California Delta cutting ‘like a buzzsaw’ through Oregon-California border counties By Erik Neumann | Jefferson Public Radio | August 31, 2021 Clinicians say most ICU patients are unvaccinated, and more are dying than in earlier waves of the pandemic.
Bay Area Nearly all Bay Area counties outpace state’s COVID-19 vaccination rates By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation and Exedra Staff | August 31, 2021 Nearly 90 percent of eligible Alameda County residents have received at least one dose of vaccine.
California Union and health care provider join to offer training to fill worker gaps in California health care By Ashley A. Smith | EdSource | August 31, 2021 A new approach to educating allied health care workers is helping to redefine higher education to quickly move and meet demand.
COVID-19 Reminder: PUSD hosts free COVID vaccine clinic on Sept. 1 By Piedmont Unified School District | August 30, 2021 Newly FDA-approved Pfizer vaccine available to all Piedmont community members, city staff, PUSD teachers, staff, and students (ages 12+).
Arts & Entertainment Acclaimed play on solitary confinement remade for pandemic By Charles Lewis III | Bay City News Foundation | August 30, 2021 Journalist Sarah Shourd's play draws on her experience of imprisonment in Iran's infamous Evin Prison after she was falsely accused of espionage.
Bay Area West Contra Costa Unified considering vaccine mandate By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | August 27, 2021 The school district serves around 30,000 students.
Around Town Claims of vaccine side effects in VAERS can offer insight into vaccine hesitancy By Matt Motta and Dominik Stecuła | The Conversation | August 27, 2021 Two political scientists discuss how COVID vaccine misinformation offers new insights into the origins of vaccine hesitancy in the U.S.
city Tracking COVID in Piedmont | August 27 By Exedra Staff | August 27, 2021 Slight uptick in cases as the third week of school concludes.
California Vaccination rates founder among all states’ poorest residents By Phil Galewitz | Kaiser Health News | August 27, 2021 In Alameda County, about 59% of eligible Medi-Cal recipients had received at least one dose of vaccine by early August versus about 83% of all eligible county residents.
California Quarantines and teacher shortages: a double whammy for California districts By John Fensterwald and Betty Márquez Rosales | EdSource | August 27, 2021 Superintendents argue that a new independent study law doesn't suit shorter-term quarantine learning.