CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is largely downplaying President Joe Biden’s comments declaring the coronavirus pandemic “over,” suggesting his remarks signal a continuation of the White House’s evolving stance toward the pandemic over the past few months. “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with Covid. We’re still doing a
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The new Covid-19 booster shot is becoming available to residents throughout Riverside County, including in the Coachella Valley. “For the new bivalent vaccine that has just recently been approved, we have preordered some vaccine and in addition to the supply thats coming to Public Health, there’s also supply that has been ordered from a number
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD A panel of U.S. health advisers voted to recommend Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 boosters that target the newest omicron strains for people 12 and older. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to adopt the recommendation, the last step before shots can begin. The panel also voted to recommend Moderna’s version
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN The Biden administration has been planning for how to get past the crisis phase of the Covid-19 pandemic and will stop buying vaccines, treatments and tests as early as this fall, White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Tuesday. “One of the things we’ve spent a lot of
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As kids make their way back to the classroom, it’s important to note which Coronavirus guidelines are still in place, and which ones are now a thing of the past. “I look forward to this year more than last year just because things have gone down with Coronavirus,” said PSUSD student Valeira Hernandez. Many students
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By MIKE STOBBE and COLLIN BINKLEY NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said people no longer need to stay at least
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to update its guidance for Covid-19 control in the community, including in schools, in the coming days, according to sources familiar with the plan. A preview of the plans obtained by CNN shows that the updated recommendations are
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Valley parents will soon be sending their kids back to in-person learning, but do they need to vaccinate their student before classes start? “It’s definitely a concern if it becomes a mandate for schools,” said local parent Nancy who has a five-year-old son starting kindergarten.”As far as going into the new year, I’m excited that
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Los Angeles County will NOT re-impose a universal indoor mask-wearing mandate, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer announced on Thursday, citing a continued downward trend in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Ferrer told reporters in an online briefing that the county’s average daily number of new COVID cases over the past week was about 5,900 per day,
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The Centers for Disease Control has moved Riverside County and San Bernardino counties into the “High level of Covid Transmission.” Riverside County currently has 260 COVID-19 patients in the hospital. A month ago, that number was at 123. San Bernardino County has a total of 258 COVID hospitalizations. A month ago, that number was also
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday that he’s tested positive for Covid-19 but will continue to work while in isolation at the White House despite his mild symptoms. In a video posted to Twitter, Biden told Americans that he is “doing well” and that his symptoms continue
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Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer confirms that the county has officially moved into the “high” COVID-19 activity category. This starts a two-week clock for the implementation of an indoor mask-wearing mandate. The mandate will be imposed if the county remains in the “high” category for two straight weeks, meaning it would occur
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice as the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults. Novavax makes a more traditional type of shot than the three other COVID-19 vaccines available for use in the U.S. — and one that’s already available in Europe and multiple other countries. Nearly
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Los Angeles County remains on pace to enter the “high” COVID-19 activity level as early as Thursday, the public health director said today, and absent a major reversal in virus-related hospitalizations, an indoor mask-wearing mandate will be imposed two weeks later. The county is already in the “medium” COVID level as defined by the U.S.
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The Covid-19 patient population is back on the rise across California, including in Riverside County. Doctor Nasrollah Ahmadpour, who specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine at JFK Memorial Hospital, said there has been a shift in his patients, compared to the first two years of the pandemic. “Their length of stay, hospital stay, is
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With COVID-19 hospitalizations continuing to rise, Los Angeles County is on pace to reach the “high” virus activity level by next week, which could equate to another universal indoor mask-wearing mandate by the end of the month, the public health director said today. The county is currently in the “medium” virus activity level, as defined
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Covid-19 cases are back up across Riverside County. There have been more than 4,200 cases countywide since Friday. In Palm Springs, the amount of Covid-19 in wastewater (June 27-28) rose by nearly 30% compared to the samples taken the week before. Should we be concerned about the increase after the holiday weekend? “For the last
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman and Virginia Langmaid Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Biden’s chief medical adviser, recently revealed he is experiencing a rebound of his Covid-19 infection after taking the antiviral medication Paxlovid. To date, cases of Paxlovid rebound have been limited to small studies and
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By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Medical experts warn that repeated COVID-19 infections are getting more likely as the pandemic drags on and the coronavirus evolves. This means some people may well get hit more than twice whether they are vaccinated or not. Several public figures have recently announced repeat bouts of COVID-19, including U.S.
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and works — just days before regulators debate whether to offer Americans updated booster shots this fall. The vaccines currently used in the U.S. still offer strong protection against severe COVID-19 disease and
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