ATHERTON - JUNE 17: A portrait of Dr. Pamela Kunz at her home in Atherton, Calif., on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (Randy Vazquez / Bay Area News Group)This summer, Pamela Kunz will box up two decades of work and research at Stanford’s School of Medicine and head east to a new post at Yale.Kunz, an oncologist, is leaving in part because of what she and other women at the medical school say is an environment that has allowed sexual harassment and discrimination to flourish for years.From belittling comments to edging her out of research opportunities, male colleagues made some of her time at...…ATHERTON - JUNE 17: A portrait of Dr. Pamela Kunz at her home in Atherton, Calif., on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (Randy Vazquez / Bay Area News Group)This summer, Pamela Kunz will box up two decades of work and research at Stanford’s School of Medicine and head east to a new post at Yale.Kunz, an oncologist, is leaving in part because of what she and other women at the medical school say is an environment that has allowed sexual harassment and discrimination to flourish for years.From belittling comments to edging her out of research opportunities, male colleagues made some of her time at...WW…

A Los Gatos man has been arrested and faces possible prison time for allegedly taking advantage of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic by submitting millions of dollars in fake insurance claims.Mark Schena is the 57-year-old president of Arrayit Corporation, a medical technology company based in Sunnyvale that does allergy testing.According to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday, Schena claimed his company had developed a fast, cheap coronavirus test using the same pinprick blood samples it used to test for allergies. That supposed news sent the company’s stock soaring. The FDA ultimately...…A Los Gatos man has been arrested and faces possible prison time for allegedly taking advantage of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic by submitting millions of dollars in fake insurance claims.Mark Schena is the 57-year-old president of Arrayit Corporation, a medical technology company based in Sunnyvale that does allergy testing.According to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday, Schena claimed his company had developed a fast, cheap coronavirus test using the same pinprick blood samples it used to test for allergies. That supposed news sent the company’s stock soaring. The FDA ultimately...WW…

By | | Bay Area News GroupThey are separated by about 30 miles, but Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties have suddenly become worlds apart in their quests to vaccinate residents against COVID-19.Contra Costa County flipped a switch this week, opening up vaccine eligibility to anyone 50 or older who lives or works in the county. But Santa Clara has been cancelling appointments for already-eligible older and high-risk residents and engaging in high-profile battles with both the state and now Kaiser Permanente that appear to be contributing to its woes.As of Tuesday, Contra Costa County had...…By | | Bay Area News GroupThey are separated by about 30 miles, but Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties have suddenly become worlds apart in their quests to vaccinate residents against COVID-19.Contra Costa County flipped a switch this week, opening up vaccine eligibility to anyone 50 or older who lives or works in the county. But Santa Clara has been cancelling appointments for already-eligible older and high-risk residents and engaging in high-profile battles with both the state and now Kaiser Permanente that appear to be contributing to its woes.As of Tuesday, Contra Costa County had...WW…

By | and | Bay Area News GroupIn the first indication that California will adopt President Joe Biden’s call for everyone to be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by May 1, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday the state was moving toward getting rid of restrictions on which residents can get inoculated.“We anticipate within five and a half weeks (being) where we can eliminate all tiering, so to speak, and make available vaccines to everyone across the spectrum,” Newsom said during a stop in San Francisco. “Supply will exponentially increase, so in a few weeks these issues will substantively be...…By | and | Bay Area News GroupIn the first indication that California will adopt President Joe Biden’s call for everyone to be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by May 1, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday the state was moving toward getting rid of restrictions on which residents can get inoculated.“We anticipate within five and a half weeks (being) where we can eliminate all tiering, so to speak, and make available vaccines to everyone across the spectrum,” Newsom said during a stop in San Francisco. “Supply will exponentially increase, so in a few weeks these issues will substantively be...WW…

By | and | Bay Area News GroupSanta Clara County has stopped scheduling first-dose coronavirus vaccine appointments, pointing to a low and unpredictable supply of doses from the state as the reason.The news comes as a number of Bay Area officials, including in Santa Clara County, push back at the way the state has handled vaccine distribution — from an equity program they argue disadvantages needy areas of the region to tapping giant insurer Blue Shield to help with the state’s vaccine program.“Due to low vaccine supply from the state and the need to conserve inventory for second dose...…By | and | Bay Area News GroupSanta Clara County has stopped scheduling first-dose coronavirus vaccine appointments, pointing to a low and unpredictable supply of doses from the state as the reason.The news comes as a number of Bay Area officials, including in Santa Clara County, push back at the way the state has handled vaccine distribution — from an equity program they argue disadvantages needy areas of the region to tapping giant insurer Blue Shield to help with the state’s vaccine program.“Due to low vaccine supply from the state and the need to conserve inventory for second dose...WW…

