Beat the Heat Cooling Center Open 9th-12th

Beat the Heat Cooling Center Open 9th-12th

San Andreas, CA…Open Friday through Monday, July 9-12, from 11AM to 5PM San Andreas Library 1299 Gold Hunter Road San Andreas, CA Calaveras Connect provides free rides to the cooling center with special services being added on Saturday and Sunday. Call 209-754-4450 to reserve a ride. Face masks are required to prevent the spread of […]

Mark Twain Medical Center Opens Annual Community Grant Funding Period.

Mark Twain Medical Center Opens Annual Community Grant Funding Period.

San Andreas, CA…MTMC will be awarding $34,000 in January of 2022. Mark Twain Medical Center, (MTMC) through its affiliation with Dignity Health, has announced the opening of the 2022 Dignity Health Community Grants Program. The Dignity Health Community Grants Program is designed to support nonprofits that collaborate to address community health needs, particularly those that […]

University Study Says It’s True: Stress Does Turn Hair Gray (And It’s Reversible)

University Study Says It’s True: Stress Does Turn Hair Gray (And It’s Reversible)

New York, NY….Legend has it that Marie Antoinette’s hair turned gray overnight just before her beheading in 1791. Though the legend is inaccurate—hair that has already grown out of the follicle does not change color—a new study(link is external and opens in a new window) from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is […]

ICU Nurse Achieves Dream of Becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner

ICU Nurse Achieves Dream of Becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner

San Andreas, CA…Mark Twain Medical Center RN to care for community at the Copper Clinic Long time Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC) ICU Nurse and Copperopolis resident Polly Dodds has achieved her dream of becoming a licensed Family Nurse Practitioner. MTMC is proud to share this news with the community and that we will have […]

President Biden Highlighting the Importance of Getting Vaccinated

President Biden Highlighting the Importance of Getting Vaccinated

Green Road Community Center Raleigh, NC… President Biden Highlighting the Importance of Getting Vaccinated and Kicking Off a Community Canvassing Event. 5:33 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Raleigh. (Applause.) I — I’m going to — AUDIENCE MEMBER: (Inaudible.) (Laughter.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT: Love you back. (Applause.) Well, look, that old […]

Opening of Cooling Centers in Calaveras County

Opening of Cooling Centers in Calaveras County

Calaveras County, CA…Calaveras County Health and Human Services Agency announces the opening of cooling centers countywide, Thursday through Saturday. Cooling Centers will be open June 17-19 from 11am-8pm. Heat related illnesses, like heat stroke or heat exhaustion, happen when the body is not able to cool itself properly. When a person’s body temperature rises faster […]

Upcoming Amador COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic: June 18, 2021 Pfizer + Moderna Clinic at Health & Human Services Building 9 AM – 1 PM

Upcoming Amador COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic: June 18, 2021 Pfizer + Moderna Clinic at Health & Human Services Building 9 AM – 1 PM

Amador County, CA… Eligibility for this clinic includes people 12 years & older (Pfizer vaccine) and 18 years & older (Moderna vaccine) Walk-ins are welcome between 10 AM & 12 PM. The clinic will be held at Health & Human Services located at 10877 Conductor Blvd, Sutter Creek, CA 95685. Drive around to the BACK of the building and park […]

Vaccination Clinics in Calaveras County with Corresponding Dates

Vaccination Clinics in Calaveras County with Corresponding Dates

Calaveras County,CA…Vaccination Clinics in Calaveras County Calaveras Public Health continues to urge all eligible people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. A COVID vaccination van is offering COVID vaccines at many different locations and times. No preregistration is needed, but documentation with name and date of birth is required. Any eligible person (12-17 with a parent […]

Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Sameera Fazili, and Senior Director for International Economics and Competitiveness Peter Harrell

Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Sameera Fazili, and Senior Director for International Economics and Competitiveness Peter Harrell

Washington, DC…Happy Tuesday.  So, we have two very special guests with us again today.  As you know, the Biden-Harris administration — I’m just going to let you all settle in here.  Okay.  All right.  Great.  Okay. So, as you all know, today, the Biden-Harris administration announced key findings from the reviews directed by the President’s […]

FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for Chronic Weight Management

FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for Chronic Weight Management

Washington, DC…On June, 4 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Wegovy (semaglutide) injection (2.4 mg once weekly) for chronic weight management in adults with obesity or overweight with at least one weight-related condition (such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, or high cholesterol), for use in addition to a reduced calorie diet and […]

Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Clinic at Health & Human Services Building on June 4, 2021 at 10 AM – 3 PM

Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Clinic at Health & Human Services Building on June 4, 2021 at 10 AM – 3 PM

Amador County, CA… Eligibility for this clinic includes people 18 years & older (Janssen vaccine) The clinic will be held at Health & Human Services located at 10877 Conductor Blvd, Sutter Creek, CA 95685. Drive around to the BACK of the building and park in the back parking lot. To register for an appointment, visit the My […]

