On October 4th, I reported on the national shortage of healthcare workers and how this affects us locally. Six months ago, when I wrote...

We are hearing a lot of talk about how we are now in an endemic and no longer in a pandemic. What does that really mean? From a...

On February 15th, the California wide mask mandate is expiring. This allows people whose vaccinations for COVID are current to be...

The number of new COVID cases continues to rapidly rise throughout the county. This has significantly affected many local businesses,...

Active cases of COVID in Ft Bragg and the immediate surrounding communities have risen to about 100 from 52 active cases just ten days...

Teresa Vaquera is a lovely, 78 year-old woman who lives in Ft. Bragg, California. She is a grandmother who has 13 grandchildren and 28...

Even before COVID, the US was experiencing a shortage of healthcare workers, including nurses, pharmacists, and technicians. Rural...

On September 22nd, the FDA approved the use of a booster shot for the Pfizer COVID vaccine for certain select people who qualify (see...

Sherwood Oaks is a local, privately owned nursing home in Ft. Bragg. As the only skilled nursing facility here on the Mendocino Coast,...

There is an old saying, “May you live in interesting times.” Some people consider this to be a curse, suggesting that life during...

Antibodies are proteins made by our immune system that stick to invading bacteria or viruses. In doing so, they assist the immune cells...

I was going to address the monoclonal antibody treatment Regeneron this week, which is an exciting new preventative that we are offering...

Last week, I intended to address the topic of breakthrough cases. However, last week was also a week in which I was taking care of...

As we start into a new surge of cases in California fueled by the delta variant, it seems appropriate to briefly summarize the response...

Over the past two weeks we have seen an uptick in cases of COVID here in Mendocino County with about 50 new cases and seven persons...

On Friday, March 14th, Mendocino County moved from the most restrictive tier, Purple, of the State’s COVID containment plan, the so...

As of this writing, 176 million doses of the various COVID vaccines have been given worldwide. Perhaps it is not surprising that the vast...

According to the California Health Department official overseeing the vaccination distribution for California, the State’s supply of...

The question that is on everyone’s mind right now seems to be, “When is the vaccine going to be made available to the general public?” We...

California governor Gavin Newsom has asked the State to allocate $300 million to go for COVID vaccine distribution and education. The...