What to KnowThe mosquitoes were collected from a trap in Hacienda Heights.As temperatures increase, so do mosquito populations and disease risk, which poses a serious public health threat in our communities, vector control said.Severe symptoms include high fever, muscle weakness, neck stiffness, coma, paralysis, and possibly death. Los Angeles County's first West Nile virus positive mosquito sample…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Thousands of people in Southern California swarmed the beaches Friday to cool off from springtime heat amid the coronavirus pandemic.Temperatures in the region have soared heading into the weekend, nearly reaching 100 degrees in some parts of Los Angeles County, but beaches…
The Southern California housing market has seized up. The coronavirus outbreak has closed businesses and kept people hunkered down in their homes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s also resulted in a market that experts describe as essentially frozen. Data released Thursday from real estate company Zillow show the number of deals entering escrow has fallen off a…
A Southern California man who needed a COVID-19 plasma donation has died amid his wife's desperate fight to save her husband.Chloe Nguyen's husband, 32-year-old Ted Le, was in critical condition with COVID-19 and on a ventilator for nearly four weeks at Pomona Valley Hospital.Le died on Friday.Doctors told Nguyen that plasma donated from someone who…
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Published: November 06, 2026, 10:41 pm Last updated: November 07, 2026, 12:20 am A California pumpkin patch and petting zoo associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections reopened Nov. 6 with the owners saying environmental tests for the pathogen had come back negative. The San Luis Obispo county health department has not posted
Healthcare affordability. Abortion access. “Medicare for All.” Healthcare was a major force behind the big wins for Democrats in this week’s midterm elections. But the debate over what the Democratic Party will do next is just getting started. KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on WAMU’s Health Hub on Nov. 4 to