Bay Area For months, California private schools have waited for ’emergency’ COVID aid By John Fensterwald | EdSource | October 25, 2021 Delays at the state level have impacted urban Catholic schools in particular.
COVID-19 COVID and the flu: Is a ‘twindemic’ threat lurking again? By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | October 21, 2021 Experts hope continued masking will reduce this season’s dual threat of COVID and flu.
Arts & Entertainment Scream therapy? Haunted attractions return for Halloween By J.L. Odom | Bay City News Foundation | October 20, 2021 Live scares are back, including several immersive, thrill-filled theatrical extravaganzas.
COVID-19 Scientists search for cause of mysterious COVID-related inflammation in children By Liz Szabo | Kaiser Health News | October 20, 2021 Scientists treating kids for MIS-C point to rare genes, leaky guts and a “superantigen.”
City Tracking COVID in Piedmont | Oct. 19 By Exedra Staff | October 19, 2021 A few more cases reported since last Tuesday.
Arts & Entertainment Simple safety tips for trick-or-treating in COVID times By Meg Sorg Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, Purdue University | The Conversation | October 19, 2021 Basic protection measures from everyday life apply to trick-or-treating as well.
California Students, staff at mostly rural districts part of one-day vaccine protest By Diana Lambert | EdSource | October 18, 2021 Thousands of California school staff and students didn’t attend school Monday in protest of a state order requiring students to be vaccinated.
COVID-19 COVID lungs: Transplants are last resort for many California patients By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | October 17, 2021 In California, 10 percent of lung transplants were due to COVID, and doctors fear non-COVID transplant patients could wait longer.
California Could new COVID testing and vaccine mandates make school staffing shortages in California worse? By Diana Lambert | EdSource | October 15, 2021 Rural districts in particular could be impacted by the mandate.
covid COVID testing, turnaround times are still uneven this far into pandemic By Rae Ellen Bichell | Kaiser Health News | October 15, 2021 Proximity to labs, technician burnout, and spikes in demand contribute to slowdowns in results being returned.