[aggregation-styles] USA Today Letitia Wright is in hot water after she posted a video that questions whether people should take a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. The "Black Panther" actress, 27, shared the video on her Twitter account Thursday along with a praying hands emoji. By Friday, the video...
Zero Cost, Drive-Thru COVID Testing Available This Month in Clovis
United Health Centers has partnered with the city of Clovis to offer no cost COVID-19 drive-up testing on Thursdays in December. The new mobile testing site is located at the corner of Dakota and Clovis avenues at the city's recreation center. "We have over 1,000 feet of lane space," says...
Local Leaders Say No COVID Dollars Left to Help Workers Through New Shut Down
It's unclear exactly when California's new stay at home order will impact the Central Valley, but it could be just a matter of days. The trigger? ICU bed capacity across 12 counties that make up the newly designated San Joaquin Valley region. Once available capacity falls below 15%, the stay...
San Jose Mayor Says He Didn’t Know His Thanksgiving Gathering Broke State Health Rules
[aggregation-styles] NBC Bay Area San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, speaking exclusively to the NBC Bay Investigative Unit, revealed he was unaware state health guidelines prohibited the very type of gathering he attended with relatives on Thanksgiving. "There's no question that it was on me to know better," Liccardo said. "The...
Valley Children’s Will Be Regional COVID Vaccine Hub, Hospital Says
Valley Children's Hospital has been named as a regional “pre-positioning” COVID-19 vaccine distribution site by the California Department of Public Health, officials said Wednesday. The hospital has adequate freezer capacity to store several hundred thousand vaccine doses, the hospital said in a news release. The first vaccines expected to receive federal approval,...
COVID Sidelines 335 Community Hospital Workers; Ambulances Face 3-Hour Waits.
Community Medical Centers now has more employees off work due to COVID-19 exposure than at any other time during the pandemic. As of Wednesday morning, the Valley hospital system's online dashboard shows 335 employees are not able to report to work due to COVID exposure. Of those, 108 are confirmed...
Flying Fresno? Digital ‘Health Pass’ May Someday Be Required To Prove COVID Vaccination.
United Airlines, which offers service to Fresno Yosemite International airport, is joining other large carriers planning to begin implementing a digital health pass to confirm passengers have obtained a negative COVID-19 test result before flying to and from select airports. When a COVID vaccine is available, the digital pass may...
Called Out for Nearly 500% Increase in COVID Cases, Madera County Pushes Back
A nearly 500% increase COVID-19 cases appeared so significant that the state of California singled out Madera County for being a virus hotspot in a media call. The state was referring to a jump in the county's daily count of cases from Nov. 1, when just six new infections were...
After Warnings To Avoid Travel, Denver Mayor Flies To Visit Family for Thanksgiving
[aggregation-styles] KUSA-TV DENVER — Denver Mayor Michael Hancock boarded a flight to Houston ahead of Thanksgiving despite his warnings that people should stay close to home and only spend the holiday with their own household if they can. His spokeswoman confirmed that Hancock was traveling to Houston Wednesday to visit...
Mask Violators Arrested in Fresno During 1918 Pandemic. Holiday Gatherings Discouraged, Too.
Limiting gatherings. Requiring masks. Conducting school "by correspondence." Sound familiar? These were the measures in place 100 years ago in Fresno during the flu pandemic, and yet it continued to rage in the closing week of 1918, much like the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage now. Fresno State history professor...