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While there have been no outbreaks on campuses, district officials said individual cases among staff have resulted in up to seven coworkers having to quarantine. -
San Diego's congressional representatives split on impeachment, a new COVID-19 vaccination center opens near Petco Park, and the vaccine arrives in short supply in Imperial County. -
Advocates say these surgeries should be delayed until children are old enough to develop a gender identity. The California Medical Association has opposed similar bills, arguing the government should not legislate the practice of medicine. -
County and federal authorities work to figure out why six people experienced allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine at the Petco Park super station. A San Diego health care worker shares her unpleasant experience. -
State officials said Tuesday that nearly 200,000 more people have signed up for insurance this year compared with the same time period last year. The deadline to purchase coverage is Jan. 31. -
California hospitals are facing increasingly difficult decisions about which services to postpone amid a crushing load of coronavirus patients. Intensive-care beds are full in Southern California and the Central Valley, and hospitals elsewhere are nearing capacity. -
California’s health care system is buckling under the strain of the nation’s largest coronavirus outbreak and authorities say it may fracture in weeks if people ignore holiday social distancing. -
Doctors and nurses caring for the sickest COVID-19 patients are doing what they can to get through the holidays. At one Alabama hospital, the intensive care unit is decorated with Christmas trees, snowman stickers and lights. Staff members at East Alabama Medical Center say Christmas just doesn't feel right this year, but decorations lighten the mental load a little. -
Californians are being warned if they don't change plans there could be a disastrous explosion of coronavirus cases. The state has recorded a half-million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks and could have 100,000 hospitalizations in the next month. -
California is desperately searching for nurses, doctors and other medical staff, perhaps from as far away as Australia, as the coronavirus surge pushes hospitals to the breaking point.
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