“I miss it greatly,” one Harvard doctor says of dining indoors. “I’m going to put that off until case numbers drop some more.” Overall, the decision comes down to a personal assessment of risk.
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Posted inK-12 Education
California to expand COVID testing, give kits to students as part of Omicron response
Faced with the spreading Omicron variant, state officials unveiled plans to provide rapid coronavirus tests for K-12 public schools and expand hours at testing sites.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Omicron could bring record-breaking daily coronavirus cases but fewer deaths, forecast says
A highly influential COVID-19 forecast is projecting the Omicron surge could result in as many as 400,000 new coronavirus cases a day across the United States.
Posted inCOVID 2022
Are 500 million at-home COVID test kits enough? Four things to know about Biden’s Omicron strategy
“Five hundred million tests sounds like a lot but it’s a drop in the bucket,” one doctor said. “We should be getting to the point of having at least twice a week testing for every American family.”
Posted inHealth & Wellness
California braces for Omicron wave amid grim forecasts, concerns for hospitals
Prepare for big spikes in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in areas with low vaccination rates, experts say.
Posted inEnvironment
Did you feel it? 6.2 quake strikes offshore near Eureka; no tsunami alert
The earthquake occurred offshore just after noon Monday in Northern California, about 30 miles from Fortuna and 37 miles from Eureka. It caused some minor damage and was felt in San Francisco, but forecasters said a tsunami wave was not expected.
Posted inCity Life
Appreciation: Here’s what we all owe UCSC alumna bell hooks, beginning with me
Lynnée Denise, a friend and collaborator of hooks, the pioneering feminist writer who died last week, describes her essential legacy. hooks got her doctorate at UCSC in 1983, writing her dissertation on Toni Morrison.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Should I change my holiday plans because of COVID-19 surge, Omicron? What experts say
Some experts think it would help to make some adjustments, but many health experts are also emphasizing the importance of seeing family and friends.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Delta, Omicron could overwhelm hospitals soon
Conditions could lead to “a perfect storm for overwhelming our hospital system that is already strained,” a health official says.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Fewer people moving to California, more leaving during the pandemic, study shows
New entrances to the state have dropped in every California county since the end of March 2020, according to the nonpartisan California Policy Lab.