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How to Be Someone’s Santa This Holiday: Adopt a Family in Need This Season
There is so much bad news in the world: COVID-19 numbers are up, big companies are laying off more people, there are runs again on supplies at the supermarkets. But there is also so much good news too. At least two companies are close to a vaccine, we are all still... Read more
The Proposed Vaccine: An Infectious Disease Expert Weights In
This week Pfizer announced a vaccine candidate they found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19. Pfizer and Biontech studied 43,538 participants, all of diverse backgrounds, and found no serious safety concerns from adminstration of BNT162b2. They have... Read more
Contact Tracing: Who Does the Detective Work?
How do you track a disease when so many of its carriers can be asymptomatic? How do you find out when someone was infected? Where? And by whom? The COVID-19 pandemic created an immediate need for a large number of contract tracers – those who would start with a sick... Read more
Not Trick or Treating? Visit These Haunted Houses Instead
The second annual “Halloween Houses on Display” contest is underway in West Hills, judged by impartial professionals to find the scariest and the most comical Halloween decor in West Hills. This annual event is the brainchild of the Special Events Committee of the... Read more