The Latest
- Vaccines and COVID-19: The latest hopeful research [ Medical News Today ]
- The Latest News on COVID-19 [ ABBC News ]
- California becomes first state to top 3 million virus cases [ ABC News ]
- L.A. County supervisors push for immediate availability of COVID-19 vaccine for residents 65 and older [ KTLA News ]
- Biden adviser reacts to Pfizer selling 100 million more Covid vaccines to U.S. [ MSNBC ]
- COVID-19 surges at L.A. County shopping malls as holiday customers pack stores [ L.A. Times ]
- Tracking coronavirus’ global spread [ CNN ]
- How Do We Grieve 300,000 Lives Lost? [ NPR ]
- The number of people with the virus who died in the U.S. passes 300,000. [ N.Y. Times ]
- California demands that Amazon comply with COVID-19 investigation [ L.A. Times ]
- The latest on the coronavirus pandemic [ CNN ]
- World Health Organization Updates on the Coronavirus pandemic [ WHO ]
- California COVID-19 Information [ California 4 All ]
- Los Angeles County COVID-19 Media [ L.A. County Dept of Health ]
- Worldometer Coronavirus Statistics [ Worldometer ]
Recovery
- How to prepare for a post-Covid-19 vaccine world [ MSNBC ]
- We Don’t Know How Many People Have Recovered From COVID-19 [ The Atlantic ]
- Combination of drugs found to be effective in reducing COVID-19 recovery time [ Healthcare Finance ]
- WATCH: Biden unveils sweeping coronavirus health and economic recovery plan [ PBS SoCAL ]
Schools
- LAUSD seeks state, county approval to operate as COVID-19 vaccination sites [ L.A. Daily News ]
- LAUSD Seeks Approval To Begin Vaccinating Teachers Against COVID [ CBS News ]
- LAUSD says it has no intention of suing over Newsom’s school reopening proposal [ L.A. Daily News ]
- When schools reopen will you send your child back? [ L.A. Times ]
- As COVID-19 soars in many communities, schools attempt to find ways through the crisis [ Science Magazine ]
- Make Schools More Human [ N.Y. Times ]
- Students are falling behind in online school. Where’s the COVID-19 ‘disaster plan’ to catch them up? [ USA Today ]
- Covid-19’s Painful—and Essential—Lessons for America’s Schools [ The Wall Street Journal ]
- Dangerous COVID-19 surge leads to hard shutdown of L.A. public schools [ L.A. Times ]
- Schools attempt to find their way through the COVID-19 crisis [ Science ]
- COVID-19 Resources for Schools, Students, and Families [ U.S. Dept of Education ]
- Teachers Union Nears Agreement With LAUSD On Continuing Distance Learning [ LAist ]
- SDSU students in uproar after faculty cancels spring break [ Los Angeles Times ]
- What does California’s alarming COVID-19 surge mean for schools? [ L.A. Times ]
- Beutner says in-person learning to return to LAUSD in hybrid model [ FOX11]
- Schools could face a hard shutdown if the COVID-19 surge worsens [ L.A. Times ]
- Rising Covid-19 rates halt school reopening plans in three California counties [ EdSource ]
- Coronavirus COVID-19 Response – ca covid-19 [ COVID-19 California 4 All ]
- L.A. campuses unlikely to reopen until at least January amid high COVID-19 rates [ L.A. Times ]
- Northeastern University dismisses 11 students for violating the school’s public health protocols [ CNN ]
- Over 1,000 students have tested positive for Covid-19 at University of Alabama since classes resumed [ CNN ]
- For Schools, the List of Obstacles Grows and Grows [ The Atlantic ]
- ‘Unprecedented’: Los Angeles schools to test all 600,000 students for Covid-19 [ The Guardian ]
- Dozens of Berlin schools report infections [ The Guardian ]
- ‘No social distancing’: US college towns close bars as Covid-19 cases surge [ The Guardian ]
- Calls for nationwide sickout as Arizona school district cancels reopening [ The Guardian ]
- More than 2,000 students, teachers and staff quarantined in several schools [ CNN ]
- Ohio State requiring COVID testing for all students in dorms [ The Columbus Dispatch ]
- Hundreds of Covid-19 cases reported as students return to college campuses [ CNN ]
