Health

Comment: How Ambitious Does America Really Want To Be?

From the January 8, 2021 Edition

Harvard University issued “Our Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience” on April 20, 2020, as a plan to bring our U.S. economy (and our personal lives) out of the pandemic-induced paralysis into which America had tumbled.

A covid Christmas

From the December 25, 2020 Edition

By Marcy Axness, TME

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations are simple and clear during this covid-surging Christmas season: “As cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to increase across the United States,” its …

Highest single-day covid rate in Kern

From the December 18, 2020 Edition

2,085 new cases logged Tuesday, vaccine offers mere glimmer of hope

By Marcy Axness, TME

Kern County’s “single highest day of [covid-19] cases,” was announced by public health director Matt Constantine at the Kern County …

Kern Co. under covid stay-at-home order

From the December 11, 2020 Edition

By Marcy Axness, TME

Kern County residents are under a Stay-At-Home order from the state of California as of Sunday, Dec. 5, according to Kern County Public Health’s Michelle Corson. Covid case rates locally are …