Image by PeopleImages.com - Yuri A via ShutterstockA CDC survey found nearly half the state’s high school students had ongoing feelings of sadness or hopelessness, a rate that has risen by more than 50 percent since 2015.
Photo by LightField Studios via ShutterstockAs we enter this new phase of the pandemic, the coronavirus has made us more aware of other viruses that are just as harmful and potentially even deadlier.
Illustratikon of COVID impact on California. (Photo: Alexander Lukatskiy, Shutterstock)Timing can speak volumes. Consider this: As the Omicron variant of the coronavirus increases the infection rate, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut COVID-19 quarantine and isolation times from 10 to five days on Dec. 27.
A man receives the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Covina in March. (Photo: Ringo Chiu, via Shutterstock)OPINION: Vaccines are one of the greatest public health tools for preventing the spread of infectious disease and death. Innovations in vaccines have helped all but eliminate significant threats from measles, polio, pertussis (whooping cough), influenza, and pneumococcal disease among those who are vaccinated.