DALLAS — Disneyland reopened on Friday and cruise lines welcomed the news that they could be sailing again in the U.S. by midsummer, as the number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached another milestone: 100 million. Visitors cheered and screamed with delight as the Southern California theme park swung...
Free Joints and Beer: Incentives Are Added to Vaccine Drive
Free beer, pot and doughnuts. Savings bonds. A chance to win an all-terrain vehicle. Places around the U.S. are offering incentives to try to energize the nation’s slowing vaccination drive and get Americans to roll up their sleeves. These relatively small corporate promotion efforts have been accompanied by more serious...
CDC Says Many Americans Can Now Go Outside Without a Mask
NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without masks...
Fresno State, All Other CSU and UC Campuses to Require COVID-19 Vaccine
All California State University campuses, which includes Fresno State, will require students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 — possibly as early as the fall semester. The 10-campus CSU system joined with the 23-campus University of California system in announcing the vaccination requirement on Thursday. The plan is...
Burning Man Mulling Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines for August Event
RENO, Nev. — Burning Man organizers have said that they are considering requiring attendees to prove they have been vaccinated for COVID-19 if the organizers move forward with plans to hold this year’s counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert. The organizers backed off an earlier statement indicating that they had...
Wealthy Latin Americans Flock to US in Search of Vaccines
MONTERREY, Mexico — They travel thousands of miles by plane from Latin America to the U.S., in some places taking a shuttle directly from the airport to COVID-19 vaccine sites. Their ranks include politicians, TV personalities, business executives and a soccer team. People of means from Latin America are chartering...
US Recommends ‘Pause’ for J&J Vaccine Over Clot Reports
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday they were investigating unusual clots that occurred 6 to 13...
10 Valley Walmarts Offer Free COVID-19 Vaccinations
You can now get a coronavirus vaccination at 137 Walmart and Neighborhood Market stores and six Sam’s Clubs in California. Among them: 10 Walmarts and Neighborhood Markets from Merced to Visalia — including three in Fresno. Eligible adults can make a vaccine appointment online at these special Walmart and Sam’s Club web pages, the...
Fully Vaccinated but Scared to Remove Your Mask? For Some, It Could Take Time.
[aggregation-styles] The Chicago Tribune Subscription As more people across the country become vaccinated against COVID-19, the CDC released guidelines March 8 allowing for fully vaccinated people to gather together without masks. But pulling off the mask and adjusting to life before the pandemic will come with a learning curve, according...
Central Unified Accelerates Return to Classroom for All Students
Central Unified School District announced Thursday that students will be returning to school in April after more than a year of distance learning because of the pandemic. Many students will have in-person instruction according to hybrid schedules to limit the number of students in classrooms and keep them safely distanced...