Health

Garcia Says Vaccines for All City Employees; Hospitalizations in LA County Nearly Double In Two Weeks

“With vaccines readily available, the spread of COVID-19 is completely preventable without needing to impact small businesses or our economy.”

4 years ago

Gov. Newsom Signs Into Law First-in-the-Nation Expansion of Medi-Cal to Undocumented Californians Age 50 and Over

Under AB 133, approximately 235,000 Californians aged 50 years and older are newly eligible for Medi-Cal, including preventive services, long-term…

4 years ago

Once More Unto The Breach, Cassandra

Both crises result in our political and economic establishments promising the moon in terms of swift action to remediate their…

4 years ago

California Implements First-in-the-Nation Measures to Encourage State Employees and Health Care Workers to Get Vaccinated

 The new policy for state workers went into effect Aug. 2 and testing will be phased in over the next…

4 years ago

Still Contaminated-Who Should Pay for DDT Clean-up off Our Coast?

From 1947 until 1982, the Montrose Chemical Corporation of California was the largest producer of the insecticide DDT in the world. The…

4 years ago

COVID-19 burden: Latinos experience more hospitalization, death

In general, Latinos in the U.S. are healthier than whites — a phenomenon known as the “Latino paradox.”

4 years ago

Public Health Reopens Dockweiler State Beach and El Segundo Beach

  EL SEGUNDO – In an update from the Dockweiler Beach and surrounding area closures from a sewage spill, the…

4 years ago

L.A. County Sees Increase in COVID-19 Outbreaks

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health or Public Health is currently investigating 55 ongoing outbreaks; a 25% increase…

4 years ago

Public Health Monitors Increases in New Cases and Delta Variant Cases; Nearly 60% of L.A. County Residents Fully Vaccinated

The rising proportion of Delta among sequenced variants of concern is consistent with what other parts of the U.S. are…

4 years ago

As Delta Variant Circulates, Public Health Recommends Masking Indoors as a Precaution

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC noted that Delta variants are now responsible for about one in…

4 years ago