For Nurses, California's Coronavirus Outbreak Has A Personal Toll
A surge following Halloween and Thanksgiving produced record hospitalizations in California, and now the most seriously ill of those patients are dying in unprecedented numbers.
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A surge following Halloween and Thanksgiving produced record hospitalizations in California, and now the most seriously ill of those patients are dying in unprecedented numbers.
Emotions were running high for stylists like Chelsey Kiefer as hair salons remain on the cutting room floor not being able to reopen under the stay-at-home order.
Intensive care unit capacity numbers continued looking grim Thursday with several regions reporting below the threshold to reopen, but this comes as Sacramento County leaders plan a three-day policy conference to discuss reopening sooner.
Moderna's CEO said the company's new COVID-19 vaccine may prevent infection for years.
California on Thursday reported a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads.
Millions of low-income Californians would get a $600 payment from the state under a budget proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Some 86% of people with mild cases of Covid-19 lose their sense of smell and taste but recover it within six months, according to a new study of over 2,500 patients from 18 European hospitals.
For the first time, we are hearing from the man who lives in the Granite Bay mansion that hosted hundreds in a New Year's Eve bash, feared to be a super-spreader party.
Dave Massey owns two funeral homes in San Joaquin County, and for the first time, they don't have room for the bodies.
A new public health order requires hospitals in counties where ICU capacity is dwindling to delay non-essential surgeries.
In a tweet this weekend, the Employment Development Department announced it was suspending an unspecified number of accounts in an effort to weed out fraud.
Some of the most vulnerable Californians are getting their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Stanislaus County has reported its first death of a child from coronavirus, officials confirmed Tuesday.
Hospitals in California continue to be overwhelmed. In San Joaquin County, ICUs are overflowing double their typical size, and some fear the worst is ahead.
Approximately 100 people were in attendance at a New Year's Eve party in Granite Bay despite an ongoing regional stay-at-home order, a spokesperson for the Placer County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Sunday.
Distribution hiccups and logistical challenges have slowed the initial coronavirus vaccine rollout in California, setting a pace that's "not good enough," Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
A state senator from Riverside County has introduced two measures aimed at prohibiting fines against small businesses for not complying with coronavirus regulations.
California officials have granted dentists an emergency waiver to administer COVID-19 vaccines, as the state faces distribution issues of the shots while cases continue to surge.
The holidays may be over, but the effects of them may be felt for weeks to come. COVID-19 cases continue to surge and ICU beds dwindle in the greater Sacramento region.
California reported Sunday that 45,352 people newly tested positive for Covid-19, continuing a surge that has pushed hospitals and their exhausted staff to the brink.
Starting Friday, millions of Americans may be forced to choose between staying home without pay after being exposed to COVID or risk exposing their coworkers.
Ambulances waited hours for openings to offload coronavirus patients. Overflow patients were moved to hospital hallways and gift shops, even a cafeteria. Refrigerated trucks were on standby, ready to store the dead.
California hospitals ended the year on "the brink of catastrophe," a health official said as the pandemic pushed deaths and sickness to staggering levels and some medical centers scrambled to provide oxygen for the critically ill.
Sacramento County's health order, which was set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, will remain in effect, the county says.
