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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....

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...

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...

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