Medical / Health

Restaurants and Places Of Worship Can Reopen as Early as Friday

by Iridian Casarez on May 26, 2020 at 6:09PM

Restaurants that have been certified by the Humboldt County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will be able to start dine-in services as early as Friday, May 29. Places of worship will also be able to reopen with safety modifications in place.

Public Health: No New COVID Cases Confirmed Today

by Iridian Casarez on May 26, 2020 at 5:33PM

Humboldt County Public Health announced that no new COVID-19 cases were confirmed today, leaving the county's case count at 94. It's a moment of relief as the county is coming off a two-week spike of COVID cases that began on May 9 with a total of 38 confirmed cases since then.

Times-Standard: Hospital, Workers Union Agree on 4-Year Contract

by North Coast Journal Staff on May 25, 2020 at 6:32PM

The Times-Standard is reporting that after more than a year of negotiations, the National Union of Healthcare Workers and St. Joseph's hospital has reached an agreement. Read the full story here and read NCJ's past coverage of the National Union of Healthcare Workers November strike here.

Public Health Confirms One New COVID-19 Case; Means of Transmission Confirmed for All Active Cases

by Iridian Casarez on May 25, 2020 at 4:42PM

AP Story Highlights Humboldt Reopening Approach

by Kimberly Wear on May 23, 2020 at 7:18PM

Smaller Crowd at Shelter-in-Place Protest After Last Week's Sign Went Viral

by Kym Kemp on May 23, 2020 at 6:05PM

The tensions exacerbated already existing differences. A photo of a sign at last week’s protest comparing a slave forced to wear a painful muzzle with public health orders to wear a cloth mask in public to protect others from the spread of the novel coronavirus caught by Redheaded Blackbelt photographer Mark McKenna went viral.

Public Health Confirms Two New Cases Related to Alder Bay

by Kimberly Wear on May 23, 2020 at 3:16PM

Twenty-seven of the county's cases remain active and 15 are believed to have stemmed from community transmission, meaning the patient had no confirmed contact with a known positive case or traveled out of the area and is believed to have contracted the virus from an unknown source in the local community. Two of the cases remain under investigation.

Public Health Confirms Three More COVID-19 Cases

by Thadeus Greenson on May 22, 2020 at 5:22PM

The county has reported 91 COVID-19 cases to date, with many — 28 — coming in a six-day period from March 30 to April 6. Frankovich and Honsal have repeatedly stressed the importance of local residents respecting the letter and spirit of the county's shelter-in-place order, staying in their homes and limiting essential outings, practicing social distancing measures and wearing facial coverings when they do have to leave home.