Bay Area health officials want us to mask indoors again. Here s why
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Dr. Sara Cody, health officer of Santa Clara County, addresses members of the media at a press conference in June. Now that the delta variant is spreading, health officers in seven Bay Area counties, including Santa Clara, are again recommending mask wearing.Yalonda M. James/The Chronicle
Health officials across seven Bay Area counties on Friday recommended that everyone even vaccinated people wear masks during indoor activities like shopping.
That goes beyond the guidance given by the state and federal governments, which say that vaccinated people need not wear masks in most indoor settings.
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2 UC Berkeley graduate students named 2021 Switzer fellows
Campus graduate students Alicia Arrington and Aaron Maruzzo are named 2021 Switzer fellows. Out of 200 applicants, Arrington and Maruzzo are two of 20 selected fellows.
Two UC Berkeley graduate students, Alicia Arrington and Aaron Maruzzo, were named 2021 Switzer fellows.
The Switzer Environmental Fellowship is a program that seeks to recognize and support graduate students who are leaders in social equity and environmental problem-solving, according to a press release from the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. Out of 200 applicants, Maruzzo and Arrington are two of 20 to receive a cash award, as well as access to leadership and policy engagement training.
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FDA issues warning for Johnson & Johnson vaccine after cases of rare neurological disorder
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Nurse Tara O’Flaherty administers the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Victoria Warnke in Oakland in March. The FDA has issued a warning about a rare neurological disorder linked to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle
Federal regulators Monday added a warning to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after a small number of people out of millions who received the one-dose shot developed a rare but serious neurological disorder.
The Food and Drug Administration has identified 100 cases of people developing Guillain-Barré syndrome, which can cause muscle weakness and paralysis, after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. That’s a tiny fraction of the nearly 13 million Johnson & Johnson inoculations given so far.