COVID-19

Science & Technology

Study aims to help people with long COVID to 'pace themselves'

Thomas Fudge

Scripps Research Institute is mounting a study, aimed at learning how people who have it can reduce symptoms by rationing their energy.
Local

COVID-19 loans given to local nonprofits repaid with minimal losses

City News Service

The San Diego Foundation and Mission Driven Finance Thursday announced that of $5.2 million lent to nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been repaid with less than one-tenth of 1% in losses.
Living

California may have to pay $300M for COVID-19 homeless hotel program after FEMA caps reimbursement

Janie Har

California cities and counties still don’t know how much they’ll have to pay for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic program.
Health

UCSD study finds masking, proper ventilation helped prevent COVID-19 cases

City News Service

Infection preventative measures, including high ventilation standards and universal masking, prevented many SARS-CoV-2 transmissions during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a UC San Diego-led study published Tuesday revealed.
Health

Wastewater surveillance shows big spike in COVID infections

Melissa Mae

The numbers are the highest they’ve been in two years.
Health

County urges vaccinations, testing for healthy holidays

City News Service

Officials say vaccinations remain the best protection against COVID-19 and the flu and are widely available at local pharmacies or through medical providers.
Health

A new normal? 6 stories about the evolving U.S. COVID response in 2023

Pien Huang

This was the year a lot people finally exhaled. The pandemic was declared no longer an emergency. But viral threats are still with us and there are lessons we still haven't learned.
Economy

Tens of thousands still waiting as California COVID rent relief program runs low on cash

Ben Christopher

California lawmakers created Housing Is Key with billions of dollars in federal relief money, initially guaranteeing everyone who applied in time and was approved would get paid.
Health

California’s ‘tripledemic’ season is off to a mild start. What to know about flu, RSV and COVID

Shreya Agrawal / CalMatters

New vaccines for RSV and an updated booster for COVID-19 give Californians more tools to protect themselves from respiratory viruses this fall.
Health

High trace amounts of COVID found in Point Loma wastewater

City News Service

Health officials reported Sunday that the Point Loma neighborhood in San Diego has reached the highest concentration of COVID-19 viral load in wastewater since August 2022.