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Pasadena, CA - October 12: Denise Fractious, 68, of Pasadena, receives her COVID vaccine during a flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kaiser Permanente Pasadena on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in Pasadena, CA. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Older Californians now eligible for another COVID-19 vaccine dose

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that seniors 65 and older get a second dose of the 2023-24 COVID-19 vaccination.

March 13, 2024

WHITTIER, CA - JULY 07, 2020 - - Genia Hope, 52, moves into her new room at a hotel that is being used for Project Roomkey in Whittier on July 7, 2020. Hope had been living homeless in an encampment near the 710 and 105 freeways for the past two years. Outreach workers with the Los Angeles Housing convinced Hope to move into the hotel. Project Roomkey is a coordinated effort to secure hotel and motel rooms in L.A. County as temporary shelters for people experiencing homelessness who are at high-risk for hospitalization if they contract Coronavirus (COVID-19). The city and county of Los Angeles plan to move people from the freeways. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter passed a landmark court order banning homeless encampments from under and along Los Angeles freeways. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Feds won’t reimburse California $300 million for homeless housing amid COVID. Congress wants answers

A letter by Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) asks FEMA to reconsider and pay out the funding to cities that are already strapped for cash.

March 12, 2024

More parents are delaying their kids’ vaccines, and it’s alarming pediatricians

LADERA RANCH-CA-FEBRUARY 28, 2024: Karla Benzl, of Mission Viejo, center, holds her 15-month-old son Marcus while he gets his vaccinations by medical assistant Shellee Rayl at Southern Orange County Pediatric Associates in Ladera Ranch on February 28, 2024. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

More parents are choosing to delay childhood vaccinations, such as the MMR vaccine. Doctors worry toddlers remain vulnerable as measles spreads.

March 11, 2024

U.S. health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19

FILE - McKenna Shuster works on a linocut art print which she does as a hobby in her home on the last night of a two-week self-isolation while recovering from symptoms of COVID-19 in Somerville, Mass., on March 26, 2020. On Friday, March 1, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said people who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days. The CDC changed its longstanding guidance, saying that people can return to work or regular activities if their symptoms are mild and improving and it's been a day since they've had a fever. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

The CDC said people who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days and can return to regular activities if their symptoms are mild and improving and it’s been a day since they’ve had a fever.

March 1, 2024

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Are vaccines safe? When can I get a booster dose? Do I have to wear a mask? We’ve answered hundreds of newsletter readers’ questions. Here’s an archive.
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