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Officials with the Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital provided an update on the coronavirus in Santa Clarita, with a focus on the more contagious but seemingly less severe Omicron variant. Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Larry Kidd and Medical Director of Emergency Care Dr. Bud Lawrence spoke to the public about the state of affairs at Henry Mayo in a live broadcast ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) modified masking requirements Wednesday, calling upon employers to provide medical-grade masks to all indoor employees beginning mid-January.  As cases continue to rise as a result of “highly transmissible” Omicron variant circulation, Public Health modified their Health Officer Order Wednesday to include higher grade masks for employees “knowing that vaccinations alone ...

In an email sent to parents, the William S. Hart Union High School District detailed back-to-school guidelines based on the updated Los Angeles County Health Officer Order for masking both indoors and outdoors, reduced quarantine periods, negative coronavirus tests from close-contacts and more amid the Omicron surge. The revised Los Angeles County Public Health Order released on Dec. 31, 2021 ...

Jury trials have been paused for three weeks in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which covers the Santa Clarita area, due to concerns about coronavirus spread. The Central District of California announced Monday that all jury trials in its jurisdiction are set to be paused through Jan. 24 due to the “alarming” increase in ...

With increasing coronavirus case rates and hospitalizations among children, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded Pfizer and BioNTech booster shot eligibility to children ages 12- to 15-years-old just in time for resumed in-person learning.  The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced Monday that pediatric hospitalizations have increased by almost 190 percent from Dec. 4 to Dec. 25, ...

Los Angeles County has reported its highest rate of transmission of COVID-19 over the holiday weekend, with Santa Clarita seeing more than 800 new cases of largely the Omicron and Delta variants.    According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, hospitalizations have risen to 1,628 and over 20 percent of those getting tested for COVID-19have received positive ...

Santa Clarita reached nearly 600 reported cases of the coronavirus in one day on Wednesday — the highest daily spike since the onset of the pandemic — and booking a coronavirus test has shown to be more difficult than ever. KHTS has provided a list of resources to assist the public amid possible testing shortages. As Delta and Omicron transmissions ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) reported Monday that there was an increasing number of coronavirus cases being identified among health care workers. Public Health reports a high proportion of health care workers, across a variety of settings, are fully vaccinated with either two doses of an mRNA vaccine, or one dose of Johnson and Johnson ...

Five additional COVID-19 related deaths were reported at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital over the holiday weekend. The new deaths, which took place between Friday, Dec. 24 and Sunday, Dec, 26, bring the total number of coronavirus-related deaths at the local hospital to 195 since March of 2020. While the sudden spike in deaths is unusual, hospitalizations due to coronavirus remain ...

California health care workers are expected to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot by February in an effort to control case surges in hospitals. Starting Feb. 1, 2022, California health care workers will be required to have coronavirus booster shots to ensure that hospitals are ready to deal with a surge in cases as the more-transmissible omicron variant spreads throughout ...