Healthcare

These Clovis Medical and Pharmacy School Students Are Giving COVID-19 Vaccine Shots

February 11, 2021

Pharmacy and medical students from California Health Sciences University (CHSU) are participating in the efforts to vaccinate people across the Valley. "The call came out to our faculty to see if our students and our faculty could both assist in this endeav...

Newsom Brings News of New Valley Vaccine Site. Big FEMA Site Plans Still on Hold.

Jim Jakobs

February 10, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom came to Fresno on Wednesday to slake the region's thirst for bigger supplies of COVID-19 vaccinations for the Central Valley, but for some observers the glass he brought was only half full. ...

Mendes: A Mass Vaccination Site Would Be Great. So Long as County Gets Enough Vaccine.

Jim Jakobs

February 9, 2021

The possibility that Fresno could get picked for a mass vaccination site supported by federal emergency and state public health agencies would be "great," says County Supervisor Buddy Mendes, but more shipments...

Newsom Says Big Vaccination Site Coming to Valley, Costa Thinks It Could Be at Save Mart

Jim Jakobs

February 8, 2021

California is in line to get yet-another federally supported mass vaccination site, and Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday this one is coming to the Central Valley. Rep. Jim Costa already has a spot for it — he says the large parking lot at the Save Mart Center ...

‘Serious Conversations’ About Using Save Mart Center as Mass Vaccination Site

Jim Jakobs

February 5, 2021

Although Fresno wasn't one of the two California sites chosen earlier this week by federal and state emergency officials to be mass vaccination centers, Fresno County officials say they are lobbying hard for th...

Community Medical Centers Halting All Elective Surgeries by January 1

Jim Jakobs

December 30, 2020

Due to staffing challenges and an increase of COVID-19 patients, Community Medical Centers will stop all "non-urgent" surgeries and procedures at their facilities by January 1. "The continual increase in inp...

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New COVID Protocol Means Valley Ambulances Might Not Take You to Emergency Room

Jim Jakobs

December 18, 2020

"We are in a very grim, challenging time when it comes to the pandemic," Fresno County Interim Health Officer Dr. Rais Vohra said in a Friday afternoon briefing with reporters. Emphasizing the point, Fresno, Kings, Madera and Tulare counties will begin send...

Called Out for Nearly 500% Increase in COVID Cases, Madera County Pushes Back

Jim Jakobs

November 25, 2020

A nearly 500% increase COVID-19 cases appeared so significant that the state of California singled out Madera County for being a virus hotspot in a media call. The state was referring to a jump in the county...

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County COVID Numbers Heading in Wrong Direction in Latest Report

Jim Jakobs

November 10, 2020

California's 'Blueprint for Reopening' COVID-19 numbers dropped Tuesday on morning. Unfortunately Fresno County's virus numbers didn't drop, they went up. The county remains in the 'red' tier for reopening f...

Supervisor Brandau on His COVID-19 Diagnosis and Attending Maskless Rallies

Jim Jakobs

November 6, 2020

Fresno County Supervisor Steve Brandau spoke with GV Wire℠ Thursday night just hours after learning he had tested positive for COVID-19. As first reported by GV Wire℠, Fresno County officials said Thursday that supervisors and employees were quarantining at h...

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These Clovis Medical and Pharmacy School Students Are Giving COVID-19 Vaccine Shots

Newsom Brings News of New Valley Vaccine Site. Big FEMA Site Plans Still on Hold.

Mendes: A Mass Vaccination Site Would Be Great. So Long as County Gets Enough Vaccine.

Newsom Says Big Vaccination Site Coming to Valley, Costa Thinks It Could Be at Save Mart

‘Serious Conversations’ About Using Save Mart Center as Mass Vaccination Site

Community Medical Centers Halting All Elective Surgeries by January 1

New COVID Protocol Means Valley Ambulances Might Not Take You to Emergency Room

Called Out for Nearly 500% Increase in COVID Cases, Madera County Pushes Back

County COVID Numbers Heading in Wrong Direction in Latest Report

Supervisor Brandau on His COVID-19 Diagnosis and Attending Maskless Rallies