A shortage of chloroquine, which sells under the brand name Plaquenil, is one of the many unforeseen consequences of the pandemic.

For the international aid organization, the sudden drop in blood donations amid the pandemic is a matter of life and death.

So far, 591 people in the county have tested positive, though officials expect the actual number is much higher due to the lack of testing.

Dr. Jennifer Tong, who’s leading the county’s surge plan for all local hospitals, said she expects patients to start filling the beds by Tuesday.

In light of the public health crisis that’s upended so many rules already, local leaders have relaxed some of the city’s transparency guidelines.

The colossal coronavirus failure of 2020 is a clear sign that politics needs to be decoupled from a healthcare system meant to keep us safe.

But if people ignore public health guidelines about staying six feet apart and at home as much as possible, as many as 16,000 could die.

The shutdowns are working. And California has no plans to grant President Trump’s wish of getting back to business as usual by Easter.

As Santa Clara County public health authorities battle a mounting pandemic, what they don’t know can actually hurt us.

Election officials are still working on tallying up the more than 493,000 ballots cast in the March 3 primary, which saw a 51 percent turnout.

The order issued this morning will make private companies disclose overall COVID-19 test data—not just the positive results.

How many have been tested at private labs remains unclear because they have no obligation to report that to local health officials.

We’re now in the second week of what’s become a statewide shutdown. Meanwhile, as testing ramps up, the confirmed case count increases.

When kids stay home from school, dogs are more likely to attack our friendly neighborhood mail carriers.

For folks in Alcoholics Anonymous, sobriety is hard enough already. In a pandemic, all the more so, with 12-step meetings suspended indefinitely.

As the COVID-19 death toll reaches double digits countywide, local health officials have yet to disclose how many people they’ve tested.