The United States will be sending a half-billion doses of Pfizer vaccine to other nations in an effort to stem the rise of coronavirus overseas. The White House made the announcement Wednesday, […]
U.S. doubles down on vaccine
New COVID cases in big drop
Two up, two down. In Wednesday’s report from the Orange County Health Care Agency on the state of the coronavirus pandemic, two major metrics were encouraging, and two were discouraging. According to […]
Joe Biden to UN: The world needs democracy and unity
In his first address to the United Nations, President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered a defense of the importance of democracy and a plea for unity in a world fractured by rivalries, […]
COVID numbers are “mixed”
“Mixed results” may be the best way to describe the recent numbers about the coronavirus pandemic in Orange County. According to the county health care agency, Tuesday’s count of confirmed new cases […]
Vaccines for 5 to 11 year-olds
The Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 will work for children ages 5 to 11 years old, the company announced on Monday. Authorization for the inoculation of those young people is being sought, the […]
Good news in three of four
There was good news in three of four major categories of coronavirus impact in Orange County in Monday’s report from the county health care agency. According to the OCHCA, confirmed new cases […]
Booster shots for 65 and older
Who should get a booster vaccination shot to ward off the coronavirus? On Friday a panel of experts advised that among those who had been inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine, only those […]
Case count takes a U-turn
Three days of decline in new confirmed coronavirus cases in Orange County reversed when a sharp increase was reported today. According to the county health care agency, the count rose from 326 […]
Case declines are continuing
New confirmed cases of coronavirus declined for the third consecutive day in Orange County. That’s according to the report from the county health care agency. New cases dropped from 352 to 326 […]
Deaths stable but cases fall
Three of four measurements of the coronavirus in Orange County showed continued improvement, but the number of deaths is stubbornly stable. According to the Orange County Health Care Agency, the number of […]
