Healthcare

New COVID-19 Test Site Opening at West Fresno Regional Center

June 29, 2020

The West Fresno Regional Center will join Fresno City College and the Sanger Community Center as OptumServe's third free COVID-19 test site in Fresno County. The site is expected to begin testing this week. The goal is to do 135 free nasal-swab tests a day....

Urgent Reminder: 2 Masks + 6 Feet Apart = No COVID-19 Exposure

Nancy Price

June 29, 2020

The best way not to catch COVID-19? Community Medical Centers says it's when we all wear face masks and stay at least 6 feet apart from each other. CMC has released a graphic showing how the risk of infectio...

UC San Diego Researchers Say ‘Cloaked Decoy’ Could Knock Out COVID-19

Jim Jakobs

June 26, 2020

Decoys designed to intercept COVID-19 viruses show 90% success in lab experiments. UC San Diego researchers call their nano-scale particles "nanosponges" because they soak up harmful pathogens and toxins. ...

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COVID-19 Spread Ends If 80% of People Wear a Mask in Public

The Conversation

June 26, 2020

I’m a data scientist at the University of San Francisco and teach courses online in machine learning for fast.ai. In late March, I decided to use public mask-wearing as a case study to show my students how to combine and analyze diverse types of data and evide...

Can Valley Researchers Wipe Out COVID-19 on Mass Transit?

Jim Jakobs

June 25, 2020

Using smoke candles and viruses that infect bacteria (not humans), an experiment to stop COVID-19 with worldwide implications was staged on buses in Selma this week. A team of researchers is using different ...

Am I Immune to COVID-19 If I Have Antibodies?

The Conversation

June 14, 2020

Perhaps the most important question now about COVID-19 is the degree to which a prior infection protects from a second infection by the new coronavirus. This affects vaccine development and herd immunity and is...

West Nile Mosquitoes Found Within Fresno City Limits

Jim Jakobs

June 4, 2020

Adult mosquitoes collected from an area around portions of the 93704 zip code area within the city of Fresno have tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Fresno County Department of Public Health. West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosqui...

Community Medical Centers Says 2 Masks + 6 Feet Apart = No COVID-19 Exposure

Nancy Price

May 30, 2020

Over 300 Free COVID-19 Tests Done at NW Fresno Site

Jim Jakobs

May 26, 2020

This COVID-19 test takes just over five minutes. Results come back in two or three days. Since opening May 13, the drive-up testing site at United Health Centers‘ Fresno location near Herndon and Milburn ave...

COVID-19 Triggers Strokes in Otherwise Healthy People

gvwire

May 15, 2020

May is upon us, and it is not an exaggeration to say that nearly all of us have spent much of this spring transfixed by the escalating number of COVID-19 cases, as well as keeping a vigilant watch for any possible sign of infection: a new cough, a sore throat,...

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New COVID-19 Test Site Opening at West Fresno Regional Center

Urgent Reminder: 2 Masks + 6 Feet Apart = No COVID-19 Exposure

UC San Diego Researchers Say ‘Cloaked Decoy’ Could Knock Out COVID-19

COVID-19 Spread Ends If 80% of People Wear a Mask in Public

Can Valley Researchers Wipe Out COVID-19 on Mass Transit?

Am I Immune to COVID-19 If I Have Antibodies?

West Nile Mosquitoes Found Within Fresno City Limits

Community Medical Centers Says 2 Masks + 6 Feet Apart = No COVID-19 Exposure

Over 300 Free COVID-19 Tests Done at NW Fresno Site

COVID-19 Triggers Strokes in Otherwise Healthy People