- Outrage as coronavirus prompts US universities and colleges to shed staff [ The Guardian ]
- As Covid-19 Pummels Budgets, Colleges Are Resorting to Layoffs and Furloughs. [ The Chronicle of Higher Education ]
- Students can safely return to college if tested for coronavirus every two days, study says [ Washington Post ]
- 260 employees in Georgia school district have tested positive for Covid-19 or been exposed [ CNN ]
- Somerville and Medford are pressing Tufts to reconsider its reopening plan [ Boston Globe ]
- Half of U.S. elementary and high school students will study virtually only this fall, study shows [ CNBC ]
- Teachers union authorizes strikes if schools reopen without certain safety measures [ The Hill ]
Spread
- Can you spread Covid-19 if you get the vaccine? [ Quartz ]
- Researchers Try to Understand Spread of COVID-19 Using Surveillance Study [ NBC News ]
- Santa Barbara Has Highest COVID-19 Spread in California [ Edhat ]
- Worst case scenario is coming, expert says [ CNN ]
- UK has two cases of variant linked to South Africa [ BBC ]
- ‘We called it Voyage of the Damned’: Days of despair on the Grand Princess [ L.A. Times ]
- The moment the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic sank in [ L.A. Times ]
- California coronavirus shutdown will last through Christmas as hospitalizations surge past 10,000 [ L.A. Times ]
- Can COVID-19 spread through food, water, surfaces, and pets? [ Mayo Clinic ]
- Europe’s Deadly Second Wave: How Did It Happen Again? [ N.Y. Times ]
- State COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations soar as shutdown nears [ L.A. Times ]
- Tracking coronavirus case surges in states across the country this winter [ MSNBC ]
- US has its worst day yet, with more Covid-19 cases and deaths than at any stage of the pandemic [CNN ]
- California’s stay-at-home order allows essential travel only. What does that mean? [ L.A. Times ]
- States impose curfews on bars and restaurants as Covid-19 cases soar [ CNN ]
- How We Can Stop the Spread of COVID-19 By Christmas [ TIME ]
- Top White House aide Stephen Miller tests positive for Covid-19 [ CNN ]
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) FAQ on spread [ CDC ]
- Indoor Air and Coronavirus [ EPA ]
- North Carolina has seen increase in percentage of positive cases due to clusters at university settings [ CNN ]
- When did the virus breach the Trump bubble? Inside a big Trump mystery [ Politico ]
- Coronavirus outbreak at USC’s fraternity row leaves at least 40 people infected [ LA Times ]
- Coronavirus cluster linked to a University of New Hampshire frat party, state says [ CNN ]
- West Virginia University becomes the latest school to backtrack on in-person classes after a spike in Covid-19 cases [ CNN ]
- Coronavirus cases climb in the Midwest as more states report growing outbreaks [ CNBC ]
- Coronavirus outbreak at Maine nursing home and jail linked back to wedding reception [ CNN ]
- In the Hamptons, some hosts are paying for party guests to take rapid coronavirus tests at the door [ CNN ]
- Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy tests positive for Covid-19 [ CNBC ]
- Covid-19 may spread more easily among children than thought, report warns [ The Guardian ]
- Covid-19 superspreading event in Boston may have led to 20,000 cases, researcher says [ CNN ]
- Fastest man alive Usain Bolt tests positive for coronavirus [ CNBC ]
- Florida’s Covid-19 cases in children have increased 137% in past month [ CNN ]
Vaccines
- How to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Southern California [ ABC News ]
- Allergic reactions raise concerns over COVID-19 vaccine safety [ ABC News ]
- Who should, and should not, get the Covid-19 vaccine [ CNN ]
- U.S., Pfizer strike deal for 100 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine [ L.A. Times ]
- Coronavirus vaccinations begin in historic U.S. campaign [ L.A. Times ]
- Everything You Wanted to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine, in One Place [ SLATE ]
