Health

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 years ago

Public Health Adds Additional Masking Requirements for Indoor Employees

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

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

Los Angeles County COVID-19 Cases More than Double from Yesterday to 6,509 New Cases

The increase in cases represents more than double the Dec. 21 case count.

4 years ago

Washington D.C. BRIEFS: Projects at Ports of Long Beach and Oakland, Dems Question Meta; Senators Call for Stronger EPA Methane Rule; $5 Million to Support Unhoused Veterans

More Than $57 Million Awarded for Infrastructure Projects at Ports of Long Beach and Oakland WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator…

4 years ago

Local Restaurants Mostly Silent on Proof of Vaccination Status

If you have recently dined out, you may have been asked a simple question. Can you provide proof of vaccination? …

4 years ago