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Questions surrounding the California variant UCSF researchers believe it is more contagious. New studies suggest the California variant may be more contagious. Roughly 30 to 40 percent of cases in San Diego County likely have this variant, according to local health experts. and last updated 2021-02-24 23:32:17-05 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- The so-called California variant is here and spreading, according to researchers at UC San Francisco. While more studies need to be done, Dr. Charles Chiu—an i...

The state of California is adjusting its COVID-19 vaccination priority tiers in order to allow for administering the vaccine more quickly to people under age 65 who have high-risk conditions or disabilities that make them more vulnerable to the effects of the coronavirus. Last month, the state added people age 65 and older to its priority tiers, with the governor announcing that age is to be a primary factor in determining eligibility going forward. That raised concerns for Californians with di...

California’s Rural Counties Endure A Deadly Covid Winter Patch 2/6/2021 Kaiser Health News Covid-19’s fierce winter resurgence in California is notable not only for the explosion in overall cases and deaths in the state’s sprawling urban centers. This latest surge spilled across a far greater geographic footprint, scarring remote corners of the state that went largely unscathed for much of 2020. In the past two months, covid-related infection and death rates have jumped exponentially i...

RED BLUFF, Calif. —  Jeremiah Fears sat beneath an elk head mounted on the wall of the volunteer fire department in his little city and rolled up his sleeve for what he hopes is a step toward normality: his first dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. “If we can get vaccinated and do our thing to protect one another and ourselves, we can hurry up and open and go from there,” said Fears, chief of the Corning Police Department. “I know there’s controversy behind it. But it is what it...

Fight against COVID-19 hits wall of defiance, suspicion in rural California: The excuses just go on Hailey Branson-Potts © Provided by The LA Times Chief Jeremiah Fears of the Corning Police Department registers with Hailey Nelson, the public health emergency preparedness coordinator in Tehama County, to get the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna on Jan. 6 at the Corning Volunteer Fire Department. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Jeremiah Fears sat beneath an elk head m...