This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated COVID-19 guidance, relaxing rules on the use of face coverings in certain settings among certain populations. Under the revised guidance, individuals who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear a face covering outdoors while walking, running, hiking, or biking…
Read More »The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week released an assessment finding that fully vaccinated adults from the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines 65 years of age and older were 94 percent less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people of the same age who were not vaccinated. People 65 and…
Read More »Amid a significant surge of COVID-19 cases, California and the United States this week sent supplies and materials to India to support the country’s emergency needs and ongoing response to the pandemic. California sent hundreds of oxygen concentrators, cylinders, regulators, and related supplies to India which will be provided directly to health care providers and…
Read More »U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra recently renewed the country’s declaration of a public health emergency due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The renewal became effective on April 21 and is renewed for 90 days until July 20, 2021. The renewed declaration is available here.
Read More »Today, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted their recommended temporary pause on the administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The move follows today’s vote by the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to recommend the resumption of Johnson and…
Read More »This week, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. announced the U.S. has reached its updated goal of administering 200 million COVID-19 vaccines within his Administration’s first 100 days. Recall, the goal was doubled after 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered by day 58 of the Biden-Harris Administration. To encourage the continued administration of COVID-19 vaccines,…
Read More »On Thursday, California expanded its COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all residents ages 16 and older. The eligibility expansion comes as nearly half of all residents ages 16 and older in the state have already received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, including nearly three-fourths of residents ages 65 and older. Recall, the state…
Read More »On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended a temporary pause in the administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine out of an abundance of caution following the emergence of six reported cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot….
Read More »This week, the Biden-Harris Administration White House announced a number of significant investments in the federal government’s continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below, we highlight these actions: Fighting COVID-19 Virus Variants: Pointing to the rapid rise of COVID-19 virus variants nationwide, the Biden-Harris Administration announced significant investments to improve the nation’s capacity to detect,…
Read More »On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state will retire the Blueprint for a Safer Economy and “fully open its economy” on June 15, 2021, if COVID-19 vaccine supply is sufficient for Californians 16 years and older who wish to be inoculated and if hospitalization rates are stable and low. According to the Governor’s Office,…
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