Numbers show apathy towards booster shot across Bay Area
Despite widespread availability of the bivalent Omicron booster shot, there is a sense of booster apathy among people across the Bay Area and the country.
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Despite widespread availability of the bivalent Omicron booster shot, there is a sense of booster apathy among people across the Bay Area and the country.
The White House COVID response team says the US has reached a major milestone in the pandemic with the rollout of vaccines that match the virus that's spreading. Dan Lieberman explains.
A new COVID-19 booster that is effective against the Omicron variant will be available in a matter of days. Sara Donchey tells us who should get it first.
After almost three months of rampant spread, the number of monkeypox infections in San Francisco is steadily declining. Though hopeful, state and local leaders are still cautiously calling on the federal government to issue more vaccines in an equitable way, both in San Francisco and across California.
The California Department of Public Health is reminding parents to make sure their kids are up to date with their routine vaccinations. Max Darrow reports. (8-12-22)
As a new school year is set to begin soon, the California Department of Public Health (CA DPH) is reminding families to make sure their kids are up to date with their routine vaccinations.
People who are at high risk for monkeypox can now get vaccinated for the virus via intradermal injection after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the technique.
Health officials in Santa Clara County announced Tuesday that they are now offering the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, which was recently approved by federal regulators.
KPIX spoke with a San Francisco man battling monkeypox who is calling for better leadership from city officials when it comes to getting access to the vaccine. Andria Borba reports. (7-29-22)
San Francisco officials on Thursday announced they are declaring a public health emergency over monkeypox that will go into effect on August 1.
Local public health agencies are unsure of the supply of the monkeypox vaccine coming this week from the federal government forcing the closure of Zuckerberg San Francisco General's vaccine clinic.
With San Francisco's ongoing monkeypox outbreak, on Friday officials announced the city lacks sufficient vaccine supply for the number of people who need it.
California public health officials called on the federal government this week to supply more than 500,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus.
The number of monkeypox cases is increasing in the Bay Area and nationwide prompting a call for action from members of the gay community.
San Francisco public health officials said Wednesday they are running out of monkeypox vaccines and are urgently requesting additional ones from the federal government.
Starting Wednesday, Labcorp will begin testing for monkeypox using CDC's orthopoxvirus test, which detects all non-smallpox related orthopoxviruses including monkeypox.
Santa Clara County health officials said Friday that they are ready to open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to the county's youngest children once they are federally authorized as expected next week.
California lawmakers on Thursday amended a bill that would have let preteens be vaccinated against a range of health conditions without their parents' consent, instead raising the proposed minimum age to 15, which would still be among the youngest in the U.S.
The Food & Drug Administration is poised to approve a COVID vaccine for children as young as 6 months. Sara Donchey tells us what parents need to know.
San Mateo County health providers are ready to provide vaccinations for children six months through 4 years old, pending approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
A government advisory panel has endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.
KPIX 5's Anne Makovec sits down with Dr. Malathi Srinivasan from Stanford Health Care. They discuss the newest COVID vaccine and how effective our booster shots are.
The agency also upped its recommendation for second boosters in adults 50 and older, as well as the immunocompromised.
A bill that would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents' consent, including against the coronavirus, passed in the California Senate Thursday.
The Chief Public Health Officer in Santa Clara County is once again warning about skyrocketing COVID-19 infections which have tripled in the past month.
