By GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANDREW DeMILLO A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a decision by a federal judge in a separate court that had paused
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Most Americans should be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot that can cause rare but serious blood clots, U.S. health advisers recommended Thursday. The strange clotting problem has caused nine confirmed deaths after J&J vaccinations — while the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines don’t come with that risk and
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From COVID-19 virus variants to vaccine boosters — and everything in between — we’ve been hearing from viewers about their questions as the pandemic continues to evolve. Watch our full half-hour special in the player above featuring a panel of local health experts answering your coronavirus questions. You can continue to submit questions by emailing
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California will require indoor universal masking across the state for a month, Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly announced on Monday. The mandate will require everyone in California to wear a mask indoors, regardless of vaccination status, from December 15 until January 15. Ghaly cited a 47% increase in COVID-19 cases in the
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 800,000. That is according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University. The once-unimaginable milestone was hit Tuesday. It’s seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available practically for the asking
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The first San Bernardino County case of the Omicron variant has been detected, county officials announced on Tuesday. Officials said that the variant was detected in a male resident of Redlands who was fully vaccinated and had obtained a booster shot. He traveled to a conference out of state and returned with COVID-19 symptoms. The
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The presence of the Omicron variant has been detected in Palm Springs’ wastewater. The city’s most recent report shows that the Omicron variant was detected in a Dec. 7 sample of the city’s wastewater. The Omicron variant has not been detected in Riverside County, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t already be in the area.
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Riverside County is reacting to the state’s new indoor masking requirement. Monday afternoon, Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly announced that the state will issue a universal statewide indoor mask mandate. It begins on Dec. 15 and will last until Jan. 15. Full Details: California issues statewide masking mandate through Jan. 15 Riverside
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Cathedral City councilmembers decided to allow the city’s indoor mask order to expire Friday at midnight. This will remove the local indoor mask requirement that mandated all persons to wear a mask indoors regardless of their vaccination status and revert instead to State of California guidelines for wearing masks indoors. According to the city, the
Continue Reading Although the Omicron variant hasn’t been detected yet in Riverside County, there are still concerns on how to protect yourself just in case it does. However, the demand for boosters has stayed consistent despite the concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant. According to data from other countries seeing a rise in Omicron variant
Continue Reading Los Angeles County has just announced confirmation of the first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The person recently returned to the county after traveling to South Africa via London, according to the Department of Public Health. The patient is a fully vaccinated adult, and the person’s symptoms “are improving without medical care.” PRESS
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WASHINGTON (AP) – US official: US identifies the first case of omicron COVID-19 variant in California. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “The individual was a traveler who returned from South Africa on November 22, 2021. The individual, who was fully vaccinated and had mild symptoms that are improving, is self-quarantining and has
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Dr. Kinji Hawthorne, JFK Memorial Hospital’s infectious-disease physician, joined News Channel 3’s Peter Daut to discuss the omicron variant
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By Maggie Fox, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strengthened recommendations for booster doses of coronavirus vaccine Monday, saying all adults should get boosted six months after the second dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s or Moderna’s vaccine or two months after the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It’s a slight but significant tweak
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Here at home, demand for testing is high as people are visiting loved ones for the holiday. COVID Clinic, a pop-up testing site located in a parking lot off Highway 111 in Palm Desert, has been especially busy this week. They offer a variety of tests, including rapid PCR and antigen tests. “People just want
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After the turkey dinners come the Black Friday deals – but many valley shopping centers this Thanksgiving were unusually dark. Most big retailers this year remained closed for Thanksgiving for the second year in a row. Businesses like Target, Best Buy and even some grocery stores were shuttered for the holiday here in the valley,
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Riverside University Health System (RUHS) reported that 324 people received Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses at Jurupa Valley & Riverside Clinics that were stored in the freezer longer than manufacturer recommendation. Staff discovered the issue on November 23 and immediately reviewed their logs and found that the vaccines had been administered to patients at the CHC
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District’s Board of Education passed a mandate that will require all staff members, including teachers, custodians, aides and bus drivers, to be fully vaccinated by January 10th, 2022. “I think the Board felt for our district and our community, this was the safest way to keep our kids healthy,” said
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District’s board of education passed a mandate that will require all employees to be fully vaccinated by January 10, 2022. The new mandate passed with a 5-0 vote, however, two board members were absent The district considers full vaccinated to be two weeks after either the second dose of Pfizer/Moderna
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The city of Rancho Mirage is warning people who may have attended last week’s city council meeting to consider getting tested for Covid-1 after a councilmember tested positive. Officials did not say which council member caught the virus. Video of the Thursday, Nov. 18 meeting shows only one city leader, councilmember Richard Kite, wearing a
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