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
COVID-19: As Winter Approaches, Gov. Newsom Focuses on “Waning Immunity”
On Oct. 27, Gov. Gavin Newsom held a press conference after receiving a Moderna booster shot to augment the single-dose Johnson &... Read More
More Black Californians Taking COVID Shot as U.S. Reviews Vaccines for Younger Kids
Aldon Thomas Stiles, California Black Media Black Californians have joined Black Americans around the country in closing the COVID-19 vaccine equity gap.... Read More
Delta Variant And Worker Shortage Keep A Lid On Job Growth
By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press Washington, D.C (AP) — U.S. employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, a second straight tepid gain and evidence... Read More
Medical Professionals Urge African-American Women to Take Covid-19 Vaccine So They Can Be Around for Their Children
By: Manny Otiko, IVN Los Angeles, CA — Two frontline medical workers were featured speakers at a recent teleconference on Covid-19, the... Read More