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CHOMP requiring masks during winter respiratory virus season to protect patients, staff and visitors.
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CHOMP requiring masks during winter respiratory virus season to protect patients, staff and visitors.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 1, 2023

It's no longer just cold and flu season, "respiratory virus season" includes Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, among other vir…

Covid-19 still poses a real threat, but there’s a new vaccine on the way to join flu and RSV shots.
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Covid-19 still poses a real threat, but there’s a new vaccine on the way to join flu and RSV shots.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 14, 2023

Like thousands of other Californians in July, Monterey Councilmember Alan Haffa found himself caught up in a wave of Covid-19 infections that …

A pandemic triage tent is returning to CHOMP; A Natividad doctor reports kids suffering from multiple respiratory viruses at once.
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A pandemic triage tent is returning to CHOMP; A Natividad doctor reports kids suffering from multiple respiratory viruses at once.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 30, 2022

Significant levels of influenza combined with an early surge of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and an expected increase in Covid-19 cases p…

Pressure on pediatric hospital beds prompts a call to families to protect themselves from respiratory illnesses.
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Pressure on pediatric hospital beds prompts a call to families to protect themselves from respiratory illnesses.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 17, 2022

If a child here in Monterey County get so sick with a respiratory illness that they need advanced care, they need to leave the county—there ar…

First winter season death of a young child in California due to flu and RSV reported.
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First winter season death of a young child in California due to flu and RSV reported.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 15, 2022

A child under the age of 5 has died in California due to a combination of the flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, referred to as RSV, the Cal…

The flu is back, likely joined by Covid subvariants, making vaccines ever important.
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The flu is back, likely joined by Covid subvariants, making vaccines ever important.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 27, 2022

After two seasons of worrying about a convergence of influenza and Covid-19 that never quite materialized thanks to social distancing, all sig…

Hand washing and fist bumps: How to decrease your risk of catching COVID-19.
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Hand washing and fist bumps: How to decrease your risk of catching COVID-19.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 5, 2020

Here’s the good news for Monterey County residents concerned about coronavirus, or COVID-19: The region is still considered at low risk, accor…

UPDATED: Two cases of coronavirus confirmed in San Benito County but officials still say risk is low here.
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UPDATED: Two cases of coronavirus confirmed in San Benito County but officials still say risk is low here.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 3, 2020

A 57-year-old San Benito County man who recently traveled to Wuhan, China came home with the 2019-Novel Coronavirus and transmitted it to his …

Third known flu death in Monterey County sparks reminder it's not too late to get vaccinated.
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Third known flu death in Monterey County sparks reminder it's not too late to get vaccinated.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 9, 2020

The flu coming on strong this year, already claiming the lives of at least three Monterey County residents and more than 50 people statewide. …

The first death occurs in Monterey County's 2017-18 flu season.
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The first death occurs in Monterey County's 2017-18 flu season.

  • Marielle Argueza
  • Dec 28, 2017

With the holiday season comes the flu. Locally, according to a Dec. 28 press release sent by the Monterey County Health Department, influenza …

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