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Thousands of Kaiser patients may have received less than full dose of Covid vaccine
Nearly 4,000 Kaiser patients may have received slightly less than the recommended dose of their Covid-19 vaccination last fall at Kaiser Permanente's Walnut Creek Medical Center.Read More
Kaiser mental health workers strike Monday, demand culturally-sensitive care
Nearly 200 Kaiser mental health clinicians are striking Monday in Oakland to demand better care for communities of color.Read More
Nurses, health care workers demand safer workplaces as omicron rages
Nurses and other health care workers held protests across the Bay Area on Thursday to call for increased workplace protections amid the region's deluge of Covid-19 cases.Read More
About 2,200 Kaiser employees on unpaid leave due to vaccination status
Oakland-based health care provider Kaiser Permanente had just over 2,200 employees on unpaid administrative leave as of Monday because they were not vaccinated from COVID-19, Kaiser officials said. The...Read More
Kaiser, Oakland Tech co-host vaccine clinic ahead of school year
Kaiser and Oakland Tech are co-hosting a vaccination clinic Friday in advance of the upcoming school year.Read More
U.S. Justice Department joins lawsuits alleging Kaiser Medicare fraud
Lawsuits allege Kaiser Permanente defrauded the government in a years-long Medicare billing scheme.Read More
Kaiser begins Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine trials in children ages 5 to 11
Kaiser Permanente officials announced Tuesday that they are expanding Covid-19 vaccine trials to include children ages 5 to 11 in Oakland, Santa Clara and Sacramento. The three trial sites...Read More
Cal/OSHA fines San Quentin State Prison for violations in Covid-19 outbreak
Cal/OSHA fined San Quentin State Prison nearly $421,880 for its coronavirus outbreak, the largest fine the state’s workplace safety agency has levied for pandemic-related violations. San Quentin was slapped...Read More
San Francisco to open second mass vaccination site at Moscone Center
The Moscone Center will open Friday as San Francisco’s second mass Covid-19 vaccination site, Mayor London Breed announced Thursday. The operation will be led by Kaiser Permanente with help...Read More
SF sets goal to vaccinate 900,000 people by end of June
Public health officials said Wednesday at a Board of Supervisors committee hearing that they have set a goal to vaccinate the more than 900,000 people who live and work...Read More
Despite limited dose supply, SF plans three large-scale vaccination sites
San Francisco plans to open three large-scale Covid-19 vaccination sites, officials announced Friday. Mayor London Breed said the sites will be located at the City College of San Francisco’s...Read More
Covid-19 update: State to allow elective surgeries, widespread face covering orders take effect, activists use tech in Earth Day...
Stay-at-home orders did not stop activists and the rest of the world from celebrating the 50th year of Earth Day. The Earth Day network organized a 24-hour online day...Read More
Kaiser aims to build $14 million Covid-19 testing lab by June
Kaiser Permanente is rushing to build a 7,700-square-foot state-of-the-art lab by June 1 that will be able to conduct 10,000 new coronavirus tests a day and help the state...Read More
Carjacking suspect stabs victim, off-duty officer before being fatally shot
A would-be carjacker already suffering from a gunshot wound and unsuccessful attempts to subdue him with Tasers, was fatally shot early Sunday after fleeing in a patrol car, South...Read More
San Leandro welcomes first Bay Area 2020 baby
The first baby born in the Bay Area in 2020 appears to be a boy born at 12:05 a.m. at a hospital in San Leandro. The boy was born...Read More
Kaiser mental health workers picket for better patient resources
Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals protested and picketed on Tuesday in Oakland and Los Angeles to demand the health care giant provide adequate resources to its mental health division,...Read More
Kaiser calls strike vote ‘bullying tactic’
As Kaiser Permanente workers in Oakland begin voting Monday on whether to authorize an October labor strike, Kaiser called the authorization vote a bullying tactic ahead of the bargaining...Read More
Kaiser strike vote begins Monday amid charge execs ‘thriving’ at worker, patient expense
Kaiser Permanente workers will begin voting Monday on whether to authorize a massive strike that would affect Kaiser facilities nationwide, according to the Service Employees International Union, one of...Read More
Kaiser unveils plan to construct Oakland’s ‘biggest office building’
Kaiser Permamente on Monday morning unveiled plans for a new national headquarters to be constructed in downtown Oakland in the coming years. The 1.7 million-square-foot office tower, which is...Read More