California is not the first state to adopt a symptom-based approach for COVID-19 isolation, and CDPH points to Oregon, which took a similar approach in May 2023. In comparing COVID-19 trends between California and Oregon after their change in isolation guidance, CDPH found no difference. The...
A nurse puts down a vial of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in Oakland, California, on March 26. Gabrielle Lurie/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images In an official statement, Johnson & Johnson said that the company is “aware” that there have been thromboembolic e...
Do public health activities pay for themselves: the effect of county-level public health expenditures on county-level public assistance medical care benefits in California. Health Econ. 2020;29(10):1220-1230. doi:10.1002/hec.4130PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 90. Brown TT, Hong JS, ...
Reporting of COVID-19 Having data for this phase of COVID-19 provides understanding of what’s happening with the virus in Orange County and in the U.S. The information we receive will evolve in the future, but will still allow public health officials at the County and State level, the...
(Santa Ana, CA) – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced in a 9/13/22 update to several State Public Health Officer Orders, that mandated testing of the small number of unvaccinated workers will no longer be required.
A California county facing a lawsuit from a local church over its COVID restrictions is clapping back as news of its reported surveillance of the house of worship gains publicity.
The Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals have been canceled under a heath order issued by Riverside County, California due to the coronavirus pandemic. The festivals were canceled last year as well. "This order is intended to reduce the likelihood of exposure to COVID-19," the Riverside Co...
Vaccinating all Los Angeles County residents could take a year, county health official says From CNN's Sarah Moon Staff and volunteers distribute the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, January 19, in Inglewood, California. Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images At the current rate ...
” ABecker’s Clinical Leadership reportnoted that at least three hospitals in New York state and a health system in California reinstated mask mandates this month. Other systems are revisiting their masking regulations, particularly for units that treat immunocompromised and high-risk patients. The ...
New deaths and confirmed cases of COVID-19 by day Early in 2020, New York had the largest number of cumulative cases. But by summer, spread of the disease slowed there while transmission increased in other states. Over the winter, the number of cases accelerated in almost every s...