Pfizer Vaccine Clinic at Health & Human Services Building on June 1, 2021 at 12 PM – 4 PM

Pfizer Vaccine Clinic at Health & Human Services Building on June 1, 2021 at 12 PM – 4 PM

Amador County, CA… Eligibility for this clinic includes people 12 years & older (Pfizer vaccine) The clinic will be held at Health & Human Services located at 10877 Conductor Blvd, Sutter Creek, CA 95685. Drive around to the BACK of the building and park in the back parking lot. To register for an appointment, visit the My Turn website: https://myturn.ca.gov […]

Good News: Mild COVID-19 Induces Lasting Antibody Protection

Good News: Mild COVID-19 Induces Lasting Antibody Protection

St. Louis, MO…Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still have immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Such cells could persist for a lifetime, churning out antibodies all the while. […]

Upcoming Amador COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic: May 25, 2021 Pfizer & Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Clinic at Health & Human Services Building

Upcoming Amador COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic: May 25, 2021  Pfizer & Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Clinic at Health & Human Services Building

Sutter Creek, CA… Eligibility for this clinic includes people 12 years & older (Pfizer vaccine) and 18 + (Janssen vaccine) The clinic will be held at Health & Human Services located at 10877 Conductor Blvd, Sutter Creek, CA 95685. Drive around to the BACK of the building and park in the back parking lot. To register for an appointment, visit […]

Attorney General Bonta Issues Consumer Alert Warning Californians About Counterfeit COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards

Attorney General Bonta Issues Consumer Alert Warning Californians About Counterfeit COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards

Sacramento, CA… California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer alert today warning Californians not to print fake COVID-19 vaccination record cards at home and not to purchase them from individuals selling counterfeits. “We are aware of reports that counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination record cards have been advertised on social media websites, e-commerce platforms, and blogs, […]

Amador County Moves to Yellow Tier

Amador County Moves to Yellow Tier

Amador County, CA…Amador County Public Health reports 10 more cases of COVID-19 since last Tuesday’s update, bringing the total laboratory confirmed case count to 1,786. The new cases include 7males and 3 females, 2 children under age 18, 3 aged 18-49, 2 aged 50-64, 3 over 65 years of age; 3 residents of Jackson, 5 […]

Fertility & Birth Rates Reach All Time Lows. Lockdown Baby Surge Didn’t Happen!

Fertility & Birth Rates Reach All Time Lows.  Lockdown Baby Surge Didn’t Happen!

Atlanta, GA…Many experts expected pregnancies to rise with more couples spending time at home. According to the latest numbers from the CDC it didn’t happen. This could put a cloud on future financial models if population numbers flatten or decline. From the CDC..”The provisional number of births for the United States in 2020 was 3,605,201, […]

Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic: May 7, 2021 at Health & Human Services 10 AM – 3 PM Moderna Vaccine

Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic: May 7, 2021 at Health & Human Services 10 AM – 3 PM Moderna Vaccine

Amador County, CA… Eligibility for this clinic includes people 18 years & older. The clinic will be held at Health & Human Services located at 10877 Conductor Blvd, Sutter Creek, CA 95685. Drive around to the BACK of the building and park in the back parking lot. To register for an appointment, visit My Turn website: https://myturn.ca.gov […]

Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic: May 5, 2021 at Health & Human Services 2 PM – 6 PM Pfizer Vaccine

Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic: May 5, 2021 at Health & Human Services 2 PM – 6 PM Pfizer Vaccine

Amador County, CA… Eligibility for this clinic includes people 16 years & older who live or work in Amador County. The following upcoming clinic will be held at Health &Human Services located at 10877 Conductor Blvd, Sutter Creek, CA 95685. Drive around to the BACK of the building and park in the back parking lot. To […]

Art Quilt Donated to MTMC Cancer Center in Memory of Bill Mollon

Art Quilt Donated to MTMC Cancer Center in Memory of Bill Mollon

San Andreas, CA…An art quilt butterfly titled “Flourish” now hangs in the lobby at Mark Twain Medical Center’s Cancer Center to inspire patients and their loved ones. It was donated in memory of Bill Mollon by his wife Sandra, an internationally-renowned quilt artist. Their family joined her for the recent quilt presentation at the Cancer […]

Calaveras Community Severe Blood Shortage Blood Drive is Tuesday, May 25th

Calaveras Community Severe Blood Shortage Blood Drive is Tuesday, May 25th

San Andreas, CA…Vitalant (formerly BloodSource) will host the Calaveras Community blood drive to meet the community’s need for blood and blood products. There is currently a critical need for all blood types especially type O blood. The blood drive is sponsored by the Calaveras Community Foundation. To ensure sufficient social distancing donors are encouraged to […]

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