Residents from Fresno and Kern counties were among 15 people winning $50,000 each on Friday in California's lottery among the nearly 22 million Californians who have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. State officials identified the winners by what county they lived in, with plans to contact...
Here’s Why CDC Wants to Know How You Feel After COVID-19 Vaccinations
[aggregation-styles] Yahoo News Thus far, the data that's been gathered on the COVID-19 vaccines suggests that the majority of reactions to the shots are mild — including things like headache, fever, fatigue and nausea. But with over 38 million people in the U.S. now fully vaccinated, the Centers for Disease...
Local Teachers, School Staff Will Get Vaccine Priority Starting March 1
About 2,000 Fresno County school staffers and child care workers will be pushed to the front of the COVID-19 vaccination line starting March 1, county public health officials said Friday afternoon. Fresno County's weekly allotment is expanding to 21,000 doses starting next week. Per the directive announced Friday by Gov....
Fresno’s First Drive-Thru COVID Vaccination Site Draws Huge Crowd
When Rick Lembo arrived at 5:45 a.m. Thursday to set up the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site in the parking lot of Sierra Pacific Orthopedics on Spruce Avenue in northeast Fresno, there were already five cars in line. In only 45 minutes, the line of cars stretched to Cedar Avenue, he...
Biden Pandemic Plan: Control Virus and Stabilize the Economy
WILMINGTON, Del. — The coronavirus action plan President Joe Biden is unveiling Thursday aims to bring new urgency to the nation's vaccination campaign coupled with another round of economic relief for hunkered-down Americans. The Biden plan comes as a divided nation remains caught in the grip of the pandemic’s most...
US Shifts to Speed Vaccinations; Won’t Hold Back 2nd Doses
WASHINGTON — Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifted gears Tuesday to speed the delivery of shots after a slow start that had triggered widespread concern from states and public health officials. Health and Human Services Alex Azar announced...
‘Relieved’: US Health Workers Start Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
The biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history kicked off Monday as health workers rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic — a day of optimism even as the nation's death toll closed in on 300,000. “I feel hopeful today. Relieved,”...
School Closed, but Kids Still Need Vaccinations for Distance Learning
Students and their families have had their lives turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with distance learning set to resume or even underway, here comes another curveball. California law says students still need to prove they've been vaccinated before they can start online school. No immunization, no enrollment...
Study: California Law Lifts Vaccination in 'High-Risk' Areas
SACRAMENTO — A study released this week has found that a law aimed at boosting vaccination rates across California had the greatest effect in high-risk areas where the vaccination rates were the lowest. The peer-reviewed study published in the journal PLOS Medicine on Monday shows that the 2016 legislation contributed to a...
Health Officials: It's Time to Give Flu Vaccine Another Shot
WASHINGTON — The flu forecast is cloudy and it's too soon to know if the U.S. is in for a third miserable season in a row, but health officials said Thursday not to delay vaccination. While the vaccine didn't offer much protection the past two years, specialists have fine-tuned the...