The first shipment of Pfizer's COVID-19 is expected by Tuesday, according to the Fresno County Department of Public Health. Once the shipment arrives, it'll be taken to what officials have set up as their guarded 'vaccine room'. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office has been on site for over a week...
First Shipment of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Arrive in Southern California
[aggregation-styles] ABC7 Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As the first shipments of Pfizer's authorized COVID-19 vaccine ship out from Michigan, about 83,000 doses are expected to arrive in Los Angeles County this week. A FedEx plane carrying the region's first shipments landed at Los Angeles International Airport Sunday night,...
Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Population Plummets. Is Species Near ‘Collapse’?
[aggregation-styles] The Tribune Preliminary numbers from an annual monarch butterfly population count in Pismo Beach show the insect species has suffered a devastating blow and is teetering closer to extinction. Volunteers only saw about 200 butterflies during this year’s count at the Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove, one of...
Fresno ICU Doctor on Packed Hospitals: ‘There is No Help on the Way’
[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times The last time Dr. Eyad Almasri had a day off was in November, when he was infected with COVID-19. His symptoms were not life-threatening, but it crushed him, he said, that he couldn’t be with his patients for 10 days. A pulmonologist with the Fresno campus...
First Coronavirus Vaccines Head To States, Starting Historic Effort
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription At Novant Health in Winston-Salem, N.C., the new ultracold freezers are ready — enough to eventually house more than 500,000 doses of the first coronavirus vaccine approved in the United States. In Los Angeles, the Cedars-Sinai medical center has installed extra security cameras to...
California Now Expecting 672,000 Doses of Moderna Vaccine in the Next Few Weeks
[aggregation-styles] KRON-Television SACRAMENTO (KRON) – California residents can expect to receive 672,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine in the next few weeks, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom. In a tweet, Newsom specified that healthcare workers and long term care residents will get priority, a policy consistent with governments around the...
Fresno Bishop Urges Catholics Not to ‘Jump on the COVID-19 Vaccine Bandwagon’
[aggregation-styles] The Los Angeles Times Citing ethical concerns about the use of embryonic stem cells in vaccine development, Bishop Joseph Brennan of the Diocese of Fresno is urging Catholics not to “jump on the COVID-19 vaccine bandwagon.” In a video shared by the diocese this week, Brennan said the race...
Astrazeneca Says COVID-19 Vaccine Could Arrive in January of Next Year
[aggregation-styles] CBS News A long-awaited coronavirus vaccine could be available in roughly two months, according to drugmaker AstraZeneca, which is developing a treatment. The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker is working with the University of Oxford to develop one of the most closely watched COVID-19 vaccines, which is in late stage trials in...
Masks Are New Norm Even With a COVID-19 Vaccine, Says Well-Known Doctor
Don't throw away your face coverings. Those plexiglass barriers in stores will likely remain for the foreseeable future. Social distancing markers on the floors? They're probably here to stay. Listen to this article: With companies around the world working on a COVID-19 vaccine, many experts say that we'll have one...
‘Darkhorse’ Vaccine Developer in San Diego Quietly Gains Global Attention in COVID-19 Fight
If the pursuit of a COVID-19 vaccine were a horse race, a company in San Diego is either the Seabiscuit or darkhorse candidate to win. With a newly acquired $173 million dollars from Wall Street after a public stock offering, Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. just gained some solid footing in the race....