Around Town Tracking COVID in Piedmont | Dec. 7 By Exedra Staff | December 7, 2021 Small rise in local cases; in the Bay Area and globally focus is now on the omicron variant.
California When the surges just keep coming: a view from the COVID vortex By Jenny Gold | Kaiser Health News | December 7, 2021 How one California region is handling resurgent waves of COVID-19.
COVID-19 U.S. surgeon general warns of youth mental health crisis because of the pandemic By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | December 7, 2021 The pandemic "exacerbated the unprecedented stresses young people already faced," Murthy wrote.
Around Town Berkeley ceramics studio’s show and sale includes work by Piedmonters By Brigid Gaffikin | December 3, 2021 A Wildwood teacher and a city councilmember are among those who found pandemic consolation through a local potters' studio and workshop.
covid How can scientists update coronavirus vaccines for omicron? By Deborah Fuller, Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington | The Conversation | December 3, 2021 A microbiologist answers five questions about how Moderna and Pfizer could rapidly adjust mRNA vaccines.
Bay Area Why some California school districts are changing how students earn grades By Carolyn Jones and John Fensterwald | EdSource | December 3, 2021 Mastery-based learning is seen as a way to improve education equity.
Arts & Entertainment OMCA’s Afrofuturism exhibition to resume after rainstorm closure By Bay City News | November 30, 2021 The special exhibition will run through Feb. 27, 2022.
California Should the community of Squaw Valley change its name? By Melissa Montalvo | CalMatters | November 30, 2021 Resident and activists are urging Fresno County change the name of Squaw Valley because it is derogatory to Native American women.
COVID-19 Who’s in? Who’s out? The ethics of COVID-19 travel rules By Nancy S. Jecker, Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Washington and Caesar Atuire, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Ghana | The Conversation | November 30, 2021 Two bioethicists see far-reaching consequences of COVID-related travel bans that should prompt policymakers to consider not just science, but ethics, too.
COVID-19 Omicron and other coronavirus variants: What you need to know By Louis Jacobson | Politifact | November 30, 2021 A round-up of what we know so far about global efforts to manage and understand the latest variant.