From the February 18, 2022 Edition
By Marcy Axness, TME
Case rates of covid-19 have continued to decline in Kern County over the past three weeks, as they have in most of the United States. One caveat: health officials recognize that …
From the February 11, 2022 Edition
By Marcy Axness, TME
The recent sharp rise in covid cases has been putting such severe stress on Kern County’s hospital and emergency services systems that strike teams were called in for backup support.
Kern …
From the January 28, 2022 Edition
By Marcy Axness with reporting by Gary Meyer, TME
The record-breaking covid-19 surge in Kern County led El Tejon Unified School District (ETUSD) officials to cancel classes at all district schools Thursday and Friday, Jan. …
From the January 21, 2022 Edition
By Marcy Axness, TME
On January 14, Kern County’s 7-day-average covid case rate hit a pandemic high of 155 per 100,000. That day, an urgent “Joint Community Message” went out from the office of Kern …
From the January 21, 2022 Edition
The open enrollment deadline for securing medical insurance through Covered California is January 31. This is the state marketplace serving low- and middle-income citizens who need coverage. In 2022, new and expanded financial help is …
From the January 14, 2022 Edition
By Patric Hedlund, TME
Ten Peak to Peak (P2P) Charter School students last week were reported to have been exposed to family members who had tested positive for covid-19.
Principal Jeffrey Fenske asked P2P parents …
From the December 31, 2021 Edition
By Charlee Ryan, MCFRC
The Mountain Communities Family Resource Center (MCFRC) is excited to thank Kern Family Health Care for sponsoring the Frazier Mountain Health Improvement Project for the second year in a row.
You …
From the December 17, 2021 Edition
By Marcy Axness, TME
The U.S. hit “another depressing pandemic milestone” on Tuesday, Dec. 15, reported The Associated Press—800,000 deaths. California has seen a 47% increase in covid-19 cases and a 14% increase in hospitalizations …
From the December 3, 2021 Edition
By Marcy Axness, TME
As we go to press Wednesday, Dec. 1, the first case of the Omicron covid-19 variant in California—also the first in the U.S.—has been confirmed in a patient who returned from …
From the November 12, 2021 Edition
The graph shows a one-day jump of 264 new cases in Kern County from November 8 to November 9.
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