Fresno's downtown Community Regional Medical Center has now opened their 50 bed alternate care site to address increased patient loads resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical personnel including doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals contracted from private staffing company AMI Expeditionary Healthcare, worked for over a week to get the...
Inside This California Hospital, a ‘Constant Battle’ Against COVID-19 (Warning: Graphic Video)
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Coronavirus cases in California are surging to record highs and hospitals are overrun. At St. Mary Medical Center, a hospital in the desert town of Apple Valley, the ICU has burst its capacity. Patients undergo triage in a parking lot tent and the hospital’s lobbies...
Fresno VA Medical Center Gets Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines
Both the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccines for COVID-19 will be available this week at the Central California VA Medical Center in Fresno, the Department of Veteran Affairs announced Monday morning. The center at 2615 E. Clinton Ave. is among 113 VA Medical Centers and outpatient clinics receiving limited Moderna COVID-19 vaccine...
COVID Notification App Supposed to Be Opt-In. Is it?
A new smart phone application, designed to help alert Californians of possible COVID-19 exposure, is supposed to be an "opt-in" system. However, several people have contacted GV Wire℠to say not only was the app installed automatically, it was already turned on. On Nov. 10 the California Department of Public Health,...
Clovis Business Owner Calls It Quits After ‘Abandonment’ Notice Over Back Rent
Jagmohan (she goes by her nickname, Bawan) Gill has owned and operated 'Fab Looks' near Herndon and Willow in Clovis since 2015. She specializes in eyebrow threading, face massage and henna tattoos. She says because of the pandemic, the last time she was able to be fully open was in March....
Clovis Defies the COVID Pandemic with 5.6% Unemployment Rate
Clovis leads the way among Fresno County cities recovering from the economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest figures released by the state Economic Development Department show Clovis with a 5.6% unemployment rate for November. Among a labor force of 53,700 people, 3,000 were unemployed in Clovis, according to...
Community Regional Medical Centers Begin COVID-19 Vaccinations
Community Regional Medical Centers chose 50 employees from throughout their hospital system for its first COVID-19 vaccinations Friday. CRMC spokeswoman Mary Lisa Russell said that the vaccine's initial deployment targeted a wide mix of hospital workers. "They're from all different ages and walks of life. They are going to monitor all...
Worrying Spike in Local Suicides Abates as Outreach Effort Intensifies
Fresno County officials say after a couple months with an increase in suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic, they now believe the year will end with a lower number than in the previous two years. "At this time, we are not seeing a statistically significant difference in suicide rate for any age...
Chowchilla Prison Pals Indicted for COVID Unemployment Fraud
A federal grand jury in Fresno indicted a Chowchilla prison inmate and a parolee Thursday on charges they fleeced taxpayers of hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 unemployment benefits. Sholanda Thomas, 36, who is an inmate at the Central California Women's Facility, and parolee Christina Smith, 37, are accused...
Online Tool Tells When You May Be Able To Get a COVID-19 Vaccine
[aggregation-styles] ABC News With the U.S Food and Drug Administration authorizing the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and likely authorization of Moderna's on the horizon, the first vaccines are being delivered to medical providers and long-term care facilities in states across the country and starting to be administered this week. But most...