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March 5, 2021 at 7:37 am

California thinks it can stop COVID by flooding poor areas with vaccine. Will it work?

The dramatic change in California's allocation strategy reflects the growing view from officials that they must more equitably balance vaccinating those most in danger of... Updated 7:56 am

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January 16, 2021 at 3:35 pm

‘Light at the end of tunnel’ or a small blip? Flattening COVID-19 numbers bring hope in California

Despite hospitals overflowing with patients, heartbreaking numbers of deaths and COVID-19 infection rates hovering at dangerous levels, there are some signs that the daily increase...

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A nurse holds a COVID-19 patient’s hand before she is intubated by a medical team led by pulmonologist Laren Tan, center, in the ICU at Loma Linda University Medical Center on Dec. 15, 2020, in Loma Linda, California. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS) 5168910W 5168910W

January 4, 2021 at 3:06 pm

Ambulance crews in COVID-hammered L.A. told not to transport patients who have little chance of survival

Hospitals are moving to rapidly discharge ill patients who, in less-crowded situations, would normally be allowed to stay. Officials fear the flood of new patients...

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December 27, 2020 at 6:44 am

A new post-Christmas COVID-19 surge as holidays create ‘viral wildfire’

Health experts in Los Angeles County are concerned there could be a wave of new coronavirus cases by mid-January, and more deaths by early to...

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December 25, 2020 at 11:22 am

L.A. County is probing whether a new, more contagious COVID strain is spreading locally

Los Angeles County scientists have begun to test samples of the coronavirus from local patients to determine if a new, more contagious strain that is...

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Nurse Janil Wise, left, screens patient Sarah Bodle, who is pregnant and was exposed to a person with COVID-19, in the OB triage tent at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, California, on July 10, 2020. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS) 1716432 1716432

July 16, 2020 at 9:00 am

‘We’re just overwhelmed’: Inside California hospitals as virus surge hits

Hospitals up and down the state report that their beds are filling up fast, staffers are tiring and medications used to treat coronavirus patients are...

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Wearing personal protective equipment, Registered Nurse April Bandi cares for a patient that has possible COVID-19 symptoms inside a special negative pressure isolation room at the Emergency Department at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego on April 10, 2020. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS) 1702590 1702590

July 13, 2020 at 5:37 am

‘We’re just overwhelmed’: The view from inside California hospitals as COVID-19 surges

Hospitals up and down the state report that their beds are filling up fast, staffers are tiring and medications used to treat coronavirus patients are...

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March 4, 2020 at 9:33 am

Washington state tells voters not to lick mail-in ballots to avoid spreading coronavirus

In an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, officials in Washington state are asking voters not to lick the envelopes used for mail-in ballots...

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, orange, emerging from the surface of cells, gray, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP) ny404 ny404

February 18, 2020 at 6:54 am

SARS killed hundreds and then disappeared. Could this coronavirus die out?

The stamping out of SARS was hailed as a big public health victory, achieved with a strong and swift response and a dose of good...

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FILE – In this March 12, 2019 file photo people walk at the University Village area of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. USC is among three universities and a health care institution who are sharing a gift of more than $1 billion thatâ€™s one of the largest in the history of higher education. The $260 million apiece gifts announced Wednesday, Nov. 13 come from this yearâ€™s sale of the Lord Corp. to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) NYCD206 NYCD206

November 14, 2019 at 7:00 am

Drug overdoses probed in recent USC student deaths, pointing to ‘twin epidemics’

LOS ANGELES — Some of the nine recent deaths of USC students are potentially linked to drug overdoses, reflecting a growing concern among educators and...