Education California mask mandate: Is it ending too soon for little children? By Elizabeth Aguilera | CalMatters | March 8, 2022 California will soon lift the mask mandate for children in schools and child care facilities, but experts say the move is premature.
COVID-19 Surprise – your kids may be nervous about ditching the mask By Elizabeth Englander and Katharine Covino-Poutasse | The Conversation | March 4, 2022 Nine research-based tips to help you and your children reduce stress and anxiety.
COVID-19 California legislators propose new slate of COVID-19 vaccine laws By Elizabeth Aguilera | CalMatters | March 2, 2022 A group of California legislators has crafted vaccine laws that would be the most aggressive state approach to vaccines in the nation.
Bay Area Old data? CDC apparently misjudged California’s COVID risks By Kristen Hwang and Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | March 2, 2022 Newer data indicates only 19 counties are in the CDC’s riskiest category, where universal masking is advised.
covid Pfizer COVID vaccine less effective among 5- to 11-year-olds By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | March 1, 2022 A New York study found the vaccine prevented serious illness but offered minimal protection against infection with the omicron variant.
Bay Area California will not require masks in schools after March 11 By Diana Lambert | EdSource | March 1, 2022 The state mask mandate for schools will end, but local jurisdictions are free to impose their own requirements.
Bay Area CDC: For much of California, masks can come off in schools By John Fensterwald | EdSource | February 25, 2022 Alameda County is in the "green," or lowest tier of COVID risk, according to the CDC's new rating system.
COVID-19 COVID-19 has turned deadlier for Black Californians By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | February 25, 2022 African Americans in the state have the state’s lowest vaccination rate.
COVID-19 COVID still threatens millions of Americans. Why are we so eager to move on? By Victoria Knight | Kaiser Health News | February 22, 2022 Some 3% of Americans meet the strict definition of having weakened immune systems, but many more are chronically ill or disabled.
COVID-19 Out of the COVID crisis, but California is still in a state of emergency By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | February 18, 2022 "There is not a moment where we declare victory,” Newsom said at the unveiling Thursday of future plans to deal with the pandemic.