by Gary Zavoral | Feb 15, 2021
Vitals Managing Editor Angie Sheets contributed to this story. On Jan. 3, Edna Brown turned 107. On Feb. 4, she got a COVID-19 vaccination. Both historic events in the life of Edna, who has a lot of history herself. She grew up picking cotton in the South and riding...
by Gary Zavoral | Jan 27, 2021
When the World Health Organization first designated 2020 as International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, nursing leaders everywhere saw an opportunity to honor one of the globe’s most trusted and valued professions. What they didn’t see coming was a pandemic that...
by Gary Zavoral | Jan 27, 2021
Vitals staffers Monique Binkley Smith, Ashley Boarman and Emma Dugas contributed to this story. He’s 80 years old and a disabled Navy veteran, but Daniel Morales Jr. got his COVID-19 vaccination this week because, he says, “I’ve still got some good living to...
by Gary Zavoral | Jan 21, 2021
Rebeca Calderon of Los Banos, a rural community in the heart of California’s Central Valley, came to the small hospital in her town barely able to breathe and thinking she was going to die. She tested positive for COVID-19. For most rural residents who are critically...
by Gary Zavoral | Jan 13, 2021
A Northern California ICU physician who was one of the first in the region to get both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine documented her vaccination journey and concluded that, while she experienced some temporary flu-like symptoms, she would do it again and encourages...
