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COVID vaccines remain optional at California's K-12 schools. Will colleges keep requiring them?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — College COVID-19 vaccine requirements are facing renewed scrutiny now that California has walked back plans to mandate the shots in K-12 schools and the state and federal governments are ending their pandemic states of emergency.

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2023

Do some baby boomers have a defense against monkeypox?

Folks of a certain vintage have the tell-tale crater on their upper arms: The discolored, shallow scars from the smallpox vaccine.

The Orange County Register · Aug 18, 2022

Does decades-old smallpox vaccination protect against monkeypox?

Health officials are scrambling to stretch scarce doses of vaccine to slow the mounting monkeypox outbreak, but do older people already vaccinated as kids for the related but deadlier smallpox virus already have protection?

Tribune News Service · Aug 16, 2022

Bill Shaikin: Nationals fired scout for refusing COVID vaccine. He's now selling cars — and suing.

LOS ANGELES — In 1984, Joe Maddon was the manager of the Peoria Chiefs, a team that played in a cozy Illinois ballpark located next to an agricultural research center. The minor leagues were, shall we say, a little more informal in those days.

Los Angeles Times · May 18, 2022

Why California, some counties are scaling back COVID data updates

ANAHEIM, Calif. — California is scaling back how often it publicly reports coronavirus case, death, testing and other numbers on the health department website, and some counties are following suit — to mixed reaction from public health experts.

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022