COVID-19 For older adults, smelling the roses may be more difficult By Judith Graham | Kaiser Health News | December 6, 2021 The loss of smell is a common issue for many seniors and is often overlooked. Yet it can have serious consequences.
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.
COVID-19 Is it time to change the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’? By Victoria Knight | Kaiser Health News | December 3, 2021 Experts weigh in as the federal government urges everyone to get boosted amid concerns over omicron, a new COVID variant.
COVID-19 Overdose epidemic plagues California: Fentanyl is driving uptick in deaths By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | December 3, 2021 In San Francisco, drug overdoses resulted in nearly three times the number of deaths than the total of COVID-19 deaths in 2020.
California Why isn’t California’s economy adding jobs faster? By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | December 2, 2021 Three key takeaways from a CalMatters/Milken Institute discussion on how the pandemic has changed the California economy.
Bay Area S.F. not altering health orders after city sees nation’s first omicron COVID case By Daniel Montes | Bay City News | December 2, 2021 The nation's first reported case of the omicron variant was reported in a man returning from South Africa.
City Tracking COVID-19 in Piedmont | Nov. 30 By Exedra Staff | November 30, 2021 After a lull, we're starting to see a slight uptick in reported cases.
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.
COVID-19 California braces for omicron COVID variant By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | November 29, 2021 The omicron variant does not yet appear to have entered the U.S., but California is already bracing for a surge in COVID cases.