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An employee of the Imperial County Public Health Department receives her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 18, 2020.

San Diego County reports 756 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

A total of 38,100 new tests were logged by the county Friday, and the percentage of positive cases over the past 14 days was 3.5%.

After the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., news organizations started to keep their own tallies of deaths, which turned out to be higher than the government's numbers.

More than 17,000 deaths caused by police have been misclassified since 1980

Public health data experts have a new way to calculate the underreporting of people killed by police. Criminologists call the results "interesting" but are reserving judgment on the accuracy.

Glenda Lima, a surgical tech at Houston Women's Reproductive Services, performs an ultrasound on a patient on Sept. 30. The patient drove to the clinic from Louisiana, and the ultrasound was to determine whether the woman was less than six weeks pregnant and eligible to have an abortion in Texas, which has enacted the strictest anti-abortion law in the United States.

Doctors say the Texas abortion ban is complicating other types of medical decisions

The law bans nearly all abortions, and doctors providing pregnancy care are hoping for more clarity soon, as legal challenges continue.

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Cal Fire in Julian, Calif. Feb. 3, 2021.

San Diego County reports 572 new COVID-19 cases, 12 deaths

In the past 30 days, there were 378 COVID-19 hospitalizations in the county. Of these, 370 people were not fully vaccinated and eight were fully vaccinated, officials said.

At the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, staff members Tyrone Clifford (left) and Rick Andrews (right) demonstrate how a contingency management visit typically begins, with a participant picking up a specimen cup for a urine sample. If the sample tests negative for meth or cocaine use, the participant has an incentive dollar amount added to their "bank" which can later be traded for a gift card.

To Combat Meth, California Will Try A Bold Treatment: Pay Drug Users To Stop Using

Fatal drug overdoses, including from meth, have soared. California is preparing to roll out a controversial but proven treatment that involves paying stimulant users small sums of money not to use.

Women hug while waiting for some information about their relatives who are inmates at Litoral Penitentiary, after a prison riot, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Wednesday. The authorities report at least 100 dead and 52 injured in the riot which began Tuesday at the prison.

A Riot In A Massive Prison In Ecuador Has Left More Than 100 Inmates Dead

Ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency in the prison system, blaming the violence on rival gangs. The prison near Guayaquil holds nearly 10,000 inmates.

A free San Diego County COVID-19 testing site at the Tubman-Chavez Community Center. Oct. 6, 2020.

San Diego County Reports 515 New COVID-19 Cases, 12 Deaths

San Diego County public health officials reported 515 new COVID-19 cases and 12 additional deaths Wednesday. Fully vaccinated county residents now number more than 2.21 million, or around 78.8% of the county's eligible population.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Family Leadership Summit on July 16 in Des Moines, Iowa. Questions are floating around whether Noem had anything to do with the forced retirement of a state official after her daughter was denied a real estate appraiser's license.

Questions Arise About Gov. Noem And The Early Retirement Of A South Dakota Official

After South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem's daughter was denied a real estate appraiser's license in the state, an official overseeing that program says she was forced into early retirement.

A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Cal Fire in Julian, Calif. Feb. 3, 2021.

San Diego County Reports 611 New COVID-19 Cases, No New Deaths

San Diego County public health officials Tuesday reported 611 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. Tuesday's data brought the county's cumulative totals to 355,346 cases, while fatalities remained 4,054.

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination super station at Grossmont Center in La Mesa, Calif. Feb. 2, 2021.

San Diego County Officials Urge COVID Booster Shots For Those Eligible

San Diego County officials Monday encouraged thousands of eligible residents to get COVID-19 vaccine boosters and reminded those who have not yet received the shot that it is the best way to avoid severe symptoms from the virus.

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