What CDC guidelines will likely say (and not say) to do if you’re vaccinated
As more patients and friends get fully vaccinated, Dr. William Schaffner’s phone has been ringing constantly, his email box flooded. The fully…
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Covid-19 testing numbers dropped in the US — here’s why testing still matters
Covid-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And that’s bad news. Without testing, there’s no way to keep track of where the pandemic…
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Leaders and businesses say masks are essential protection as Texas and Mississippi lift Covid-19 restrictions
Leaders and businesses across the US are pushing back against states lifting mask mandates by doubling down on their commitment to enforcing Covid-19…
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Covid-19 death rates 10 times higher in countries where most adults are overweight, report finds
The risk of death from Covid-19 is about 10 times higher in countries where most of the population is overweight, according to a report released…
Continue Reading Why testing for Covid-19 is still important
Covid-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And that’s bad news. Without testing, there’s no way to keep track of where the pandemic…
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Monterey County company offers free rides to vaccine appointments for seniors
Independent Transportation Network Monterey County, also called iTNMontereyCounty, said it is offering…
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Monterey County proposal could help families pay for COVID-19 funeral expenses
Since the start of the pandemic, more than 320 people have died from COVID-19 related causes in Monterey County. FEMA is rolling out a program that…
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Newsom: 40% of vaccines set aside for 400 zip codes disproportionately impacted by COVID-19
Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to discuss health inequalities in communities disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic at a…
Continue Reading One Arizona county has so many vaccine doses, it’s now able to offer them to anyone over 18
Concerned that there weren’t enough people signing up to get vaccinated against Covid-19, officials in one small Arizona county changed the…
Continue Reading Fauci: US shouldn’t loosen coronavirus restrictions until daily new cases fall below 10,000
The United States shouldn’t ease restrictions in place to prevent Covid-19 before the number of new coronavirus cases falls…
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Texas governor’s appalling decision on masks
I was getting my first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the Bayou City Event Center in Houston when the news broke that Governor Greg Abbott is…
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Fauci calls loosening Covid-19 restrictions inexplicable as variants threaten another surge
While tens of thousands of Americans are infected with the coronavirus each day and more research suggests variants threaten another surge, some…
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California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas
California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for people who live in the most…
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Many teens live online, alone. Here’s how to stay connected in the pandemic
For many teens, the pandemic has created an environment in which most of their lives take place in the shadows. Our kids have become increasingly…
Continue Reading CDC director urges people to keep masking and distancing ‘regardless of what states decide’
The director of the US Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said she hopes people will decide to individually “do the right thing”…
Continue Reading Two doses of Pfizer and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine are necessary, officials say, but questions still linger
The United States is holding firm to the strategy to administer two doses of the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines a few weeks apart.…
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California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for the state’s most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to…
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Catholic Diocese of Monterey weighs in on JnJ COVID-19 vaccine concerns
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is now coming under scrutiny from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops who say the…
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Gov. Newsom considers adding vaccination rates to tier requirements
Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to make changes to the threshold requirements for moving between the red…
Continue Reading Mammograms pick up swelling due to Covid-19 vaccine, causing unnecessary fear, radiologists say
When she found a lump in her left breast during a routine self-check, Boston primary care physician Dr. Devon Quasha knew…
Continue Reading ‘The impossible is not impossible’: The push to make Covid-19 vaccines at record speed
Before the pandemic, Anne Leonard’s friends and family had only a cursory interest in her two decades of work manufacturing pharmaceuticals.…
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Some US bishops discourage Catholics from getting Johnson & Johnson vaccine if others are available
As officials and health experts race to get Americans vaccinated against Covid-19, some Catholic bishops have weighed in to discourage Church members…
Continue Reading Vaping marijuana linked to lung injury in teens, study says
Teens are about twice as likely to report “wheezing or whistling” in the chest after vaping marijuana than after smoking cigarettes or…
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How to help your kids get enough sleep, especially during the Covid pandemic
Getting enough sleep was tough even before the pandemic. With disrupted routines, extra screen time and the incredible amount of stress most people…
Continue Reading More states are easing Covid-19 restrictions, even as health experts sound warnings
