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Last year, the number spiked to 309 fentanyl overdose deaths per 100,000 residents.

When the Delta wave began during the summer, the Inland Empire fared far worse in hospitalizations than its coastal neighbors, such as Los Angeles County — and it never recovered.

The crowded conditions at some Inland Empire hospitals are generating concern as officials get ready for the spread of the highly infectious omicron variant.

Providence St. Mary Medical Center has launched a campaign to encourage High Desert residents to continue to mask up amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Many people are concerned about how quickly the vaccines for COVID-19 were developed. Managing editor Tami Roleff says the San Bernardino County’s health officer discussed the development of the vaccine on a podcast with a Cal State professor recently, who said the technology used to develop the vaccine has been around for a long time… The technology used to develop the COVID-19 vaccine uses messenger RNA. Messenger RNA makes proteins like skin and hair, and has been used to make vaccines f...

A Yucca Valley man was arrested Thursday (May 6) accused of attempted murder. According to Sheriff’s reports, Deputies responded to the 58000 block of Twentynine Palms Highway in Yucca Valley at 7:43 p.m. for a report of a stabbing. Arriving Deputies found a 53-year-old male victim with several life-threatening stab wounds. The victim was transported by medical personnel to Desert Regional Medical Center for treatment. Deputies arrested Jonathan Gregory, 40, of Yucca Valley for investigation ...

A San Bernardino County resident is the first in California to test positive for a coronavirus variant from Brazil, known as P.1.