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County officials say problematic Moderna lot not administered
A specific lot of the Moderna vaccine for Covid-19 has caused a “higher-than-usual” number of allergic reactions but luckily, none of those vaccines have been administered to anyone in...Read More
Second San Mateo patient tests positive for coronavirus
Pending confirmation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, another person in San Mateo County has tested positive for the coronavirus.Read More
Solano County coronavirus case fuels national fears, prompts local emergency
Solano County officials declared a local emergency Thursday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a county resident tested positive for the novel coronavirus.Read More
Travis AFB processes quarantined ship passengers
A flight carrying U.S. citizens who had been passengers on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan arrived about 11:30 p.m. at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield,...Read More
San Mateo County supe calls for ban on all e-cigarettes
A San Mateo County supervisor is calling for e-cigarettes to be banned entirely in unincorporated areas of the county. David Canepa, who represents San Mateo District 5, made a...Read More
City awarded $8 million to improve HIV care
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded The City $8 million for a four-year project aimed at improving care for people living with HIV, Mayor London...Read More
State to require suicide prevention training
Mental health professionals will be required to undergo suicide prevention training under a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown.Read More
Santa Clara Co. unveils health data portal
The public health department for Santa Clara County has launched a new data portal that offers hundreds of numbers and visualizations regarding public safety in the South Bay.Read More
Safe injection sites are ‘one step away’
The California Legislature on Monday passed Assembly Bill 186, which would give the green light for safe injection sites in San Francisco under a three-year pilot. Amid a visible...Read More
Alameda Co. opioid deaths halved in 2017
Officials with the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency said recently-released data reveal that the number of opioid overdose deaths decreased by nearly 50 percent in 2017.Read More
Officials pinpoint bacteria that killed Thanksgiving diners
The cause of the Antioch Thanksgiving dinner illness that sickened 25 people, three of whom died, has been determined to be a bacteria called Clostridium perfringens.Read More
Two more are sickened by Thanksgiving meal
Two more people have reported being sickened after eating a Thanksgiving meal at Antioch's American Legion Hall, bringing the number of cases to 19 including three fatalities.Read More
Tainted veggies recalled after Costco outbreak
A Tracy farm is recalling packages of diced onion and celery after the blend was linked to an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened at least 19 people.Read More
Stanford anthrax ‘unlikely’ to pose risk
Stanford University officials assured the public that a vial potentially carrying live anthrax has not threatened the school.Read More