Several states on Tuesday announced they are loosening restrictions put in place to stop the spread of Covid-19, even as health experts warn against…
Continue Reading Losing our sense of control during the pandemic
On a recent trip to the supermarket, I was trying and failing miserably to open a plastic bag to tuck my broccoli into — without licking my…
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GSA and CSVS to vaccinate 3,000 farmworkers Saturday, expand program
The Grower-Shipper Association of Central California and Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas announced that they…
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Free rides for Monterey County residents 65 and older to get COVID-19 vaccination
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) The Independent Transportation Network Monterey County is offering free rides for anyone 65 years and older to get…
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Santa Cruz police ask for help identifying anti-mask protesters
Officers with the Santa Cruz Police Department say they are working to identify people who recently attended a…
Continue Reading More Americans are dying “in the prime of their lives,” new report finds
Younger and middle-age Americans have been dying at higher rates over the past three decades, marking what is becoming a public health crisis across…
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Central Coast COVID-19 testing numbers decrease
As more vaccines are expected to be delivered to California, the number of coronavirus tests performed…
Continue Reading Rural Americans in pharmacy deserts hurting for Covid-19 vaccines
As the Biden administration accelerates a plan to use pharmacies to distribute Covid-19 vaccines, significant areas of the country lack…
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Why kids are hitting the pandemic wall
After almost a full year of grappling with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, including nearly nine months of virtual school, 11-year-old London…
Continue Reading Biden: US will be able to vaccinate all adults by end of May
President Joe Biden says the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adult Americans by the…
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Two Central Coast counties now eligible to allow high-contact outdoor sports
Two Central Coast Counties, Monterey and San Benito, have a low enough adjusted case rate to qualify to offer…
Continue Reading US needs to hold on for another 2 or 3 months without easing Covid-19 measures, experts say. Here’s what’s at stake
Americans have received some good news lately about the coronavirus. But the country is not yet in the clear, experts warn. A third Covid-19 vaccine…
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Monterey County Cannabis Program launches survey to measure equity and impacts of cannabis
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) The Monterey County Cannabis Program is launching a cannabis equity survey to measure how communities have been…
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All our recent progress with Covid-19 could be wiped out by variants, CDC director says. ‘Please stay strong’
The US is at risk of losing all its recent gains in the battle against Covid-19 as highly contagious variants take advantage of Americans getting lax…
Continue Reading US needs to hold on for another 2 or 3 months without easing up on Covid-19 measures, expert says. Here’s what’s at stake
Americans have received some good news lately about the coronavirus. But that doesn’t mean we’re in the clear yet, experts warn. A third…
Continue Reading Which Covid-19 vaccine should I get? Dr. Wen weighs in
And then there were three. There are now three Covid-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration, manufactured by…
Continue Reading Smartphone addiction ruins sleep, study says, but you can fight back
Addiction to smartphones will result in poor sleep, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in Frontiers in Psychiatry, looked at…
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Central Coast health departments prepare for Blue Shield vaccine distribution takeover
The California Department of Public Health said providers and health departments will move to uniform eligibility criteria for who can receive a…
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Comic-Con to remain virtual in 2021, cites financial strain
San Diego Comic-Con will remain virtual for the July event, but organizers are planning for a smaller-scale gathering later this…
Continue Reading Here’s when the US will see a lot more vaccine doses
Millions more Covid-19 vaccines are on the way. Moderna, Pfizer and now Johnson & Johnson will deliver enough doses to fully vaccinate 130…
Continue Reading People rarely leave conversations when they want to — here’s how to change it
You’ve been chatting with someone for 20 minutes, but the conversation grew stale halfway through. You look around the room, desperate to find…
Continue Reading Should our children go back to school? Dr. Wen helps you decide
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just released a road map for bringing students back to in-person instruction. About 89% of…
Continue Reading The US is getting a third coronavirus vaccine. Here’s how it’s different from the others
The United States is getting a third coronavirus vaccine — this one made by Johnson & Johnson. The US Food and Drug Administration has…
Continue Reading Newsom, state officials discuss vaccine and school reopening efforts
Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and…
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Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms
California’s public schools could get $6.6 billion from the state Legislature if they return to in-person instruction by the…
Continue Reading US begins distribution of a third Covid-19 vaccine as concerns grow over latest coronavirus trends
The US just added another powerful weapon in the battle against Covid-19: a third vaccine. The single-dose shot, from Johnson & Johnson, comes at…
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