Wastewater Research Shows Drop in COVID-19 Surge
Some good news for Bay Area sewers as a recent sampling of South Bay wastewater appears to show the omicron surge may have already peaked. “People who are sick who
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Health Care Providers Could Face Fines in Santa Clara County Over COVID Testing
Santa Clara County is formally warning the area’s big health care providers to handle more local COVID-19 testing for patients or face steep fines. Data shows the county is carrying
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Stanford Blood Center Faces Emergency Need for All Blood Types
Stanford Blood Center is seeking new blood donors in light of a significant increase in cancellations from the current COVID-19 surge, wrote Harpreet Sandhu, executive director of the center, in
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The highly contagious Omicron variant will ‘find just about everybody.’
As the Omicron variant spreads like wildfire across the United States, it’s likely just about everybody will be exposed to the strain, but vaccinated people will still fare better, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert
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Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum
As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and
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Mayo Clinic will fire 730 employees for defying vaccination mandate
While the final numbers are still being tallied, Mayo Clinic reported Tuesday that “nearly 99%” of its 73,000 employees are now vaccinated against COVID-19 or have received an exemption for
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California engaged in groundbreaking COVID antibody study
California’s COVID-19 data collection — a tally of infections, hospitalizations and deaths — is an essential tool in fighting the pandemic. But it paints only part of the picture. The
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What parents should know about sending kids back to school
Millions of American kids will head back to classrooms in the coming days — just as the Omicron variant is fueling record new Covid-19 case counts. And that has many
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Electric car buying: What you need to know now and in the future
While electric cars accounted for just 8% of California’s new light vehicle sales in the first nine months of 2021, such purchases are expected to increase dramatically — and with
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All Bay Area counties now require everyone to wear masks inside public settings
As COVID-19 cases and hospitalization rates rise again, Bay Area counties are tightening up health rules to require everyone — vaccinated or not — to wear masks inside public settings
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