Private Practice Medicos in Sonoma County Begin Administering COVID Vaccine
The progress of administering vaccines has been slow. Now, private doctors in the North Bay are banding together to offer vaccinations to medical staff.
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The progress of administering vaccines has been slow. Now, private doctors in the North Bay are banding together to offer vaccinations to medical staff.
At the current pace, it would be mid-September 2023 before the county's nearly two-million residents would receive a vaccine. Public health officials.
UCSF Dept. of Medicine chairman Dr. Bob Wachter said California should consider a lottery system as a more equitable way to coordinate coronavirus vaccinations.
After priority groups get the limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines now allocated to California, Bay Area public health departments and medical centers are busy making plans for the general population. But it's a work in progress.
Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday said that while the COVID-19 vaccine was providing California residents with hope, the state was "working aggressively" to address distribution issues while determining who would be getting the vaccine next.
The Trump administration promised 20 million doses would be given by the end of 2020, but the CDC says just over 4 million people have gotten the shot.
Vaccinations against COVID-19 are underway at the California Veterans Home in Yountville, the state's Department of Veterans Affairs, also known as CalVet, announced Thursday.
One East Bay nursing home took a big step forward in the fight against the coronavirus Tuesday as residents and staff at a Walnut Creek facility received their first COVID vaccinations.
With days to go before New Year's celebrations, some health experts are adjusting their messaging, and offering tips for individuals who choose to gather outside their household during the final holiday of 2020.
Stanford Medicine doctors and nurses protested Friday over the distribution of coronavirus vaccinations to frontline workers. Protesters said vaccines have not been given to some doctors who are in close contact with coronavirus patients.
San Francisco-based Uber announced on Friday that it will offer 10 million free or discounted rides to people who need to get to a COVID-19 vaccination site to get their shots.
The FDA on Friday authorized Moderna's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, offering a new source of hope in the nation's fight against the pandemic.
Few dispute that frontline health care workers should get the coronavirus vaccine first but now millions of essential workers want to know when it will be their turn.
California's next vaccine shipment will be about 40% less than state health officials initially thought it would be, according to reports.
More than 9000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been sent to Contra Costa Regional Medical Center. It's a small number but the hope is with each dose, the Bay Area can finally contain the coronavirus.
Santa Clara County's Public Health Department has begun scheduling appointments with staffers at skilled nursing facilities, and will administer the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccines this week.
With front line health care workers across the state beginning to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he hopes to have 2.1 million doses distributed in California by the end December.
A critical care doctor and an intensive care nurse received San Francisco's first COVID-19 vaccination shots Tuesday as the initial allotment from Pfizer was being distributed and administered to front line health care workers at Bay Area hospitals..
The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived at hospitals across the Bay Area on Monday.
A batch of 2,000 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Monday morning as new cases of the virus continue to soar in the city, filling up beds in hospitals and intensive care units.
In just hours, the first doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine will be shipped from its manufacturing plant to hundreds of locations across the country including the San Francisco Bay Area.
The first Pfizer coronavirus vaccine shipments are expected to arrive in the Bay Area as soon as Monday and with them comes tremendous complexity in terms of logistics and security.
Friday night, the FDA approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine and the first doses could be delivered to predesignated sites across the Bay Area as soon as overnight Sunday.
The FDA approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use authorization Friday evening and a federal vaccination program will help those living in long-term care facilities.
As California reported a record of nearly 35,500 positive coronavirus cases on Friday, there's a glimmer of hope: The state is awaiting the first batch of coronavirus vaccine.
