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Parent Lawsuit Gaining Steam Against LA Public Health Dept. Over Indoor Mask Mandate

September 6, 2022 2:50 amSeptember 7, 2022 4:37 pm

A new lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on behalf of a group of parents seeks to immediately halt any plans to bring back an indoor mask mandate on school children, claiming that the Los Angeles Department of Public Health “is...

LA County Feels Blowback on Statement by Docs Refuting Current COVID-19 Hospitalizations

July 18, 2022 3:09 pmJuly 18, 2022 5:13 pm

It appears there must have been some significant blowback against Los Angeles County over the information provided by the two surprisingly forthright LA County+USC physicians on Sunday, as the Globe reported Monday in LA County Chief Medical Officer Rejects COVID-19...

LA County Chief Medical Officer Rejects COVID-19 ‘Media Hype’

July 18, 2022 7:18 amJuly 20, 2022 6:24 am

“Two officials at one of the largest hospital systems in Los Angeles and Southern California dismissed government officials’ statements about another wave of COVID-19 hitting the region and the United States as ‘media hype,’” The Epoch Times reported Sunday. This...

CDPH Announces Return Of Order Requiring Hospitals To Transfer COVID-19 Patients Once ICUs Are Full

August 17, 2021 6:24 pmAugust 18, 2021 10:27 am

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced a new public health order on Monday that would require all hospitals in California to accept transfer patients from facilities with limited ICU capacity. According to the order, the specific threshold for...

Gov. Newsom’s California Health Corps of… 14

January 11, 2021 3:34 pm

In March 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new initiative and executive order establishing California Health Corps, to help expand and recruit California’s health care workforce in the fight against the COVID-19 virus. “Health care professionals with an active license,...

Most Elective Surgeries To Be Delayed In 0% ICU Counties Due To Bed Need

January 7, 2021 2:30 amJanuary 8, 2021 11:19 am

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced Tuesday that elective and non-life-threatening surgeries would be delayed for three weeks at some hospitals to make more beds available for COVID-19 patients. In the order by the CDPH, it was specified...

Newsom Announces ‘Drastic Action’ if COVID Rates Continue to Rise

November 30, 2020 7:36 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday that California may have to take “drastic action” if COVID-19 rates and ICU cases continue to rise in the next few weeks. During the press conference, Gov. Newsom noted that, in the past few weeks,...