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CDC Health Update: Important Updates on COVID-19 Therapeutics for Treatment and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Update to provide guidance on improving the use ...

As COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Rise, Boosters and Masking in Indoor Public Spaces Strongly Recommended

The county’s case rate is now 185 new cases per 100,000 people, and the COVID-19 hospital admission rate is ...

LAC DPH Health Update: Fall Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination

Key Messages LA County influenza surveillance shows much higher activity compared to this time of year pre-pandemic. In previous years, ...

CDPH Health Advisory: Guidance for Safe Specimen Collection From Monkeypox Lesions: Reminder to NOT De-roof Lesions and NOT Use Sharps

    This Advisory reminds California healthcare providers of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations to reduce risk of ...

Monday Rx: Monkeypox Update, Covid-19 Update, Solutions Portal, Trends and HOD Update

  Monkeypox Update A second possible death from monkeypox in the U.S. is under investigation in Los Angeles County, according to ...

LAC DPH COVID-19 Updates: New Booster Recommendations, Observation Period, Co-Administration

The CDC recommends that people ages 12 years and older receive a booster dose of bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccine at least ...

CDC Health Advisory: Variant Influenza Virus Infections- Recommendations for Identification, Treatment, and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify healthcare ...

Testing Remains Key to Slowing the Spread; Free At-Home Tests Readily Available Across the County

While COVID-19 case rates are declining and LA County entered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) medium community ...

CDC Health Update: Monkeypox in People with HIV, Children and Adolescents, and People who are Pregnant or Breastfeeding

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health update to alert clinicians that the CDC has ...

Monday Rx: Monkeypox Outbreak, COVID-19, $25 Minimum Wage, LACMA Solutions Portal and Upcoming Events

Monkeypox Outbreak In early May, an outbreak of monkeypox spread across several countries that do not normally report monkeypox, including ...

Monday Rx: A Message from Dr. Deen, LACPAC, Monkeypox, Medicare Payment and LA Dodger Healthcare Appreciation Night

Dr. Deen Message for Membership Last Thursday, July 14th, Dr. Omer Deen was installed as the 151stpresident of LACMA. Dr. Deen ...

LAC DPH Update: Monkeypox-Commercial Lab Testing, Reporting, & Vaccine Availability

Key Messages Community transmission of monkeypox continues in LA County. Commercial testing is now available through Labcorp. Additional laboratories are expected ...