LA's First Reported Case Of Flurona Detected At COVID Testing Site Near Getty Center
The patient was described only as a teenager with mild symptoms who tested positive for both flu and COVID.
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The patient was described only as a teenager with mild symptoms who tested positive for both flu and COVID.
In the face of increasing numbers of COVID-19 numbers nationwide, California has extended the mandatory mask mandate for an additional month, through at least February 15.
Millions of Americans between the ages of 12 and 15 could soon be able to get a booster shot of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine after a panel of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention's outside vaccine advisers voted by a majority to recommend children as young as 12 get a booster.
La Cañada Unified's Board of Education held an emergency meeting Tuesday night after learning of the "shocking" 10% positivity rate – 140 positive test results from 1,565 tests. Additionally, 130 more test results are pending, and 38 staffers has also tested positive.
Kelly Ernby, who specialized in environmental and consumer law, joined the Orange County District Attorney's Office in 2011.
A holiday season of widespread travel and gatherings, unfortunately, coincided with the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant, which health experts say is much more efficient at infecting even fully vaccinated and boosted people.
USC athletics announced that all indoor home athletics events will be closed to the general public effective Tuesday, Jan. 4 through Friday, Jan. 14.
A partial report of Sunday testing showed at least 20 positive cases, prompting officials to institute distance learning for both schools, which are located on the same campus on Morning View Drive.
After announcing proof of a negative COVID-19 test will be required in order to return to campuses for the spring semester, Los Angeles Unified School District officials are working on distributing self-test kits to its more than 600,000 students.
The Los Angeles Unified School District has announced that all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before they can return to campuses when school resumes next week.
COVID-19 numbers continue to soar in Orange County with 15,427 new cases and 5 deaths reported Monday by the Orange County Health Care Agency.
Burbank Unified School District and Culver City Unified School District officials decided to move forward with in-person classes, despite the surge in new infections across the country.
With the cases reported over the holiday weekend, Riverside County recorded 404,603 cases since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
Up to seven engine companies, including Squad 55 and X-Ray 1 crews, can be temporarily closed daily under the emergency brown-out plan.
County health departments have ramped up testing across the region, but Los Angeles County is going a step further by offering to mail free, at-home COVID nasal swab tests to its residents.
Millions of Americans as young as 12 could soon be able to get a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine after the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has authorized third doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's shot for that age group.
With COVID-19 numbers skyrocketing nationwide, testing facilities are beginning to feel the strain, as droves of people flock to get their results.
More flights Sunday were cancelled at Los Angeles International Airport and others due to the Omicron variant and weather.
This holiday weekend has resulted in almost 45,000 new cases of COVID-19 across LA County, public health officials said Sunday.
Though it's a new year, similar concerns were mounting from the previous year as COVID-19 cases continued to climb across the Southland.
As COVID cases in Los Angeles and Orange County are rising, people are wasting no time going to get tested for the virus.
As cases surge throughout the region, nine of the 25 hospitals in Orange County have resurrected surge tents outside their facilities, just as they did during last year's winter surge.
Lakers' head coach Frank Vogel made his return from COVID-19 protocols on Friday night, leading the Lakers to a lopsided victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Ty Lue became the 10th NBA head coach to head into COVID-19 protocols on Friday.
Los Angeles County health officials have announced record-breaking numbers of COVID-19 cases on the final day of 2021, with 27,091 positives.
