Sacramento County Local News: COVID-19


All Local COVID-19 News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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08/04/2023
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Community colleges roll out light shows, splashy billboards and other marketing gimmicks.

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08/03/2023
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As pandemic renter protections end, a spike in homelessness will likely follow, data shows.

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07/26/2023
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Coverage through state health insurance exchange will rise almost 10 percent.

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07/26/2023
The iconic California burger joint known for its crossed palm trees and cups printed with Bible verses banned its employees in five states from wearing masks at work.

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07/16/2023
Excessive drinking during the pandemic increased alcoholic liver disease deaths so much that the condition killed more Californians than car accidents or breast cancer, a California Healthline analysis has found.

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07/07/2023
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State Supreme Court says "burden on employers" outweighs damage from viral illness.

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05/15/2023
Workers denied pandemic-era jobless benefits are still struggling as they fight a state employment agency on edge about fraud and an appeals system facing a “historic” backlog. What happens next will help decide who pays for a multi-billion-dollar debacle three years in the making.

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03/03/2023
Elk Grove Unified, which supports 68 schools, has over $100 million in COVID relief funding still available. The board recently met to discuss how best to use the money.

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12/14/2022
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted to end the rule in part because it has become harder to enforce. Only people who caught the virus on the job are eligible to keep getting paid, but it is so widespread that it's hard to tell where someone got sick.

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12/09/2022
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As a wave of respiratory illnesses spreads, a vital medicine goes out of stock.

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11/22/2022
Overall undergraduate enrollment for the Cal State system fell once again, to 404,820 students this fall—about 17,500 fewer students than the previous year.

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11/22/2022
Just 67 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds and and 38 percent of 5- to 11-year-olds have had the primary two-shot COVID-19 vaccine series.

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11/20/2022
Stanford launches the nation’s first study of an antiviral strategy for long COVID.

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10/27/2022
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control decided to list COVID-19 among the vaccines it recommends for children, but each state decides whether to adopt those guidelines. It's unclear what California will do.

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10/25/2022
2020 carbon emissions fell because of the COVID-19 pandemic–but now emissions are on the rise again.

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10/24/2022
As the number of COVID-19 infection surged during the pandemic, deaths from heart attacks rose sharply as well, with adults ages 25-44 experiencing the most significant increases, according to new research from scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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10/23/2022
“It's a cloak-and-dagger, spy-versus-spy game. … These variants that are bubbling up now are trying to get past some of our immunity."

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10/17/2022
After more than two-and-a-half years, California is retiring its COVID-19 emergency proclamation. Governor Gavin Newsom will lift the state of emergency declaration on Feb. 28.

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10/13/2022
From a new fire engine to a renovated public pool: Elk Grove’s Cosumnes Community Service District allots $5 million in federal and state COVID relief funds for citywide projects.

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09/27/2022
Republicans sense opportunity in school board races because of the parent activism COVID-19 inspired. Parent Revolt recruits and trains parents to run for school board positions.
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