Vaccines

Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento bail on their plans to enact strict COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced Saturday.

COVID-19 cases are spiking to the highest level in several months, and those numbers are almost certainly an undercount.

The Oregon Department of Education issued a new advisory to school leaders to ensure schools stay in-person for the rest of the year.

Gaps in COVID vaccination rates among the state’s Medi-Cal population persist. Five Medi-Cal plans still have vaccination rates under 50%.

While those at high risk or who just don’t want to get sick should consider taking additional measures to stay well right now, such as masking, public health officials want people to keep “doing the things that are important to them”

They can’t afford to take off their masks: Immunocompromised students and campus staff are highly susceptible to COVID-19, and with mask mandates dropping, some believe their schools don’t value their safety.

California lawmakers pass a bill to allow youths 12 and older to get vaccines without parental consent, despite lots of controversy.

The Shasta County board of supervisors fired their local county health officer on Tuesday. The 3-2 vote came from a new board majority sympathetic to far-right protesters who were critical of Dr. Karen Ramstrom’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With masks off, more people are starting to get COVID-19 again, but public health officials don’t expect a surge of deadly cases

So many people caught the omicron variant over the winter that almost 60% of everyone in the U.S. — including most children — now have antibodies to the virus in their blood, the CDC said Tuesday.

The state health agency held its first COVID briefing since early March, in the wake of a federal court ruling rescinding mask requirements on planes, trains and buses.