California Judge denies San Diego Unified’s spring vaccine mandate By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | December 21, 2021 A pause of the mandate means thousands of unvaccinated teens can return to in-person instruction in January.
California UC campuses may consider remote instruction at start of upcoming term By Michael Burke | EdSource | December 21, 2021 UC Irvine and UC Santa Cruz both plan to start the winter term remotely.
California Vaccine promoters struggle to get people boosted in California’s fields By Heidi de Marco | Kaiser Health News | December 20, 2021 Stressed vaccine communicators battle anti-vaccine propaganda while seeking to persuade Latino farmworkers to get COVID boosters.
COVID-19 Testing can replace quarantine for exposed school students, CDC says By Zaidee Stavely | EdSource | December 17, 2021 Agency officials said "test-to-stay" should be part of a "layered approach" that included indoor masking, social distancing, and vaccination.
City Tracking COVID in Piedmont | Dec. 17 By Exedra Staff | December 17, 2021 No dramatic increase (yet) to signal omicron's arrival.
COVID-19 Fearing a big COVID surge, state reinstates rules for private workplaces — and the vaccinated By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | December 17, 2021 New statewide mask mandate and temporary COVID workplace rules aim at specter of a new surge.
Bay Area Study: Migration to California slowed by 38 percent during pandemic By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | December 16, 2021 Since the pandemic began, fewer residents moved to California from other states, UC Berkeley’s California Policy Lab found.
COVID-19 After ‘truly appalling’ death toll in nursing homes, California rethinks their funding By Samantha Young | Kaiser Health News | December 16, 2021 The state wants to tie Medicaid funding more directly to performance, but the powerful nursing home lobby is raising objections.
Bay Area Some Bay Area businesses exempt from state mask mandate By Tony Hicks | Bay City News Foundation | December 15, 2021 Exemptions consider region's existing health mandates, which are stricter than some in other parts of the state.
City Tracking COVID in Piedmont | Dec. 14 By Exedra Staff | December 14, 2021 Two more cases reported over the last week as state preps for expected increase over the holidays.