Tag: medicine and health
Mass vaccination clinics launch throughout Salinas Valley
SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County companies, organizations and agencies have partnered to host mass vaccination sites weekly, with the latest having taken place at...
A year like no other: Monterey County health officials reflect on...
MONTEREY COUNTY — Representatives from Monterey County’s hospitals reflected on the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic and the many impacts felt locally during...
Los mariachis siguen tocando sin que el virus ni las muertes...
Frente al arco de piedra del Centro de Retiro Juvenil Salesiano de San José, a las afueras de Los Ángeles, el ataúd de madera...
California’s next vaccine eligibility expansion
Well, the moment many of us have been waiting for has arrived: Californians 50 and older will be eligible to be vaccinated starting April...
U.S. prisons start to resume allowing visits to inmates, with added...
State prison systems across the United States have begun allowing visitors for the first time since the pandemic started, presenting challenges for facilities that...
Postal Service plans price increases and service cuts to shore up...
WASHINGTON — The Postal Service unveiled a 10-year strategic plan on Tuesday that would raise prices and lengthen promised delivery times, among other measures,...
Vaccinated people can get Covid, but it’s most likely very rare
More than two months after he was fully vaccinated against COVID, a doctor in New York woke up with a headache and a dull,...
Children in elementary schools don’t need to be 6 feet apart,...
In a major policy revision intended to encourage more schools to welcome students back full time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said...
House votes to give millions of ‘Dreamers’ and farmworkers a path...
The Democratic-led House voted Thursday to create a path to citizenship for an estimated 4 million immigrants who entered the country illegally, reopening a...
Unemployment claims rise as pandemic hits 1-year mark
The surge in unemployment filings in March 2020 provided one of the first clear warnings of the havoc the pandemic was wreaking on the...
Local News
Bay Area man gets 150 years to life in prison for...
GONZALES — Tele Matangi, 37, of Pittsburg, was sentenced to 150 years to life in prison on May 29 after being found guilty by...
