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Martin Espinoza

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Martin Espinoza

    Local ER visits for COVID and flu are ticking up. Here’s how health experts recommend protecting yourself this fall (opens the original)

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    Wastewater detection of COVID-19 virus is currently trending upwards across all of Sonoma County’s three largest sewer systems — Santa Rosa, Windsor and Petaluma — with the highest detections noted in the Petaluma region, county public health officials said. Local emergency room visits for COVID-19 have been on the rise since early September, though a slight decrease has been observed since September 5th, said Kate Pack, health program manager for the county’s epidemiology team. At the same time

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Martin Espinoza

    New, more effective flu vaccine available soon at local CVS, Walgreens stores (opens the original)

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    The new mRNA influenza vaccine, reportedly a more effective inoculation against seasonal flu, could become available this week at CVS and Walgreens, according to the healthcare retail giants. The vaccine was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in early August for people 50 to 64. The FDA also granted accelerated approval for people 65 and older, ensuring access to the flu season’s most vulnerable population. Manufactured by Moderna, mFLUSIVA uses the same mRNA-based medical technol

  3. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Martin Espinoza

    As CDC warns of rising rabies calls nationwide, Sonoma County health officials focus on bats (opens the original)

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    Sonoma County health officials have a simple message for anyone who finds a dead bat in their backyard, on the street or on a local trail: don’t touch it — it may have rabies. Though rabies infection via animals is rare, those who have had close interaction with bats should “definitely get checked out,” said Dr. Patrick O’Conner, Sonoma County’s deputy health officer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week alerted local health officials and the public about an increase in recen

  4. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Martin Espinoza

    Kaiser study finds Sonoma and Napa hotspots for potential measles spread (opens the original)

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    Despite strong measles vaccination rates in Northern California, the region hosts a handful of “hot spots” with vaccination rates below what is considered herd immunity, including two in the North Bay, Kaiser Permanente researchers found in a newly published study. The report, which indicated shortfalls in vaccine uptake in one sizeable part of Sonoma County and a slice of Napa County, comes as measles cases are on the rise in the U.S., underscoring a resurgent public health threat as vaccine sk

  5. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Martin Espinoza

    At 10, he was terrified on a boat fleeing Vietnam. Today, he’s Sonoma County’s mental health director (opens the original)

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    For several days and nights, the small fishing boat Michael Quach and his family used to escape Vietnam in 1980 violently pitched and rolled on waves sometimes as high as 40 feet. The dark vastness of the South China Sea terrified Quach, who was 10 years old at the time. “Every day I felt, we all felt like we were gonna die,” Quach said. “But my dad kept saying, ‘We’re gonna be OK. We’re going to be OK…we’re going to get to land, we’re going to get to land soon. And every day he kept that promis

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