Tag: covid-19
Mushroom Mardi Gras returns in 2022
After a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras will return to the city’s downtown for Memorial Day...
FDA gives full approval of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine
Federal regulators issued their full approval Jan. 31 of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, the second approval of a Covid vaccine outside of its emergency...
Covid surge takes toll on school attendance
Students, teachers and staff at local schools returned from winter break to an “all time high” number of weekly reported Covid-19 cases, according to...
More California children hospitalized in Omicron surge
Covid-19 hospitalizations among California's children—especially those too young to go to school—are the highest they have been since the pandemic began.
Chalk it up to...
Officials say Omicron surge could be cresting
Santa Clara County officials said Jan. 14 that the region's Omicron surge may be cresting and called on private health care providers to increase...
County gains $2.4M for grants to small businesses
Santa Clara County will receive about $2.4 million from the California Microbusiness Covid-19 Relief Grant Program (MBCRG) to aid very small businesses adversely affected...
Newsom proposes budget with Medi-Cal expansion
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed 2022-2023 state budget Monday, including a proposal to extend health care coverage to every low-income resident in the...
Boosters required for healthcare workers
Healthcare workers and others in “high-risk” settings must receive their Covid-19 vaccination booster by Jan. 24, the Santa Clara County health officer announced Dec....
State restores indoor mask mandate
California will restore an indoor mask mandate this week in the wake of a recent increase in Covid-19 cases, one of the state's top...
First case of Omicron variant reported in Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County has received its first report of a case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, county officials said Friday.
The case was reported...
