California
State leaders say the pandemic has been brutal on students…
State and local governments can ban the sales of flavored tobacco products to protect young people from becoming addicted, a federal appeals court has ruled, rejecting tobacco companies’ arguments in a case from Los Angeles County…
The Student Borrower Protection Center, an advocacy organization focused on student debt, released a report Thursday, 3/17, that examines the levels of institutional debt accrued by California students during the pandemic…
The winter Omicron surge hit Southern California harder than any other part of the state…
An entry-level firefighter last year made as little as $13.45 an hour, less than California’s minimum wage, while the most veteran fire supervisory positions topped out around $50,000 to $60,000 annually…
Coronavirus
Over the next few weeks, the U.S. should expect an increase in cases from the BA.2 variant, Dr. Anthony Fauci announced…
Roughly 17 million Americans received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, only to be told later that it was the least protective of the options available in the United States…
Moderna asked the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, 3/17, to authorize a fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all adults…
COVID-19 vaccination rates among U.S. children between ages 5–11 remained low through the beginning of 2022, according to a new report from the CDC…
A study that included 61 school districts, more than 3,000 schools, and more than 1.1 million students and adults from across nine states found that districts that optionally masked throughout the study period had 3.6 times the rate of secondary transmission as universally masked districts….
The CDC weekly report found that hospitalizations during the Omicron wave for children less than age 5 were five times higher than with Delta or any other time in the U.S. pandemic…
A new study found that a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine reduces the risk of COVID-19 infection in children…
Pfizer announced last week that it has started a clinical trial testing its COVID-19 antiviral pill in children as young as six…