll at 276. Hospitalizations are down across the country according to the Centers for Disease Control. […]
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Expiration of California, federal COVID emergencies could end some free services in Santa Cruz County
California ends its COVID-19 emergency declarations Tuesday, just shy of three years since they were first issued. While that move might not immediately affect much locally, federal emergency declarations are set to sunset in May, which could end some of the free services introduced during the pandemic.