Weekly CA-COVID Update 7/26/22

California

The recent rise in cases have been met with little reaction from the public…

One year after Congress passed record funding in COVID-19 relief, a new analysis reveals that California school districts so far have spent little of it on efforts to address learning setbacks caused by the pandemic…

Researchers found that between 2019 and 2021, the life expectancy for Latino Californians fell by almost six years — from 82.5 years to 76.8…

The projected 2023 rates released last week follow an usually low streak: a 1.8 percent increase for this year, a record-low 0.5 percent bump in 2021 and a 0.8 percent rise the previous year…

Coronavirus

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that a newly authorized vaccine from Novavax be used as an option for adults seeking a primary immunization against COVID-19…

COVID-19 is surging around the U.S. again in what experts consider the most transmissible variant of the pandemic yet…

The Biden administration is creating a new division within the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate the nation’s response to pandemic threats and other health emergencies, a recognition that the department is structurally ill equipped to handle disasters like the COVID-19 pandemic…