The words tier, quartile, metric, positivity and case rate have reverberated across tongues since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, in layman's terms, Fresno County is inching ever so close to loosening more life restrictions in the coming weeks. First, the numbers that matter most right now. The county...
New Vaccine Clinic Could Speed Return to Fresno City Campus: Goldsmith
Cars lined up through the parking lot of Fresno City College Tuesday, not for class, but for a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The drive-thru site, run by UCSF-Fresno, hopes to ramp up to 600 COVID-19 vaccine doses a day soon, and eventually up to about 2,000 a day....
‘I Did Not Expect It To Be Positive’: Texas Teacher Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Getting Vaccinated
[aggregation-styles] KXAN Television AUSTIN (KXAN) — As vaccinations open up to more Texans on Monday with Phase 1C now eligible to get in line, a local teacher says her story illustrates why people should still take COVID-19 safety seriously. Paige Crain says she tested positive for the coronavirus after getting...
‘Honor System’ in Play as Fresno Vaccine Eligibility Widens Significantly
An estimated 4.4 million more people became eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine at the stroke of midnight Monday morning according to the state data. Beginning March 15, vaccinations became available to those with certain medical conditions, disabilities, living spaces, or work environments that put them at higher risk for serious...
Local Nonprofits Stepping Up to Bolster COVID Vaccination, Education Efforts
The messy and confusing distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has prompted a broad array of nonprofits and volunteers to step in to fill the gaps. In Fresno County and across the nation, organizations are helping get shots in the arms of people from diverse and sometimes hard-to-reach communities. Disaster-relief charities are...
Detroit Mayor Declines Johnson & Johnson Allotment, Saying the Other Vaccines Are Better
[aggregation-styles] ABC7 News, CNN DETROIT -- Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan declined an initial allocation of the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week even as nationwide demand continues to outpace available supply. Duggan, a Democrat who has been mayor since 2014, said he turned down the shipment because...
Will FUSD Teachers, Staff Roll Up Their Sleeves? Thousands of Vaccine Doses Now Available.
Vaccinations of Fresno Unified school staffers started Thursday at Valley Children's Hospital, which plans to inoculate 3,000 district employees over a five-day period. Employees are getting shots of the Pfizer vaccine supplied by the Fresno County Public Health Department. The hospital initially was prepared to vaccinate 2,000 school employees but...
Do You Live in a Neighborhood Prioritized for COVID Vaccine? Check Here.
Many of the 400 ZIP codes across the state being prioritized by California officials for additional COVID vaccination efforts are in the Central Valley and could allow Fresno County to widen businesses reopenings in the weeks ahead. Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration said Thursday it will direct 40 percent of the...
Bishops Discourage Catholics From Receiving Johnson & Johnson Vaccine if Alternatives Available
[aggregation-styles] The Hill The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops this week encouraged Catholics to choose Pfizer or Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines over Johnson & Johnson, if possible, because the latter's inoculation was developed from stem cells obtained during two abortions decades ago. Bishop Kevin Rhoades, chairman of the conference’s Committee on...
Can You Choose Which COVID Vaccine to Get? Here’s What We Know.
The Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup on Wednesday gave its stamp of approval for California, Washington, Oregon and Nevada to use the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. J&J's offering is now the third COVID-19 vaccine supported for use in California. Initial shipments of the vaccine were received this week according to Governor Gavin Newsom's office. Only...