Astra Zeneca announced their vaccine to be up to 90% effective in preventing infection with COVID-19. This is the third vaccine to be found to be over 90% effective in phase 3 trials.

cdc.gov has valuable resources for everyone in planning how they will have Thanksgiving.

A study published in JAMA Network today found that 1/3 of elderly patients presenting to an emergency department with COVID-19 had delirium and that delirium was the sixth most common presenting symptom, sometimes even with in the absence of the typical fever, cough, or shortness of breath.

The FDA has granted emergency use authorization for an in-home COVID-19 test.

There are a few treatments available for either hospitalized or outpatient COVID-19 patients.

Moderna made an announcement today that they found their candidate coronavirus vaccine to be almost 95% effective at preventing COVID-19.

The predominant strain of COVID-19 in the world now has a mutation which may decrease its chance of killing people.

Facemasks with unfiltered valves do not decrease the spread of COVID-19. Please do not wear them around other people.

States in the northern Midwest arevthe hardest hit with hospitalizations compared to the availability of hospital beds for their population.

Placer County‘s numbers for adjusted case rate and positivity rate put us at risk for being moved to the red level next week. Wear face masks and distance yourselves to lessen this risk.