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Pasadena Public Heath Department gives Pasadena firefighters the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Fire Station 36 in Pasadena on December 28, 2020. Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG

Severe reactions put batch of vaccines on hold as new virus strain raises concerns

by Emily Hoeven January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are removed from cold storage to be thawed for use on Dec. 15, 2020 at UC Davis Health. Photo courtesy of UC Davis Health

Why has CA only used 35% of its vaccine doses?

by Emily Hoeven January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

Phlebotomist lab assistant Jennifer Cukati, right, and Registered Nurse Carina Klescewski, left, care for a COVID-19 patient inside the Sutter Roseville Medical Center ICU in Roseville on Dec. 22, 2020. California became the first state to record 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, reaching the milestone on Christmas Eve as close to the entire state was under a strict stay-at-home order and hospitals were flooded with the largest crush of cases since the pandemic began. Photo by Renee C. Byer, The Sacramento Bee via AP/Pool

COVID dangers intensify: California now in ‘deep dark part of the tunnel,’ top health official says

by Barbara Feder Ostrov January 4, 2021January 5, 2021

Dentist Wendy Wu holds a nasal swab to test a person for COVID-19 in a drive through testing site by La Clinica de la Raza across from the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland onJuly 17, 2020. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group

Even more contagious? Here’s what you need to know about the mutating virus now in California

by Ana B. Ibarra and Barbara Feder Ostrov January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

Image of vaccine vial and sign with a slash through it. Image via iStock

Health care workers refuse COVID vaccine

by Emily Hoeven January 4, 2021January 4, 2021