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Young residents of San Benito County age 12 to 15 can now receive Covid-19 vaccinations provided by Pfizer BioNTech. Multiple vaccination sites throughout the county...

San Benito County could begin administering Covid-19 vaccines to children as young as 12 years old by the end of this week, according to...

Will another Dr. Jonas Salk bring an end to this Covid pandemic? Have people not known or have forgotten what living in a polio...

“I just wanted them to feel what it’s like to win,” said Bryan Smith, Baler football coach. I think that’s the way San Benito...

California will open Covid-19 vaccine access to all residents age 16 and up starting on April 15 based on expected increases in the supply...

Reopen schools now The time for talking is over, THE SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA NEED TO BE REOPENED IMMEDIATELY! San Benito County has an interesting record...

This supply limitation along with the state’s tendency to change course—such as Blue Shield taking over vaccine administration in about two weeks—have left our Public Health Services department without the ability to communicate an immediate, firm plan. Our residents, as a result, have felt left in the dark.

But the Hollister nonprofit said in a statement that the accusations amount to a “vicious and negative public media campaign” by the San Benito County Public Health Department and Supervisor Mark Medina. The community health clinic’s CEO further accused county officials initiating the investigation of “discriminating” against farmworkers and other vulnerable residents who received Covid-19 vaccines from the foundation.

The nonprofit San Benito Health Foundation is under investigation for failing to follow state guidelines that establish which patients should be among the first to receive the Covid-19 vaccination, according to county officials.

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage through San Benito County with 10 fatalities from the virus already reported this month and the daily...