COVID-19 Signs of an ‘October Vaccine Surprise’ alarm career scientists By Liz Szabo and JoNel Aleccia | Kaiser Health News | September 22, 2020 If the executive branch were to overrule the FDA’s scientific judgment, a vaccine of limited efficacy and, worse, unknown side effects could be rushed to market.
California COVID testing of teachers, staff hotly debated as California schools reopen By Barbara Feder Ostrov, CalMatters | Local News Matters | September 22, 2020 Spats over school COVID-19 testing have frayed tempers in already-stressed communities.
COVID-19 Robots, veterans, apprenticeships: What’s next for California’s job market By Lauren Hepler | CALmatters | September 18, 2020 As unemployment drops, business leaders and educators pinpoint what's gone wrong for workers and where to look for opportunity.
COVID-19 A pandemic upshot: Seniors are having second thoughts about where to live By Judith Graham | Kaiser Health News | September 18, 2020 Some older adults who planned to move to senior housing are now choosing to live independently rather than communally.
COVID-19 Approval of a coronavirus vaccine would be just the beginning – huge production challenges could cause long delays By Bruce Y. Lee, professor of health policy and management, City University of New York | Local News Matters | September 17, 2020 Billions of people are going to need a coronavirus vaccine and that demand is going to be hard to meet.
COVID-19 Students’ mass migration back to college gets a failing grade By Victoria Knight | Kaiser Health News | September 17, 2020 Epidemiologists and disease modelers tried to predict what would happen when students moved back to campus.
Arts & Entertainment Movie theaters reopening in the Bay Area By Jeremy Hay | Bay City News | September 16, 2020 Movie buffs can graduate from the couch to the big screen in certain counties which have moved into a less restrictive tier for reopening.
education Coronavirus precautions at UC system likely until fall 2021 By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CALmatters | September 16, 2020 Zoom classes will need to stick around for at least another year at the U of C, according to the system’s top health official.
COVID-19 Coronavirus positivity rate hits record low By Emily Hoeven | CALmatters | September 16, 2020 Good news at last from California's coronavirus testing: The percentage of people tested who have the virus has dropped significantly.
California Lack of antigen test reporting leaves country ‘blind to the pandemic’ By Rachana Pradhan and Lauren Weber and Hannah Recht | Kaiser Health News | September 16, 2020 A KHN review found more than 20 states either don't count or have incomplete data on the use of COVID-19 antigen tests.