By | and | Bay Area News GroupState officials are promising to consider the concerns of Bay Area legislators who say many of the region’s hardest-hit communities were unfairly excluded from a plan to dedicate more of California’s limited supply of coronavirus vaccine to the state’s most vulnerable residents.In a call Monday, the lawmakers urged Gov. Newsom’s office to rethink the plan that was announced last week to bolster the share of vaccine for underserved communities.State Sen. Dave Cortese, Morgan Hill Mayor Rich Constantine and others from across the region say the to reserve...…By | and | Bay Area News GroupState officials are promising to consider the concerns of Bay Area legislators who say many of the region’s hardest-hit communities were unfairly excluded from a plan to dedicate more of California’s limited supply of coronavirus vaccine to the state’s most vulnerable residents.In a call Monday, the lawmakers urged Gov. Newsom’s office to rethink the plan that was announced last week to bolster the share of vaccine for underserved communities.State Sen. Dave Cortese, Morgan Hill Mayor Rich Constantine and others from across the region say the to reserve...WW…

By | | Bay Area News GroupAs other regions of the country finally see some relief from the insidious coronavirus, California’s surge has grown so large it now claims a dark distinction in the nation’s outbreak: Without the Golden State, U.S. numbers would be dropping.That’s according to The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic, which analyzes data from across the country.California is now reporting so many cases that it has kept the country on a case plateau, even as the Midwest declines bring the rest of the country's cases down.— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking)Nationally,...…By | | Bay Area News GroupAs other regions of the country finally see some relief from the insidious coronavirus, California’s surge has grown so large it now claims a dark distinction in the nation’s outbreak: Without the Golden State, U.S. numbers would be dropping.That’s according to The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic, which analyzes data from across the country.California is now reporting so many cases that it has kept the country on a case plateau, even as the Midwest declines bring the rest of the country's cases down.— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking)Nationally,...WW…

FILE – In this Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, file photo, a pedestrian walks past a mural reading: “When out of your home, Wear a mask over your mouth and nose,” during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco. San Francisco is joining a statewide curfew and Silicon Valley is banning all high school, collegiate and professional sports and imposing a quarantine for those traveling into the region from more than 150 miles away. Santa Clara County has the highest case rate in the Bay Area, leading to the stricter rules, said Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu,...…FILE – In this Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, file photo, a pedestrian walks past a mural reading: “When out of your home, Wear a mask over your mouth and nose,” during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco. San Francisco is joining a statewide curfew and Silicon Valley is banning all high school, collegiate and professional sports and imposing a quarantine for those traveling into the region from more than 150 miles away. Santa Clara County has the highest case rate in the Bay Area, leading to the stricter rules, said Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu,...WW…

By | and | | Bay Area News GroupGov. Gavin Newsom has been busy apologizing to a pandemic-weary public about his decision to attend a dinner party earlier this month at the exclusive French Laundry in Napa County despite his daily pleas urging Californians not to congregate. But photos that surfaced this week of the get-together on an enclosed patio that the governor’s office had said was “outdoors” are raising another question: What exactly constitutes outdoor dining? And, definitions aside, what’s safe?With the arrival of wet, chilly weather, Bay Area restaurants already struggling to...…By | and | | Bay Area News GroupGov. Gavin Newsom has been busy apologizing to a pandemic-weary public about his decision to attend a dinner party earlier this month at the exclusive French Laundry in Napa County despite his daily pleas urging Californians not to congregate. But photos that surfaced this week of the get-together on an enclosed patio that the governor’s office had said was “outdoors” are raising another question: What exactly constitutes outdoor dining? And, definitions aside, what’s safe?With the arrival of wet, chilly weather, Bay Area restaurants already struggling to...WW…

By | | Bay Area News GroupA Southern California insurance company’s financial woes are sending thousands of seniors in Santa Clara and San Joaquin counties scrambling for health care coverage amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.More than 10,000 people in the two counties enrolled in Vitality Health Plan’s Medicare Advantage option — insurance that provides expanded Medicare coverage — after it began serving the area in January 2019, attracted by good benefits and promises of inexpensive medication. But for many, the company’s offerings turned out to be too good to be true.“If my parents...…By | | Bay Area News GroupA Southern California insurance company’s financial woes are sending thousands of seniors in Santa Clara and San Joaquin counties scrambling for health care coverage amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.More than 10,000 people in the two counties enrolled in Vitality Health Plan’s Medicare Advantage option — insurance that provides expanded Medicare coverage — after it began serving the area in January 2019, attracted by good benefits and promises of inexpensive medication. But for many, the company’s offerings turned out to be too good to be true.“If my parents...WW…