The CDC has relaxed COVID guidelines. Will schools and day cares follow suit?
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writers BOSTON (AP) — Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended…
Continue ReadingBy BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writers BOSTON (AP) — Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse but it’s too soon to tell how much holiday…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, Amanda Musa and Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — As seasonal virus activity surges across the United States, experts stress the…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Look for flu and COVID-19 infections to ramp up in the coming weeks, U.S. health officials say,…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Women in the United States can expect to live nearly six years longer than men, as disparities in deaths from…
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The price of the lifesaving Covid-19 medication Paxlovid is likely to rise next year for most patients as the United…
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Only 43 of the more than 8,000 US service members who were discharged from the military for refusing to be…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration gave the green light Monday to updated Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna and…
Continue ReadingAmid a surge in Covid-19 cases, demand for at-home test kits is also on the rise, but test manufacturers say they are prepared to meet customer…
Continue ReadingCourtesy: MGN (CNN) — If you’re at high risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, it’s time to dust off those N95 masks and place…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — People who survived Covid-19 early in the pandemic, before there were vaccines, continued to be at higher risk for a…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A new office has been formed within the US Department of Health and Human Services to lead the nation’s…
Continue ReadingBy Kyla Russell, CNN About 100,000 registered nurses in the US left the workplace due to the stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Respiratory viruses — including the flu, RSV and the virus that causes Covid-19 — are not a serious concern for…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Jessica Rosario loved watching her 15-year-old, Eliana, play flute with the rest of the marching band during Open Door…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Tuesday that Japan will tighten border controls for…
Continue ReadingThe Hartnell College Board of Trustees has lifted its COVID-19 vaccine requirement, now referring to it as a recommendation for students and…
Continue ReadingIn an effort to help people whose loved ones died of COVID-19, Monterey County offers its Funeral Assistance Program for some much needed funds as…
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden was officially cleared to emerge from isolation Sunday after a second negative Covid-19 test, his physician…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in what the president’s physician is calling a “rebound”…
Continue ReadingA man was arrested after Scotts Valley police said he forced open the locked door of a business closed during the Shelter in Place in Santa Cruz…
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN As Congress struggles to provide more federal funding to combat Covid-19, Americans are starting to feel the consequences. The…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is expected to give older adults the option of getting a second Covid-19 vaccine booster as early as next…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION)- Students at the Hartnell Community College will be able to enter most indoor campus facilities without a mask. …
Continue ReadingMultiple school districts on the Central Coast have decided to stick with having a mask mandate, for now, to prevent the spread of…
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Cohen and Danielle Herman, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will announce new metrics to guide Covid-19…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 testing is going mobile in San Benito County beginning February…
Continue ReadingBy SARA BURNETT Associated Press The nation’s top federal health official says the U.S. is moving closer to the point that COVID-19 is no longer a…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved cruise travel out of the “very high” risk category of…
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Walmart updated its Covid-19 policy for US associates Friday, dropping its mask mandate and Covid-19 sick leave policy, the…
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday mourned the hundreds of thousands in the United States who have died from Covid-19 since…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is clarifying the Covid-19 vaccination schedule for people who are…
Continue ReadingBy Liz Stark The Biden administration is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses, following the Supreme…
Continue ReadingThe Hartnell College deadline for students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 has come and gone and now the college is dealing with 700 to 800…
Continue ReadingBy Liz Stark, CNN The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is investigating “numerous complaints” about labs and testing sites…
Continue ReadingThe percentage of the adult population not working because of Covid-related reasons tripled between December and January, according to Goldman…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz and San Benito counties are warning Central Coast residents to be careful when giving their information to potentially fraudulent pop-up…
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Maegan Vazquez and Tami Luhby, CNN The federal government launched its website to sign up for free Covid-19 tests, allowing…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) A group of Central Coast nurses gathered Thursday as part of a national day of action by health care workers demanding…
Continue ReadingNew and returning students to Hartnell College now have additional time to submit proof of vaccination to attend the college in the…
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine and testing requirement…
Continue ReadingSeaside closed City Hall, Oldemeyer Center, Patullo Swim Center, and the Youth, Education and Resource Center (Teen Center) after an increase in…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make California the first state to cover all low-income state…
Continue ReadingGovernor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order to address concerns over price gouging on at-home COVID…
Continue ReadingGovernor Gavin Newsom has activated the California National Guard to support COVID-testing facilities overwhelmed by a spike in testing demand across…
Continue ReadingIn addition to the increasing number of COVID-19 patients going to the hospital, Monterey County Hospitals said they’re also experiencing staffing…
Continue ReadingIt was back to school Wednesday for some students in Monterey County, and the Monterey Peninsula School District is encouraging all students to get…
Continue ReadingCalifornia Department of Public Health announced the statewide indoor mask mandate will be extended beyond Jan. 15 to Feb.…
Continue ReadingGovernor Gavin Newsom’s office said more at-home COVID test kits arrived Monday night at their warehouse. They’re set to go to counties’ office of…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization for booster doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19…
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