Category Archives: Health
FDA official hopeful younger kids can get shots this year
The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief said Friday the agency will rapidly evaluate COVID-19 vaccinations for younger children as soon as it gets the needed data — and won't cut corners.
Newsom campaign theme: Don’t let California become Texas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In the closing days of the recall effort that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, his campaign has found a familiar foil that's as big as Texas. In fact, it is Texas.
Immunocompromised should receive 3rd COVID-19 mRNA vaccine: immunization panel
OTTAWA — A national advisory panel recommends people who are immunocompromised receive a third vaccine dose against COVID-19. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization released the advice today saying people who are moderately to severely immuno...
Immunocompromised should receive 3rd COVID-19 mRNA vaccine: immunization panel
OTTAWA — A national advisory panel recommended Friday people who are immunocompromised should receive a third vaccine dose against COVID-19. It's the latest piece of advice to come from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), which say...
Quebec premier critical of anti-vaccine protesters targeting high schools
MONTREAL — Quebec's premier and education minister on Friday condemned anti-vaccine protests taking place outside Montreal high schools this week as the province reported its highest daily COVID-19 case count since May. "It's unacceptable to see the an...
Health-care workers face ‘moral injury’ from work stress, protests, says expert
Emergency room nurse Jaime Gallaher recalls the emotional toll of a verbal attack she recently faced from a woman at a grocery store after another gruelling workday. "I was still red-eyed from crying from the past two hours and she just
Key parts of Biden’s plan to confront delta variant surge
President Joe Biden has unveiled a new “action plan" plan to confront the COVID-19 surge that’s being driven by the spread of the delta variant. It mandates vaccines for federal workers and contractors and certain health care workers, requires
Justice Department sues Texas over state’s new abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."
Biden presses states to require vaccines for all teachers
WASHINGTON — Hoping to prevent another school year from being upended by the pandemic, President Joe Biden visited a Washington middle school Friday to push his new COVID plan, accusing some Republican governors of being “cavalier” with the health of
Los Angeles schools mandate vaccines for students 12 and up
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Students age 12 and older in the Los Angeles public school system soon must be vaccinated to attend classes on campus under one of the toughest anti-COVID mandates enacted in the nation.
