public health director Barbara Ferrer

COVID-19 remains a threat in low-income areas

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By Alfredo Santana Contributing Writer HIGHLAND PARK — Anselmo Peña-Loza believes COVID-19 still poses a serious threat for bus riders…

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Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The number of COVID-19-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals is back on the…

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Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — COVID-19 case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths continue to show signs of stabilizing locally, Los…

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Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County remains on pace to enter the “high” COVID-19 activity level as…

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Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, has announced she has tested positive for COVID-19 for…

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Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Amid slowly rising infection numbers and continued spread of the BA.2 subvariant of COVID-19,…

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Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — With many COVID-19 public-health mandates now lifted, Los Angeles County officials are urging people…

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Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County will align with the state and lift the requirement that attendees…

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Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — A group of parents upset about the continuing indoor mask-wearing mandate at Los Angeles…

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Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The county’s much-debated COVID-19 indoor mask-wearing mandate could be lifted as early as March…