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Over half of California public school students remain in distance learning
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An EdSource analysis found far fewer low-income students have returned for in-person instruction and large variations by region, with students in wealthier schools 3 times likelier to be back in school full time.COVID-19
Covid testing has turned into a financial windfall for hospitals and other providers
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Insurers and other payers “have no bargaining power in this game” because there is no price cap in some situations, said Ge Bai, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who has studied test economics.Bay Area
Coliseum mass vaccination site to close doors as demand for vaccine falls
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Requests for first doses dropped from 4,000 per day to around 400 per day in the last two weeks of April.California
California’s population shrank in 2020, but don’t call it an exodus
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The number of Californians declined in 2020 for the first year since at least 1900. But state officials blame the pandemic and insist it’s not an exodus.children
Pediatricians can bypass MyTurn as they vaccinate children
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California health officials say pediatricians can obtain doses without going through the state’s problematic registration site. Children ages 12 to 15 may become eligible for COVID-19 vaccines next week.COVID-19
International students heading to California colleges navigate vaccine, visa hurdles
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More California colleges are planning to require students to get COVID-19 vaccinations. For international students, that often means only vaccines approved by the World Health Organization will be accepted, even though not all students have access to those.California
Many colleges require vaccines immediately, but CSU and UC stick with plan to wait on FDA
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CSU and UC will wait for full FDA approval before requiring Covid-19 vaccinations, but it's unclear if that will happen by the fall terms.Arts & Entertainment
Theater troupes are still hedging bets about in-person performances
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Summer and fall shows are likely to be a combination of virtual and in-person performances as theaters await clearer guidelines from health officials.California
