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A recent study found pregnant women in Washington state were infected with COVID-19 at a 70% higher rate than others at similar ages.
Additionally, rates of infection among pregnant women of color were far higher than researchers expected, according to the study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The study provides further evidence that pregnancy should be considered a high-risk health condition for COVID-19 vaccine priority, said senior author Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf, an OB-GYN at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Thursday, Feb. 18. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond.
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Yesterday, we noted the good news that new coronavirus cases are down to pre-Thanksgiving levels across California. Gov. Gavin Newsom was optimistic that the economy could continue to reopen now that the worst of the surge is behind us.
But as healthcare workers exhale slightly, officials are trying to
Dodger Stadium COVID Vaccine Site to Reopen for Second Doses
People vaccinated in mid-January were automatically slotted into appointments for most of the city s anticipated weekly supply of doses, a prioritization that the city said complied with directives by health officials. by Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times / February 15, 2021 COVID-19 vaccinations for health care workers were administered at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 15, 2021, in Los Angeles. The site was forced to close last week due to shortages of the vaccine. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS) TNS
(TNS) - Dodger Stadium and several other COVID-19 vaccination sites that were shuttered last week due to shortages are set to reopen Tuesday, though continuing supply problems mean the vast majority of shots administered will be second doses, Los Angeles officials said.
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One hundred employees of the Los Angeles Unified School District received a coronavirus vaccine Wednesday as officials demanded more so that schools could reopen and as the City of Long Beach expects all employees at public elementary campuses to be vaccinated by Friday.
The small number L.A. vaccines represented a milestone the district’s first school-based vaccine clinic the new purpose for an otherwise-unused student gymnasium at Roybal Learning Center, just west of downtown. The students who would normally be using that gym were attending school online as they have since campuses shut down nearly a year ago.