Covid-19

Long Beach Briefs: Community Grants Program Gives 2.7 M. and City Offering Updated COVID-19 Boosters

Environmental benefits produced by these projects include greenhouse gas emission reductions and decreased energy consumption. 

3 years ago

Long Beach Awarded $13.1 Million State Loan for Emergency Rental Assistance Program

The funding provides support, in the form of a forgivable loan, to cities and counties throughout the state to continue…

3 years ago

As COVID-19 Numbers Improve, Residents Can Protect the Most Vulnerable

The CDC reported LA County’s hospital admission rate at 8.9 weekly hospital admissions per 100,000 people, a decrease from the…

3 years ago

Indoor Masking Strongly Advised to Protect Most Vulnerable Residents

And while LA County still is in this surge, indoor masking is very strongly advised everywhere else: in shared office…

3 years ago

LA County Vaccination Sites To Start Administering Novavax Vaccine Beginning Aug. 3

Residents 18 years and older can get the Novavax vaccine, which is a two-dose primary series, with the second dose…

3 years ago

LA County Sees High COVID-19 Community Level, Common-Sense Steps Slow the Spread

iven the results from a recent large study among veterans that identified increased risks to health created by repeat infections,…

3 years ago

BA.5 Fuels Increase in COVID Metrics; Residents in High Poverty Areas Hospitalized At Faster Rate

The highly infectious BA.5 subvariant is fueling the rapid spread of COVID-19, leading to increases in Los Angeles County cases,…

3 years ago

As Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths Rise, Wearing Well-Fitting Masks and Testing are Key to Reducing Transmission

Since January 2022, over 4,300 county residents have died from COVID; this is more than the average number of all…

3 years ago

Los Angeles County Public Health Closely Monitoring Additional COVID Post-Surge

This medium level is based on a very high case rate of 307 cases per 100,000 residents, well above the…

3 years ago

EDD Recovers $1.1 Billion in Unemployment Insurance Funds — More Investigations and Recoveries to Come

The recovered funds were located on about 780,000 inactivated benefit cards

3 years ago