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According to officials at the health department, there are no plans to cancel the mask mandate while COVID transmission remain high.
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According to officials at the health department, there are no plans to cancel the mask mandate while COVID transmission remain high.
Clinical trials on little kids are underway on a two-dose vaccine and a three-dose shot. The goal is to prevent severe disease.
Both schools started the term with three weeks of remote instruction.
Metro services have been limited by nearly 15% systemwide as a result of short-staffing amidst the Omicron surge. In response, Metro officials are offering a $3,000 hiring bonus to new workers as they look to fill the nearly 600 open positions that are available.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an alert this week to urge consumers to be aware of fake COVID testing locations and websites popping up across the state.
Long COVID refers to the persistence of symptoms in people who have recovered from a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Those symptoms include fatigue, cough, chest tightness, breathlessness, palpitations, myalgia, and difficulty focusing.
Physicians hope production of the pills will ramp up, but also acknowledge that could take several months.
With COVID infections fueled by the Omicron variant at a new high, labor unions and workers had called for its return so people who tested positive could afford to stay home.
As thousands of students across the Southland prepare to return to campus after a brief hiatus from in-person learning, they are once again being asked to adapt in the face of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
The winter surge of coronavirus cases seems to be tapering slightly though medical professionals caution the public to maintain precautions.
On Saturday, health officials with Los Angeles County reported more than 39,000 new cases of COVID-19, 72 deaths and a slight decrease in hospitalizations at 4,700.
Despite the fact that Long COVID is now recognized by the medical community as its own illness, experts still don't know how to define symptoms of the condition, which makes it difficult to come up with treatments.
Los Angeles County reported their highest amount of deaths due to COVID-19 in over 10 months on Thursday - 102.
The 13-year-old and his mother attribute his recovery to the tireless efforts of staff at Children's Hospital of Orange County.
Children's Hospital of Orange County has seen more than 9,000 kids with COVID since the start of the pandemic, though nearly 1,000 of those cases have been in the last two weeks.
Americans can now order four free at-home COVID-19 tests online. It's part of the Biden administration's strategy to make tests more accessible as the Omicron variant continues to cause high numbers of cases across the U.S.
Cases continue grow at exponential numbers, hospitalizations are ticking upwards and the death toll is not slowing down. However experts like Dr. Nancy Gin of Kaiser Permanente of Southern California told CBSLA Reporter Jake Reiner that we could be nearing a downswing in cases.
Los Angeles County Sunday reported an additional 43,883 new coronavirus cases as the winter surge stemming from the Omicron variant continued.
Southern California experienced yet another weekend in the winter COVID-19 surge driven by the Omicron variant.
One health professional warns: for every one person who comes down with Omicron, they are easily infecting at least two other people in their immediate circles, as COVID-19 numbers continue to surge within Los Angeles County.
Carvalho is not scheduled to take over as superintendent until March, but made the visit Friday to get a firsthand look at how the district is managing during the first week of instruction amid a countywide surge in COVID-19 infections.
Officials with the county health department expressed concern that the percentage of COVID patients in intensive care units is now higher than it was during the Delta surge.
For the second-consecutive day, Los Angeles County has reported over 40,000 positive cases and 4,000 hospitalizations due to COVID-19. As of Friday, 80% of hospital beds in the county are occupied.
Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange Counties are amongst the many feeling the immense strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, as numbers continue to climb nationwide.
The governor's office told CBSLA that they hope to have the extra COVID sick days reinstated by the end of the month, on an emergency basis.
