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Tracking COVID in Piedmont | July 12
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Living in a variant world: BA.4 and BA.5 now make up 80% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.California
Masks not required for students, staff in state’s COVID-19 health guidance for ’22-’23 school year
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Vaccinations and masks are recommended, but not required, as public health officials acknowledge COVID is here to stay.COVID-19
How Pfizer won the pandemic, reaping outsize profit and influence
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The reliance on Pfizer products at each stage of the pandemic has steered the U.S. response, including critical public health decisions.housing
Tens of thousands of Californians in limbo as eviction protections end
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Many low-income California tenants still haven’t heard back about their rent relief applications.COVID-19
FDA recommends modified COVID-19 boosters targeting omicron subvariants
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The updated vaccines would be used as boosters this fall and winter in anticipation of future omicron-based surges.Bay Area
Nearly 1 out of 5 classes in California taught by underprepared teachers
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A new state database of teacher assignments shows that 17% of K-12 classes in 2020-21 were taught by teachers without the credential or training to teach the course.COVID-19
California will require health facilities to start sharing patient data with each other
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Under the state’s new data-sharing requirement, a doctor or case worker could get immediate access to a patient’s full medical history, and patients could view their own records easily.Bay Area
