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Second Covid booster cleared for older Americans, immunocompromised
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a second Covid-19 booster vaccine dose Tuesday for some immunocompromised people as well as all adults over the age of 50. A...Read More
Moderna Covid vaccine earns full FDA approval, launches under ‘Spikevax’ brand name
Federal regulators issued their full approval Monday of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, which formally launched under the 'Spikevax' brand name.Read More
Quick guide to current Covid-19 vaccine, booster authorizations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday issued an emergency use authorization of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11, though there are still some hurdles to...Read More
Vaccine officer says Santa Clara County could start administering pediatric Pfizer doses next week
Children ages 5 to 11 may be able to get vaccinated as soon as next week in Santa Clara County, pending final emergency use authorization by the Food and...Read More
Legal experts refute Nuremberg Code argument around vaccine mandates
Dan Vanderzwaag, a resident of Ottawa County, Michigan, had a question for the county’s Board of Commissioners during its meeting Tuesday. In a clip that later went viral, he’s...Read More
County starts administering third vaccine doses to most vulnerable
Transplant recipients, cancer patients and people with immunodeficiencies can receive a third dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine in Santa Clara County as of Saturday. The decision follows...Read More
Bay Area health officers echo federal guidance on Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Health officers for eight greater Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley issued a joint statement Sunday in agreement with federal guidance on use of the Johnson &...Read More
At least five Bay Area counties pause J&J vaccine in response to rare blood clot cases
At least five Bay Area counties paused administrations Tuesday of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after a handful of people across the country developed blood clots less than...Read More
Bay Area ICU availability triggers regional stay-at-home order in the local nine counties
The Bay Area Region Wednesday dropped below 15 percent in intensive care unit bed availability, triggering the state-directed stay-at-home order effective Thursday at midnight. Several counties had voluntarily implemented...Read More
Covid-19 update: FDA under fire, state scraps watchlist system, case rate plagues Sonoma County
In this Covid-19 update, we get into the wild week at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since the agency plays such an crucial role in treatment options, try...Read More
Covid-19 update: ‘Reopen’ protests under scrutiny, activists bring ‘body bags’ to SF, national deaths surpass 40,000
Testing and reopening strategies have emerged as prominent themes this past week both here at home in the Bay Area and across the country. But in the midst of...Read More
Berkeley pop-up diagnostic lab to help process Covid-19 tests this week
The University of California at Berkeley said Monday that its Innovative Genomics Institute is creating a pop-up novel coronavirus diagnostic lab with the capacity to process more than 1,000...Read More
JUUL suspends non-nicotine, flavored pod sales in U.S.
San Francisco-based e-cigarette maker JUUL Labs announced Thursday that it is suspending the sale of non-tobacco, non-menthol-based flavored products in the U.S., pending a review by the Food and...Read More
SF threatens legal action against FDA over e-cigarette health review
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Tuesday announced several measures being taken to rid the city of what he says is an “epidemic” of the use of electronic...Read More
Feds shut down SF tofu company
The owners of a San Francisco tofu company agreed to cease operations until regulators determine the company is selling clean and sanitary food.Read More
Wiener seeks end to ban on gay blood donors
Scott Wiener is asking the federal government to end its ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.Read More
Warning sounded again over tuna for kids
Researchers say tuna should be a very limited part of children's diets, with light tuna being safer than albacore.Read More