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Local hospital celebrates 500th milestone of a lifesaving heart procedure

Eisenhower Health is celebrating its 500th procedure of a lifesaving heart procedure: transcatheter aortic valve replacement. It’s a minimally invasive procedure mainly for people who aren’t good candidates for open-heart surgery. Before, medium-risk patients didn’t have an alternative. The director of the transcatheter valve program at Eisenhower Health, Dr. Puneet Khana, was one of the

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Will lottery-style cash prizes offered by Governor Newsom motivate Californians to receive Covid-19 shot?

Lottery style cash prizes for recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine are already happening in Ohio. Other states, including California, have announced similar programs.  “So I think it’s a definitely a good incentive and a way to properly spend the state’s money,” said vaccine recipient Tyler Evoniuk.  Governor Newsom announced the plan Thursday after the federal

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Gusty Winds create Air Quality Issues

Extreme winds through Southern California overnight and this morning have contributed to blowing sand and dust this morning. Air Quality was significantly impacted: in the “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” range for West Valley locations early this morning. By the afternoon, the AQI had improved markedly. As winds slowly subside, the air quality will improve this

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Governor Newsom: Schools can return to in person learning without all teachers receiving Covid-19 vaccine

Governor Newsom spoke about reopening schools for in person learning Wednesday in Oakland while opening a new mass vaccination site. “We can safely reopen schools as we progress through a prioritization to our teachers of vaccinations,” said Newsom. Newsom’s stance on the topic of teacher vaccinations is being met by resistance from teacher’s unions around

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California reveals data used to lift stay-at-home order

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s health department on Monday released to the public previously secret projections for future hospital intensive care unit capacity throughout the state, the key metric for lifting the coronavirus stay-at-home order. However, state officials did not explain how regional per capita virus cases and transmission rates that also were released might

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High demand for limited appointments as Riverside County coronavirus vaccination clinics expand eligibility

Hundreds of people lined up in Beaumont on Thursday as they waited to receive their first vaccine against coronavirus. The Beaumont clinic is the first in a new series of public health clinics in Riverside County since the expansion of eligibility to include more people than ever before. “It was a little tricky signing up

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Tent raised outside of Eisenhower Health Emergency Department for patient screening

Eisenhower Health continues to see an increase in patients amid the surging coronavirus pandemic and is converting parts of the hospital to treat them. A large outdoor tent is now ready outside of the Emergency Department entrance. “We may see patients in hallways, temporarily in the Emergency Department,” Dr. Euthym Kontaxis, Director of Emergency Medicine

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