What Doctors Want You to Know to Protect Yourself from Omicron
Omicron is between 1.5 to 3 times more transmissible than the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Additionally, people... Read More
As Mandates End, State, Counties Unmask With Caution
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media On Tuesday, Feb. 15, the statewide indoor mask mandate for vaccinated Californians expires. As COVID-19... Read More
White House Praises California Model; Says Equity Is Critical in COVID Fight
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Last week Dr. Cameron Webb, the White House COVID-19 Response Team’s Senior Policy Advisor for... Read More
Rialto Change Agent Joseph Williams Says Vaccination Is About Public Safety
By: Manny Otiko, IVN Rialto, CA — Joseph Williams lives in Rialto. He is community agent of strategic partnerships at the Rialto... Read More
COVID Winter Surge Brings New Challenges for Elder and Youth Health Care
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media The COVID-19 winter surge has impacted different age groups in different ways, as caretakers struggle... Read More
COVID Toll Nears 800,000 To Close Out Year Filled With Death
By: Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press Mission, KA (AP) — Carolyn Burnett is bracing for her first Christmas without her son Chris, a... Read More
Dr. Akilah Weber Discusses Vaccinations, Coronavirus, Variants
By Manny Otiko -IVN Dr. Akilah Weber, director, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, and an assemblymember representing the... Read More
California Goes on Offensive as Omicron Variant Threat Grows
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Three days after Thanksgiving, Gov. Gavin Newsom went online to address the new COVID-19 Omicron... Read More
HHSA Sec. Says Vaccination Is Only Way to End Covid Pandemic
By Manny Otiko –IVN Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA,) briefed members of the ethnic media on... Read More
