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Comprehensive Cancer Center at Desert Regional extending its hours for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is going pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Comprehensive Cancer Center at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs is starting its annual Mammogram Mondays for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The center is extending its hours on Mondays to help get more women screened. Throughout October, the center will be open 7:30

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California to require all schoolchildren to get a COVID-19 vaccine, pending FDA approval

Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan for the nation’s first statewide coronavirus vaccination requirement for schoolchildren. The state’s plan will require all students from elementary through high school to get vaccinated once it gains final FDA approval for different age groups. The mandate would take effect the semester after the federal government grants final approval.

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Unvaccinated valley health care workers could lose their jobs as new mandate takes effect

Thursday marked the deadline for California health care workers to get fully vaccinated – and employees here in the valley who don’t comply could lose their jobs. The new state mandate announced last month is now in effect requiring all California health care workers to get vaccinated. Valley hospitals say anyone not meeting the requirement

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Palm Springs International Film Festival will require all attendees to show proof of vaccination

The official COVID-19 guidelines for the 2022 Palm Springs International Film Festival have been released, showing proof of vaccination will be required to enter the festival. “The 2022 Palm Springs International Film Festival will require all attendees (pass holders and ticket holders), volunteers, staff, guests, sponsors, media, and vendors to show valid proof of full

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US surpasses 700,000 Covid-19 deaths

By Travis Caldwell and Naomi Thomas, CNN The US surpassed 700,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, 108 days after the country reached 600,000 deaths from the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The grim figure comes after another violent round of surging of infections, hospitalizations and deaths fueled by the highly transmissible Delta

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