Health

Gov. Newsom Signs Executive Order to Support Safe, In-Person Learning at Schools Amid COVID Surge

SACRAMENTO – Amid the national surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant, Gov. Gavin Newsom Jan. 11, signed…

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National Blood Crisis May Put Patients at Risk

Over the next month, about 72% of donation appointments remain unfilled in the Los Angeles Red Cross Region.

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COVID-19 Briefs: Hahn Calls To Meet COVID Testing Demands and Quarantine Updates For Long Beach

These orders align with the Centers for Disease Control and California Department of Public Health guidance for community-related exposure to…

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California Blueprint Takes on the State’s Greatest Existential Threats, Builds on Historic Progress

California Blueprint proposes billions more to support the state’s robust response to COVID-19 and nation-leading efforts to fight climate change…

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California COVID Briefs: Executive Order Prevents Price Gouging and New $2.7 Billion COVID-19 Emergency Response Package

Executive order includes $1.2 billion to bolster testing efforts through expanded hours and capacity at testing sites, distributing millions of…

5 years ago

Did I Have It and Not Know It?

Originally published in WebMd COVID-19 may have been around longer than we originally thought. So people may have had the…

5 years ago

COVID-19 Positive or Exposed? What to Do Next

By Kathleen Doheny, Originally published on WebMd With new cases of COVID-19 skyrocketing to more than 240,000 a day in…

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Public Health Adds Additional Masking Requirements for Indoor Employees

These upgraded masks are better at blocking virus particles from going through the mask.

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As Pediatric Hospitalizations Increase and In-Person Learning Resumes, Parents and Children Are Urged to Take Precaution Amid Surging Transmission

This week, in an effort to increase capacity at schools to offer testing to returning students, LA County Public Health…

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California Launches Program to Compensate Survivors of State-Sponsored Sterilization

From 1909 through 1979, under state eugenics laws, thousands of people who lived in California state-run hospitals, homes and institutions…

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