The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has received confirmation of its first case of COVID-19 with mutations consistent with the new omicron variant. The individual returned to Los Angeles County after travel to South Africa via London on Nov. 22. This infection is most likely travel-related. The individual, who is a fully vaccinated […]
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Press release: Public Health prepares response to potential challenges presented by omicron
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health continues to track variant cases in Los Angeles County. While the delta variant remains the dominate variant detected among L.A. County residents and continues to account for 100% of cases sequenced, the omicron variant identified by the World Health Organization in South Africa as a “variant of […]
Press release: FDA expands eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine boosters
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUA) for both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines authorizing use of a single booster dose for all individuals 18 years and older after completion of primary vaccination with any FDA-authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) […]
Denise Jones: Stand up and speak up for school board’s mask and vaccine mandates
As a parent of a student who has a senior in the William S. Hart Union High School District, I was disgusted when I heard how horrible and disrespectful these anti-vaccine and anti-mask parents behaved. They call people of color names, heckle them when it is their turn to speak and do whatever they can […]
Press release: L.A. County prepared to administer Johnson & Johnson and Moderna boosters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee is meeting to discuss the need for boosters for those vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson or Moderna, and the committee on Thursday recommended approval of the Moderna booster dose. The committee will also review data on the safety and efficacy of “mixing […]
