COVID-19

Health

Serious Cases Remain Rare, But Coronavirus Infections In Children Are On The Rise

Dustin Jones / NPR

Almost 72,000 children tested positive in just the last week of July. However, child hospitalizations and deaths related to the virus remain low.
Health

Mattel's Barbie Turns Women Of Science, Including COVID Vaccine Developer, Into Dolls

Xcaret Nuñez / NPR

Professor Sarah Gilbert, a leader on the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, is one of six women in health care who now have Barbies in their image. She hopes they will inspire girls to enter STEM careers.
Health

Family End of Summer Palooza Provides Free COVID-19 Vaccines

Melissa Mae

The Grossmont Healthcare District hosted its inaugural "Family End of Summer Palooza" and provided free COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 12 and over.
Health

COVID-19 Cases Surpass 300,000 As County Marks 2 Million Fully Vaccinated

City News Service

While San Diego County continues to see rising COVID- 19 cases, more than two million residents are now fully vaccinated, bringing the region closer to its vaccination goal.
Health

Some Sweetwater Union Parents Reconsider In-Person Learning Amid Positive COVID-19 Cases

Alexandra Rangel

Fifty-eight students have tested positive, according to the district's COVID dashboard.
Health

Local COVID-19 Testing Sites Are Seeing Longer Lines

Melissa Mae

As positive COVID-19 cases rise, COVID-19 testing sites are seeing longer lines.
KPBS Midday Edition

San Diego County Looks To Increase Testing Capacity With Rise Of Delta Variant

Jade Hindmon

Andrew Bracken

As demand for testing rises, local health officials and health providers take action.
KPBS Midday Edition

Tigers At San Diego Zoo Safari Park May Have Been Exposed To COVID-19

City News Service

A group of Sumatran tigers at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park is suspected to have been exposed to the virus that causes COVID- 19, prompting the closure of that park's Tiger Trail habitat, zoo officials said Tuesday.
Health

The Biden Administration Issues A New Eviction Moratorium After A Federal Ban Lapsed

Barbara Sprunt / NPR

After intense pressure from progressives, the CDC has announced a more limited eviction moratorium days after an earlier freeze on evictions expired.
Health

Pushback Challenges Vaccination Requirements At US Colleges

Tom Davies / Associated Press

The quickly approaching fall semester has America’s colleges under pressure to decide how far they should go to guard their campuses against the coronavirus while navigating legal and political questions and rising infection rates.