Public Health Update: What Changes When COVID-19 Emergency Orders Expire
In her now bi-weekly public health update yesterday, LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer provided an update on COVID-19 numbers and status, and [more…]
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Public Health Update: COVID-19 Still Stable; New Information on Long COVID
As shown in the graph above, LA County reported this week that the daily average of new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths remained relatively [more…]
Public Health Update: Still in a “Hopeful New Place”…and How to Tell if Your COVID Test Kit Has Expired
This week’s public health update from LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer brought good news in three forms: COVID-19 case and hospitalizations continue [more…]
Public Health Update: Possible New COVID-19 Booster Schedules; Federal & State Emergency Orders Ending
“Here in LA County, I feel very comfortable saying we’re in a new phase. Very comfortable.” – LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer [more…]
Public Health Update: COVID-19 Cases & Hospitalizations Continue Drop; Deaths Still “Relatively” High
Thursday, January 26, marked the three-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 case reported in Los Angeles County, said LA County Public Health Director Barbara [more…]
Public Health Update: LA County Moves into Low Community Tier
“We have a very different January than expected, and for that I’m grateful,” said LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Thursday, announcing [more…]
Public Health Update: No Post-Holiday Winter Surge (Yet)…but Deaths Highest Since July
There is both good and not-so-good news on the COVID-19 front this week. On the plus side is that nearly two weeks after the [more…]
Public Health Update: COVID-19 Numbers Decline Again, Boost Hope for Better Winter
“We are seeing some positive signs,” LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in her weekly address yesterday, noting that new COVID-19 cases [more…]
Public Health Update: Back to Medium Tier for COVID-19; Monkeypox Vax Criteria Removed
In a brief pre-holiday public health update this week, LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer reported that COVID-19 cases (though still underreported) continued [more…]
Public Health Update: COVID-19 Numbers Drop a Bit as Holidays Approach
With the heart of the winter holiday season quickly approaching, there’s good news on the COVID-19 front this week: case numbers, which have been [more…]
Public Health Update: COVID-19 Surges into High Tier; Flu Still Rising; RSV Begins Decline
With the current “tripledemic” very much in full swing this week, LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer reported yesterday that after just one [more…]
Public Health Update: Back to COVID Medium Tier; High May Be Coming Soon
COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles cases are now averaging more than 2,700 per day, an 85% increase in just the last two weeks, moving [more…]
Public Health Update: Indoor Masking “Strongly Recommended” Again
As LA County’s COVID-19 weekly case rate moved back up to 100 cases per 100,000 residents this week, the LA County Department of Public [more…]
Public Health Update: Winter Respiratory Illnesses Ramping Up – Time to Get COVID Boosters & Flu Shots
It’s now less than two weeks until Thanksgiving and the large, cozy indoor gatherings it brings, and this week’s update from LA County Public [more…]
Public Health Update: Signs Point to Possible Winter COVID Surge; Flu & RSV Seasons Starting Early and Strong
Both COVID-19 and monkeypox news have been fairly quiet for the last few weeks, with local monkeypox spread now slowed to the point that [more…]
Public Health Update: Bivalent COVID-19 Boosters Now Available for Kids 5-11; Monkeypox Cases Lowest Since July
While health officials say they’re still expecting both flu and COVID-19 surges this winter, both COVID-19 cases and numbers of new monkeypox cases continued [more…]
Public Health Update: New COVID Variants on the Horizon; New Monkeypox Cases Continue to Fall
COVID-19 cases are still trending down this week, though hospitalizations have plateaued, and there are two new variants of interest, reported LA County Public [more…]
Public Health Update: COVID-19 and Monkeypox Still Relatively Quiet; Flu Season on the Horizon
Referring at one point to COVID-19 being in a “relatively quiet” period this week, LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer yesterday provided her [more…]
Public Health Update: Masks Now Just “Strongly Recommended” on Public Transit, Up to Personal Preference in Most Other Indoor Spaces
As of today, for the first time in more than two and a half years, face masks are no longer required on LA County [more…]
Public Health Update: “Hopeful Moment” for COVID-19 Pandemic; Monkeypox May Be Starting Decline
“This is a hopeful moment in the COVID pandemic, with the WHO noting that with continued attention to reducing risk, and increasing vaccine coverage, [more…]