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First US death due to monkeypox confirmed in Los Angeles County

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First US death due to monkeypox confirmed in Los Angeles County

The department and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the link and said the person had a severely weakened immune system and had been hospitalized. No further information will be made public, the department said in a news release. “Persons severely immunocompromised who suspect they have monkeypox are encouraged to seek medical … Read more

Masks may return to Los Angeles as nationwide COVID surge

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Masks may return to Los Angeles as nationwide COVID surge

Carla K. By Johnson and Christopher Weber, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Barragan has a habit of wearing a mask because his job in the Los Angeles film industry has long required it, so if the nation’s most populous county needs face coverings. Restores the rules needed because…