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Kaiser Permanente Wednesday revealed that 11 of their fully-vaccinated employees, who attended the same wedding in Wisconsin, are now part of the county’s latest COVID-19 cluster.

South Bay grandmother Rosario Rodriguez spent seven weeks at Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center battling COVID-19, four of which she spent breathing with the help of a ventilator, and is finally telling her survival story after months of recovery.

The holidays might look and feel different than they did last year, a welcomed change. But as we plan to gather with friends and family, many might wonder what is the safest way to travel? By plane, train, car or even bus?  NBC7 spoke with a doctor about ways to stay safe this holiday season. Dr. Tseng with Kaiser Permanente...

A tentative deal was reached Saturday between Kaiser Permanente and union leaders that will prevent a strike by thousands of nurses and other health care workers who were planning to hit the picket line Monday at Kaiser facilities across Southern California and beyond.

About 21,000 healthcare workers are planning to strike against Kaiser Permanente for their wage proposals that are expected to impact more than 300 hospitals across Southern California.

The homeowners have since cleaned up the mess, but it left them a little disheartened, to the point where they decided to pack everything up and put it back in the garage, until neighbors begged them not to, reports NBC 7’s Dana Griffin.

A San Diego home that has brought joy to so many during the pandemic because of a simple sign, that reads “joy”, was recently vandalized. A would-be thief tried to steal a 12-foot skeleton that was added to the display for Halloween.

While not everyone may agree with them, COVID-19 vaccine mandates on employees appear to be working based on a growing rate of inoculations being reported by companies across the country.

Studies out of Yale and France suggest vaccine can alleviate symptoms, reports NBC 7’s Joe Little.

They went toe-to-toe with COVID-19 and months later, some are still dealing with the symptoms. Doctors call them long haulers and there is a growing belief that the vaccine can help alleviate some of those symptoms.

Southern California union members working at Kaiser Permanente voted in favor of authorizing a strike against the health care company after months of failed negotiations, the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) announced Monday.

The hospital told workers they need to be vaccinated by Dec. 1 or be officially terminated.

Health care giant Kaiser Permanente has put more than 2,200 employees nationwide on unpaid leave for choosing not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

NBC 7’s series Breakdown looks into criticism of Kaiser Permanente’s mental health services. NBC 7’s Catherine Garcia reports.

A San Diego woman says Kaiser Permanente denied her the mental health care she needed.

The pandemic is still pushing along, which means COVID-19 contact tracers are still hard at work. One Kaiser Permanente doctor says that process hasn’t gotten any easier this year reports NBC 7’s Joe Little

Six feet. Fifteen minutes. Those are the measuring sticks used in contact tracing to discover whether someone is at risk of catching COVID-19 from someone else. It’s a process doctors say isn’t easy.

Doctor says pets could be a good prescription for stress relief.

Asthmatics who have their illness well under control have less severe COVID-19 outcomes than those with uncontrolled asthma, researchers said Tuesday in a large study conducted by USC and Kaiser Permanente Southern California.