You got the J&J vaccine. With delta bearing down, do you need a booster?
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Outreach worker Elijah Chhum chats with patient Elizabeth Chan, before giving her the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
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Gov. Gavin Newsom receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Dr. Mark Ghaly, California health and human services secretary, in Los Angeles on April 1.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
The rise of the more contagious delta variant of the coronavirus is prompting many to ask how well the Johnson & Johnson vaccine works against it and whether those who got the shot should get a booster.
Many Bay Area residents have skipped their second vaccine shot The delta variant makes that risky
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Forbes 50 Over 50
UC Berkeley School of Public Health alumna Dr. Laura Stachel, CEO of Berkeley-based We Care Solar, has been named to
The list features 50 women, winnowed down from an initial pool of 10,000 nominees, who are achieving their biggest career achievements after the age of 50. Stachel is in good company: the list also includes Vice President Kamala Harris, television producer Shonda Rimes, and Nobel Laureate and UC Berkeley Professor Jennifer Doudna.
When a back injury ended Dr. Stachel’s career as an OB-GYN in her mid-40s, she enrolled at Berkeley Public Health, where she received her MPH in 2006 and DrPH in 2020. While studying at Berkeley, she traveled to Northern Nigeria in 2008 to study ways to lower maternal mortality in hospitals. She witnessed difficult conditions in public health facilities, including sporadic electricity that impaired maternity and surgical care.