Just one-third of Santa Clara Countys 16- and 17-year-olds have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Local health officials worry about being able to vaccinate everyone 50 years and older during the first week of April. 

About 8,500 appointments scheduled through the county between now and March 21 will be transferred to the Oakland-based hospital chain.

Officials said the milestone reflects “strong progress” toward their goal to get 85 percent of those 16 and older vaccinated by Aug. 1.

The South Bay hospital outbreak comes amid a post-holiday season explosion in coronavirus cases throughout California.

In the first allotment of the Pfizer vaccine, California will be getting 327,000 doses—of which 17,500 will be sent to Santa Clara County. 

On Tuesday, the county saw its highest single-day case count with 512 new Covid-19 infections, as well as a record number of hospitalizations.

Getting tested for Covid-19 in Santa Clara County just got easier thanks to an updated web portal that lets you reserve spots well ahead of time.

If Santa Clara County maintains progress in slowing Covid-19 for the next two weeks, schools may be able to reopen as well, officials said.

Testing can identify Covid-19 before a person feels unwell or before they spread it to another individual with potentially deadly consequences.

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COVID-19 tests are to be offered free of charge, and tests do not affect immigration status or require a physician’s note.

Any county resident who wants to get tested for the coronavirus can now sign up online at projectbaseline.com or by calling 2-1-1. 

Five employees from Good Samaritan Hospital are at home self-isolating after being potentially exposed to the coronavirus.

The Food and Drug Administration is the man at the end of the bar that you would prefer tells his story walking. His claims are rote, the bark of calamity whistling through his toothless bite. But the FDA’s continued ban on allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood is not toothless—it’s spineless.