L.A. County may be at the start of a winter COVID-19 surge, health official says
December 10, 2021 | Los Angeles County is possibly at the start of a winter COVID-19 surge, its public health director said Thursday.
An Update on Vaccine Roll-Out for 5-11 Year-olds in the U.S.
December 8, 2021 | On November 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children, ages 5-11, in the United States, making the U.S. one of the first countries to do so. We previously discussed many of the issues to consider in rolling out pediatric COVID-19 vaccines to the 28 million 5-11 year-olds living in the U.S., including that a new formulation of the vaccine needed to be shipped for this purpose, different vaccine providers would need to be engaged, and parents and caregivers would play the determinate role in the effort, all factors suggesting that rollout might face unique issues. Now, a little more than one month since vaccines were first recommended for kids, we examine progress to date nationally and by state.
COVID-19 vaccinations continue to climb in San Bernardino County
December 6, 2021 | San Bernardino County residents continue to have the lowest coronavirus vaccination rate in Southern California, but vaccinations were back up the first week of December.
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine effective 5 months after 2nd dose
November 29, 2021 | Kaiser Permanente research in Southern California published Nov. 25, 2021, in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas confirmed high Moderna COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness up to 5 months after the second dose. Effectiveness was 87% against COVID-19 infection, 96% against COVID-19 hospitalization, and 98% against COVID-19 death.
Orange County sees drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations
November 22, 2021 | Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations remained under 200 as three more fatalities — all of which occurred this month — were logged, according to data released Monday by the Orange County Health Care Agency.
Minors from Mexico brought to California for COVID-19 vaccines
November 18, 2021 | On a cloudy Southern California morning, and with a nip in the air, several dozen teens and young children calmly walked off buses, shuttles and vans and turned toward the Mexican Consulate in downtown San Diego. They all came from Tijuana with one goal in mind: to get their COVID-19 vaccinations.
