Lives Cut Short: COVID-19’s Heavy Burden on Older Latinos
The coronavirus pandemic has eaten away at the Latino edge in life expectancy in staggering fashion, and taken a disproportionate toll on older members of the community compared with whites. LOS ANGELES – In December 2020, about 10 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Javier Perez-Torres boarded a bus from Los Angeles to Tijuana, Mexico, to […]
LA County reports 1st presumptive case of monkeypox
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County on Thursday confirmed its first presumptive case of monkeypox infection. At this time the county is awaiting final confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to health officials, the patient is an adult resident who recently traveled and had a known close contact to a case. […]
Doctors, nurses risked their lives to battle COVID. Now they’re facing a mental health crisis
COVID hospitalizations and deaths may be down from their surge peaks, but the nation’s hospitals and clinics still face a population in crisis: the healthcare workers themselves. Overworked medical professionals, who risked their health and their families’ well-being to help patients through the pandemic, are now dealing with a public that is increasingly distrustful in a politicized environment where hospital violence […]
Forget ‘stealth omicron.’ A new COVID variant could soon be dominant in N.J.
Forget ‘stealth omicron.’ A new COVID variant could soon be dominant in N.J. https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2022/05/forget-stealth-omicron-a-new-covid-variant-could-soon-be-dominant-in-nj.html
LA County sees slight drop in COVID hospitalizations
LA County sees slight drop in COVID hospitalizationshttps://heysocal.com/2022/05/23/la-county-sees-slight-drop-in-covid-hospitalizations/
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Coronavirus cases in California rising fast, with some regions seeing infections double
The number of coronavirus cases in California has significantly worsened this past week, hitting a level not seen since the winter’s Omicron surge and raising concerns about the possibility of a big jump in infections this summer. Weekly coronavirus cases roughly doubled across wide swaths of California, including Riverside and Santa Barbara counties, as well […]
Failure of an American ideology’: why Covid has an outsized impact on the US
As the US records 1 million Covid deaths, experts note underinvestment in long-term care, primary care and public health all contributed to the toll David Rosner continually talks to colleagues who are distraught about the American response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “When you are in a school of public health and a public health environment, […]
Biden marks 1 million U.S. COVID deaths: ‘An irreplaceable loss’
President Biden issued a statement on Thursday preemptively marking a milestone that once seemed unimaginable: 1 million COVID-19 deaths in the United States. “Today, we mark a tragic milestone: 1 million American lives lost to COVID-19. One million empty chairs around the dinner table,” Biden said. “Each an irreplaceable loss. Each leaving behind a family, […]
COVID-19: ‘We might not be in a great spot in the fall,’ says Moderna CEO
The majority of Moderna’s (MNRA) revenue comes from governments abroad — which are bracing are for an ongoing need for COVID-19 vaccines this year. While the U.S. waits on funding and for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decide on which virus strain to attack through boosters, Moderna and other vaccine companies are […]
