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Defeat The Heat At LA County Cooling Centers
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The county health department has provided a list of cooling centers at local libraries and community facilities to help residents cope with rising temperatures Monday. Residents are...
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LA County Health Chief Gives UCLA School Of Public Health $50M
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County health chief has donated $50 million to the University of California, Los Angeles. The Jonathan and Karen Fielding gift is the largest-ever donation to UCLA’s...
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LA City Ordinance Requiring Porn Actors To Wear Condoms Goes Into Effect Monday
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — An ordinance mandating adult video stars to wear condoms on shoots in the city of Los Angeles goes into effect Monday. The measure, which was backed by Los Angeles-based AIDS...
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Health Official: Angelenos Not At Risk To Downtown TB Outbreak
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com)— Angelenos are not in danger in the wake of a tuberculosis outbreak on Skid Row, according to the county’s top health official. “The public is not at risk,” Dr. Jonathan...
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Local Health Officials Offer Free Vaccines In Wake Of Multistate Hepatitis A...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Health officials planned to offer free hepatitis A vaccines at several clinics throughout the city this weekend in the wake of a multistate outbreak of infections possibly...
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Vista Murrieta High School Student Tests Positive For TB
MURRIETA (CBSLA.com) — Families in Murrieta are on edge after a high school student tested positive for tuberculosis. The student at Vista Murrieta High School tested positive for an active case of...
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LA May Become First City In US To Implement Age Restriction On Energy Drink...
BEVERLY HILLS (CBSLA.com) — Los Angeles could become the nation’s first city to ban minors from purchasing energy drinks, as the City Council considers restrictive policies on the beverages. The...
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Vegan-Friendly Newport Beach Eatery Shut Down After Customers Fall Ill
NEWPORT BEACH (CBSLA.com) — Investigators with the Orange County Health Department were working Friday to determine what may have caused several people to get sick after eating at an upscale Newport...
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City Council Examines Best Practices To Safeguard Angelenos From Ebola
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Los Angeles City Council met Tuesday to discuss a motion that would require city staff and county officials to report on public health issues in relation to Ebola. The...
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O.C., L.A. Counties Have 4 of 10 Dirtiest Beaches In California, Report Says
SANTA MONICA (CBSLA.com) — Ocean water quality at Southern California beaches continues to improve in part because the drought causes less rain runoff, according to a report released Thursday by Heal...
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Hillary Clinton Proposes New Federal Fund To Combat Zika Virus
LAGUNA BEACH (AP) — As the Zika virus continues to spread, Hillary Clinton is proposing a new fund to improve the federal government’s response to major public health crises. The Democratic...
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Seventh Case Of Measles Reported In Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — – Health officials on Thursday confirmed a seventh case of measles in Los Angeles County. On a positive note, the health officials said they do not believe this latest case was...
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LA County Health Officials Diagnose 2 More Cases Of Measles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Officials with the LA County Health Department Saturday have diagnosed two more cases of measles and want to warn the public. Those who have not been vaccinated should be...
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The county Department of Public Health announced Tuesday a voluntary text message-based survey that will send weekly health inquiries to participants in hopes of better tracking...
View ArticleLA County COVID-19 Trends Continue To Improve, But Gatherings Threaten Recovery
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer Monday hailed work by residents and businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19, noting that the county now meets five...
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How Many People Make A Mega Event? LA County Lowers Threshold For Mega Events
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Effective this Friday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reduced the attendance threshold for mega events in half. According to the revised health order, on Jan....
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