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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco convene the coronavirus disease fraud enforcement task force at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP)

More than $300 million in unnecessary COVID-19 testing could land Glendale lab owner in prison for 20 years

Lourdes Navarro could potentially spend 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to healthcare and wire fraud. Navarro and her husband, Imran Shams, billed the government and private health companies $359 million for what were deemed unnecessary COVID-19 tests from June 2020 to April 2022.

Oct. 6, 2023

FILE - A Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a drugstore in Cypress, Texas on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on them for ages 6 months and up in September 2023, people seeking the newest COVID-19 vaccine are running into high demand, insurance headaches and supply delays coast to coast. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Booking a COVID-19 vaccine? Watch out for insurance issues and canceled appointments

People seeking the newest COVID-19 vaccine are running into problems getting it due to high demand, insurance headaches and supply delays coast to coast.

Oct. 4, 2023

Scientists whose work on mRNA paved the way for first COVID-19 vaccines win Nobel Prize

Dr. Drew Weissman, left, a physician-scientist, and biochemist Katalin Karikó won the Nobel Prize in medicine.

Nobel Prize winners Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman harnessed messenger RNA, an advance that led to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.

Oct. 2, 2023

What you need to know as fall vaccinations against COVID, flu and RSV get underway

FILE - A Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a pharmacy in Cypress, Texas on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Fall 2023 vaccination season is in full swing, with health officials in the U.S. urging both an updated COVID-19 shot and flu vaccine for most everyone. New this year are vaccines for older adults and women in late pregnancy to guard against another virus named RSV. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

U.S. health officials are urging almost everyone to get both an updated COVID-19 shot and flu vaccine. An RSV shot is advised for older adults and women in late pregnancy as well.

Sept. 29, 2023

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All your COVID-19 questions answered: An archive of newsletter reader Q&As

Are vaccines safe? When can I get a booster dose? Do I have to wear a mask? We’ve answered hundreds of newsletter readers’ questions. Here’s an archive.

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FILE - In this April 9, 2020, file photo, workers wearing personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island in the Bronx borough of New York. The official death toll from the coronavirus soared in New York City on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, after officials began including people who probably had COVID-19, but died without ever being tested. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

A coronavirus mystery: Why New York was hit so much harder than L.A. County

With the emergency phase of COVID-19 over, a Los Angeles Times analysis shows how the pandemic took different tolls on L.A. County and New York City.

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Employers’ push to end remote work and return to office is stalling

A deer crosses Atlantic Drive inside the Gateway National Recreation Area - Sandy Hook, N.J., in Highlands, N.J.

The coronavirus has made itself at home in animals. Why that ramps up the risk for people

Irvine, CA - February 14: Courtney Gavin, who got sick with Covid in March 2020 and is now sick with long covid, plays guitar in her room, where she spend most of her time. She used to play in a couple bands but is on hold until she recovers at her home with her husband, Connor Mayer. Photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 in Irvine, CA. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Courtney is experiencing long covid and the costs (emotionally, physically and financially) this disease has had on their lives. She currently is not working and has severe shortness of breath, needs help doing basic tasks in the home (pushed in a wheelchair, uses a chairlift) and is fatigued easily. Connor works as a professor at UC Irvine and is now her full-time caregiver. He noted he is struggling with balancing the responsibilities of being a caregiver over his career responsibilities (which has resulted in a loss of income).The couple has shared that they have spent over $60k in medical expenses (chair lift, wheelchair, supplements), Courtney plays music and is largely bedridden, but they seem to have a routine where Connor makes her food and sets up everything before he leaves for work to make it as easy as possible for her to eat and take care of herself. Courtney also applied for disability and was denied recently.

$62,000 and three years later: Long COVID continues to upend this California couple’s lives

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 23, 2022: Jeremy Oyague, right, a registered nurse with The Los Angeles Department of Public Health, administers a COVID booster at a vaccination clinic to immunize people against monkeypox and COVID at The Village Mental Health Services in Los Angeles, a site run by The People Concern. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

How immune are we? Why answering this question is essential for post-pandemic life

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Coronavirus cases and deaths as of 3:59 p.m. PT on Monday, March 16, 2020.

Cases, deaths and trends

The latest totals, where new cases are concentrated, testing numbers, demographcics, nursing homes and California state and county data in context compared to other states.

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