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USAID Shutdown Puts the Health of Americans at Risk

Sunita Sohrabji - Feb 19, 2025

The abrupt shutdown of USAID-funded projects has severe consequences for disease research and vaccine development, say global health experts.

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California Health Officials Call for Older Adults to Stay Vaccinated, Rejoin Their Communities

Natalie Hanson - Apr 20, 2022

The re-opening of adult day centers in California combined with the availability of vaccines is allowing older adults to come out of isolation.

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Combating myths about the Covid-19 Vaccine among Oaxacan Indigenous Communities

Ethnic Media Services - Apr 5, 2022

California is one of the most diverse states that welcomes immigrants from many ethnic groups, especially indigenous Mexicans.

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Covid 19 Vaccine Myths in the Central Valley

Ethnic Media Services - Apr 3, 2022

In the San Joaquin Valley, where Latinos are the majority, vaccination rates remain low in part because of myths about the dangers of the vaccine.

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From Chips to Infertility, Myths about COVID-19 Vaccine Still Circulate in Redwood City’s...

Ethnic Media Services - Apr 3, 2022

Misinformation and fear in Redwood City's Latino community continue to surround the COVID-19 vaccine.

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BA.2 Covid Variant Now Accounts for More Than One Third of New Infections,...

Sunita Sohrabji - Mar 27, 2022

The CDC is watching closely the rise of infections from the new variant, which now account for 35 percent of new Covid infections in the U.S.

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Covid Vaccines are Safe and Effective for 5-11 Year Olds

Sunita Sohrabji - Mar 24, 2022

That message was delivered during a March 15 briefing for the South Asian community organized by the non-profit South Asian Network.

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Can K-6 Grade Children Safely Return to School Without Masks?

Sunita Sohrabji - Mar 21, 2022

Less than one-third of 5 to 11-year-olds in California are fully vaccinated and are now returning to elementary schools which have no masking requirements.

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Covid-19 Hospitalization and Death Rates for Children Spike Alarmingly Amid Omicron

Ethnic Media Services - Feb 17, 2022

The CDC has released new findings showing children were hospitalized at a rate four times higher from Omicron than with the Delta variant.

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From Pandemic to Endemic: Will We Ever Be There?

Ethnic Media Services - Jan 24, 2022

As Covid-19 hospitalization rates surge in the U.S., public health experts are advising a shift from thinking of the crisis as a pandemic to an endemic.