A growing number of communities are now seeing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations at levels high enough to warrant indoor masking and other measures to curb the virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday. A number of major cities are now considering a return to masking measures. According to the agency’s weekly update, …
A “triple epidemic” of COVID-19, influenza and RSV is hitting Southern California hard, sending patients to the emergency room in droves and presenting a daunting new challenge for a healthcare system already strained by nearly three years of pandemic. “When you have the convergence of three very serious respiratory viruses, it puts a huge burden …
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a filthy alley behind a Los Angeles donut shop, Ryan Smith convulsed from a high of fentanyl — going from moments of sleep to bouts of violent chills on a hot summer day. ‘summer. When Brandice Josey, another homeless drug addict, leaned over and puffed out a puff of fentanyl …
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