S.F. opens vaccines to all adults. See which other counties have expanded eligibility By Kellie Hwang
Most Bay Area residents who want a COVID vaccine won t have to wait too much longer. Eligibility will open to to everyone 16 and older on April 15, but more than half of California’s local health departments have opened up vaccinations to people 16 or older ahead of the state’s Thursday “open season” target date to do so.
In the Bay Area, San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties have opened up eligibility to all adults.
Here are the details about the vaccine rollout in the Bay Area.
Stanford Health Care will receive $16.8 million to distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines at six sites throughout the Bay Area, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Friday.
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COVID-19 vaccinations will now be available to all residents and workers in Santa Clara County who are 65 years and older, regardless of where they receive their health care, county officials announced on Thursday morning.
HIV/AIDS researcher David Katzenstein dies
The Stanford virologist conducted clinical vaccine trials, which led to the approval of antiretroviral drugs, greatly improving the survival of people living with HIV Feb 4 2021
David Katzenstein was widely praised for his efforts to bring better, cheaper methodologies to bear on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in Africa.
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David Katzenstein, MD, professor emeritus of infectious diseases and global health at Stanford Medicine, who spurred advances in diagnosing, treating and preventing AIDS, died Jan. 25 of COVID-19 in Harare, Zimbabwe. He was 69.
Katzenstein was a trained virologist, clinician and tireless advocate for global health. He was widely praised for his energetic push to bring better, cheaper methodologies to bear on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in middle- and low-income African countries, where over a 35-year period he spearheaded numerous life-saving projects.