COVID-19

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California Is Reviewing Medi-Cal Eligibility For Millions Of Recipients. What Happens If You No Longer Qualify?

The short answer: you'll be switched to Covered California, the state's insurance exchange.

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Massive Increase In Unhoused People Dying In LA Is Called A Daily Tragedy By Health Officials

Fentanyl and other drugs fuel record deaths among people experiencing homelessness in L.A. County. From 2019 to 2021, deaths jumped 70% to more than 2,200 in a single year.

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The Historic Federal COVID Health Emergency Is Over, But The Pandemic’s Effects Are Here To Stay

As the official pandemic response ends, the virus — and hope — linger.

A PAXLOVID box is behind a foil pill holder. There is a yellow side for morning doses and a blue side for evening doses. There are instructions on the container. Six pills lay on the pill holder.

The Federal COVID Health Emergency Is Over. What Happens Now?

Most Californians get extended coverage until November.

What We Know About The ‘Arcturus’ COVID Strain

It makes up just 1% of cases in L.A. County, but is expected to grow.

A bar graph showing children are the least vaccinated in L.A. County.

LA’s COVID Emergency Might Be Over, But Many Remain Unvaccinated

Healthy adults getting a COVID vaccine for the first time will receive a single bivalent shot.

Panelists on stage at Caltech's Beckman Auditorium, seated under a digital background which reads "AirTalk COVID Doctors Retrospective Live." From left to right: AirTalk host Larry Mantle, UC Davis' Dr. Dean Blumberg, UCSF's Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, UCLA's Professor Kristen Choi, UC Irvine's Dr. Shruti Gohil, UCLA's Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, and Dr. Kimberly Shriner from Huntington Hospital in Pasadena.

We Asked 6 Infectious Disease Experts What's Changed Since The Pandemic Began

Doctors, nurses and health care professionals have been on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 since the pandemic began three years ago. We asked six of them how their lives, jobs, and views about medicine and public health have changed since.

A woman wearing a blue face mask steps out of the sliding doors at the entrance of LAC+USC Hospital emergency department.

LA County’s 3-Year COVID Emergency Is Reaching To An End. Here’s What's Changing

Rent protections are among the emergency orders that will expire.

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Saying Executives Put Profit Over People, LA's DA Announces Felony Charges For COVID-19 Deaths At Westside Care Facility

Skirting safety and infection control cost 14 people their lives, alleges DA.

As Pandemic Emergencies End, People Battling Long Covid Feel ‘Swept Under the Rug’

Three people tell us what it’s really like to have long COVID. "We feel swept under the rug," says one.

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LA County Keeps COVID Vaccination And Mask Requirement For Health Workers

Visitors and patients will not be required to wear a mask.

Why It's Taking So Long To Build LA's Korean American History Museum

Set to open last year, construction hasn’t even begun at the Koreatown location.