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 ...

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital announced three additional coronavirus-related deaths Monday, just before the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) reported its second case of the Omicron variant on Thursday.  Reaching 184 fatalities within Henry Mayo’s hospital walls since the beginning of the pandemic, the hospital has reported three coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, two of which died on ...