Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital reported two additional COVID-19 deaths on Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed coronavirus-related deaths at the Santa Clarita healthcare provider to 200. The two additional deaths announced on Friday bring the total number of deaths at the hospital to 200, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital. The first case of coronavirus ...

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital chairman of the hospital’s coronavirus task force, Dr. Bud Lawrence, went on KHTS’s Hometown Morning Show to discuss the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced a new daily case record of over 45,000 positive cases and 13 new deaths, including one in Santa Clarita.  As cases of the Delta and Omicron virus have continued to surge in recent weeks, L.A. County has hit a new daily case rate record for the pandemic. Cases have also increased ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) modified masking requirements effective Thursday due to Omicron, but who is expected to be affected? As cases continue to rise as a result of “highly transmissible” Omicron variant circulation, Public Health modified their Health Officer Order to enforce higher quality masks “knowing that vaccinations alone are not sufficient to prevent ...

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 ...

On Tuesday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced on Twitter that she had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and described her symptoms. This week, Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced that she had tested positive for COVID-19, further describing her feelings during the illness through Twitter. Today I tested positive for #COVID19. Feels like a cold, but each person’s experience ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...