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Monthly Archives: July 2022
FDA authorizes new COVID-19 vaccine from Novavax
The Food and Drug Administration authorized a new COVID-19 vaccine developed by Novavax on Wednesday.
Novavax is a biotechnology company in Maryland that received significant federal funding to produce the shot.
The drought continues to impact the residents of Kern County
According to the National Integrated Drought Information System, there are 839,631 residents in Kern County that are affected by the drought with 7,500 public water systems state wide and 3,000 of them are community water systems.
Boys & Girls Club of Kern providing free lunches to the community
The Kern County chapters of the Boys & Girls Club, an organization of after-school programs, will be providing free lunch to kids 18 years and younger at their locations in Arvin, Lamont, and Bakersfield during the summer.
Arvin and Lamont welcome the Kiwanis Club to Southern Kern County
“To us it’s a historic moment.” Those are the words of Fredi Castrejon, the founding president of the newly established Arvin-Lamont Kiwanis Club chapter.
What we know about Omicron and the BA.5 variant
Accounting for 65 percent of last week’s COVID-19 cases, the coronavirus subvariant BA.5 — a sister variant of Omicron — has become dominant in the United States.
White house health experts urging people to get boosted now
The newly updated booster vaccine is adapted to not only fight against COVID-19 and Omicron but will also help fight against the new variants.
School start times pushed back for students
Students will soon be able to sleep in and start school later, according to Senate Bill No.
New California law attempts to hold gun makers liable
As a way to further hold the gun industry accountable, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday allowing the state, local governments and Californians to sue gun makers.
Kern County Public Health announces first ‘probable’ case of Monkeypox in Kern
The first probable case of monkeypox has been identified in a Kern County resident, according to Kern Public Health.
Commentary: Highschool minorities want to be heard
Despite 70 percent of the San Joaquin Valley population being of a minority race, and 50 percent being female, many students in these groups feel their voices are limited in the classroom.