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State health officials say they're increasing COVID-19 testing at California’s airports for arrivals from countries identified as areas where the newly identified variant is spreading. -
Since the beginning of the year around 260 animals including tigers, leopards, gorillas, baboons and hyenas have been vaccinated at the San Diego Zoo. -
Scientists at UC San Diego are looking for omicron and other COVID-19 variants in a unique way. -
The event took place with the San Diego Unified School District vaccination mandate likely kicking into effect later this month. -
KPBS Midday EditionA recent retrospective by Voice of San Diego reporters indicates that people with lower levels education were disproportionately affected by the virus in the first year of the pandemic. -
A person in California has become the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The news comes as scientists continue to study the risks posed by the new strain of the virus. -
San Diego County public health officials reported 567 new COVID-19 infections and five additional deaths. -
San Diego’s vaccination mandate for city employees is approaching. -
It sets the stage for an expected authorization of the first pill that Americans could take at home for the coronavirus. -
Stocks fell on Tuesday as investors weighed the potential economic fallout from the new coronavirus variant. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank could end its bond-buying early.
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