Here’s what you need to know amid a holiday season — including Easter, Ramadan and Passover — spring break and events like Coachella and Stagecoach.
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COVID Dashboard: UCSC drops mask mandate; second boosters widely available
News of the week Sunday marked the end of UC Santa Cruz’s indoor mask mandate, though the campus still highly recommends their use. Masks are still required on campus public transportation, in the Early Education Services centers, and in clinical settings. Countywide, cases have increased by 67, up to 495 from last week’s 428. No […]
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No more mask mandate: UC Santa Cruz students greet coming change warily
“I have a teacher who was like, ‘Away with the masks!’ And just wants to see everybody’s faces. But I know people are gonna still wear it and be cautious about it.” After two years of pandemic restrictions and remote learning, UC Santa Cruz students wonder about the school’s move to lift its mask mandate effective Sunday.
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The new Omicron subvariant XE is getting attention. How concerned should we be?
Early estimates as noted by the World Health Organization say XE may be 10% more transmissible than BA.2.
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Q&A: I’m eligible for a second COVID-19 booster shot. Should I get it?
The FDA and CDC offered little guidance about who should get the newly authorized second COVID-19 booster shot. We break it down.
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Parents say their kids haven’t been the same since COVID. U.S. Education secretary listening
Miguel Cardona listened as L.A. parents talked of social and academic problems faced by students.
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It’s official: A second COVID booster is coming to health care providers and pharmacies near you
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control authorized a second booster of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for people ages 50 and older as well as immunocompromised people. Just a day later, the CDC issued clinical guidelines for the shots, officially allowing patients in the relevant demographics to […]
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Most Californians favor COVID vaccine requirements even as they’re lifted, poll finds
Most Californians favor keeping COVID-19 vaccine requirements in place even as governments ease the rules, poll finds.
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Ready for a second booster? You’ll have to wait just a little while
The highly infectious BA.2 Omicron subvariant is now the dominant version of the coronavirus circulating in the United…
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One of the most far-reaching vaccine mandate bills in California will not move forward
The bill would have required employees and independent contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment unless they have an exemption based on a medical condition, disability or religious beliefs.