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Federal changes starting in 2027 could impact 1 million L.A. County enrollees.
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It’s now illegal in California to harass people on their way into a vaccination clinic, under a law signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Long-simmering disputes with unions over staffing are reaching crisis points. Almost a third of California hospitals report insufficient numbers of critical workers, including nurses, technicians and janitors.
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About 30% of city workers haven’t gotten a shot.
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Student cases are down 45% from last week.
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The recommendation applies to people 65 years and older, those 18 to 64 who are high risk of severe COVID, and those people in the same age group whose work or institutional exposure puts them at high COVID risk.
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There are still large gaps, but health officials are hopeful more teens will get the shots.
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Lawmakers at a hearing this week demanded dramatic changes to the state’s nursing home licensing program, citing a recent investigation by LAist.
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The city's guidelines go into effect in November; the county's vaccine requirement to enter bars, breweries and nightclubs starts Oct. 7.
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A lawsuit describes nursing home magnate Shlomo Rechnitz and his companies as the “unlicensed owner-operator” of a troubled Redding facility.
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The intent of the rule was to move away from the large asylums of the time, some of which had become notorious for inhumane treatment. But small, community-based facilities never materialized in the numbers that were needed.
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Oct.1 was the vaccination deadline, but thousands of L.A. County employees remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus.
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While this is good news for vulnerable patients, the medicine should not replace the vaccine, doctors advise.
