A vaccine clinic operated by Curative at the Palm Springs Convention Center is closing June 30 and the team operating there is being converted to a mobile unit that will serve the Coachella Valley. In addition, a testing site operated at the Lake Perris Fairgrounds is closing June 30. “The vaccine site at the Palm […]

COVID-19 vaccines will be made available to everyone in the state aged 50 and older beginning April 1, then to everyone aged 16 and up on April 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, saying vaccine supply is expected to quickly skyrocket. The state has been receiving roughly 1.8 million doses a week, but the state […]

Riverside County is in line to receive the latest COVID-19 vaccine in the distribution pipeline, with shipments potentially arriving as early as next week, health officials told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday. “This is a single-dose vaccine, and we’re looking at areas of the county where it makes the most sense to use,” county Department […]

The US just added another powerful weapon in the battle against Covid-19: a third vaccine. The single-dose shot, from Johnson & Johnson, comes at critical time in this pandemic. Weeks of tumbling case numbers have plateaued, raising concerns from top health experts that highly contagious variants are taking a stronger hold in the US. “There’s a kind of new urgency […]