- How the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer compare head to head [ L.A. Times ]
- California expects 1 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses this month [ L.A. Times ]
- US nursing homes, confused by initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout, will begin immunizations next week [ USA Today ]
- Covid vaccine: How will the UK jab millions of people? [ BBC ]
- U.S. Starts Vaccine Rollout as High-Risk Health Care Workers Go First [ N.Y. Times ]
- COVID-19 vaccinations begin in California [ L.A. Times ]
- All eyes on the U.K. as it readies mass vaccination drive [ N.Y. Times ]
- Some Black and Latino Americans are still hesitant to take the vaccine [ CNN ]
- Pfizer and BioNTech to submit Covid-19 vaccine data to FDA [ STAT ]
- Covid-19 vaccines may have potentially unpleasant side effects [ NBC News ]
- COVID-19 Vaccines [ FDA ]
- COVID-19 vaccine tracker [ RAPS ]
- The promise of the new covid-19 vaccine is immense [ The Economist ]
- How Pfizer Plans to Distribute Its Vaccine [ New York Times ]
- AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study put on hold due to suspected adverse reaction in participant in the U.K. [ STAT ]
- Putin’s vaccine meets opposition from frontline workers in Russia [ CNN ]
- U.S., European drugmakers pledge to make safety the main focus in coronavirus vaccine development [ CNBC ]
- How the race for a Covid-19 vaccine is getting dirty [ The Guardian ]
- Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardize testing of others [ CNBC ]
- Moderna’s clinical trial numbers show there’s ‘no way’ Trump can have a vaccine by Election Day [ CNN ]
- Covid vaccine rush could make pandemic worse, say scientists [ The Guardian ]
Testing
- Free COVID-19 Testing [ Los Angeles City ]
- Walmart, Sam’s Club selling a series of at-home COVID-19 tests – here’s how much they cost [ FOX Business ]
- We Built an Online Marketplace for Covid-19 Testing [ Harvard Business Review ]
- USC Will Be Able to Conduct 100,000 COVID-19 Tests Per Week During Spring Semester [ NBC 4 ]
- Making data-informed Covid-19 testing plans [ MIT News ]
- Covid testing is only getting harder to come by. That’s a serious problem [ MSNBC ]
- Expert Weighs Pros, Cons Of Newly Approved At-Home COVID-19 Rapid Test [ CBS 2/KCAL 9 ]
- LAX launches on-site coronavirus testing for fliers [ L.A. Times ]
- COVID-19 Testing at LAX, More Mobile Testing and a Super Walkup Testing Site Coming [ NBC ]
- Quest Diagnostics says it cut coronavirus testing turnaround to one to two days, but warns it could slip [ CNBC ]
- The CDC wants state and local sewage systems tested for coronavirus [ CNBC ]
- Efficient high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 testing to detect asymptomatic carriers [ AAAS ]
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb: Yale’s new saliva coronavirus test funded by NBA could be widely rolled out [ CNBC ]
- Covid-19 testing delays create a public health nightmare as schools and workplaces try to reopen [ CNBC ]
- How Jared Kushner’s Secret Testing Plan “Went Poof Into Thin Air” [ Vanity Fair ]
- The U.S. has more COVID-19 testing than most. So why is it falling so short? [ Reuters ]
- Fighting alone [ Washington Post ]
Plasma
- Blood plasma showed no benefit in Covid-19 patients in trial [ Statnews ]
- Plasma therapy is no surefire cure for Covid [ CNN ]
- F.D.A.’s Emergency Approval of Blood Plasma Is Now on Hold [ NY Times ]
- FDA chief walks back comments on effectiveness of coronavirus plasma treatment [ CNBC ]
- Scientists doubt convalescent plasma touted by Trump is a ‘breakthrough’ coronavirus treatment [ CNBC ]
- Effect of Convalescent Plasma on Mortality among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: Initial Three-Month Experience [ MedRxiv ]
- Expanded Access Program for Convalescent Plasma discontinues enrollment as FDA authorizes its emergency use [ Mayo Clinic ]
- NHS appeals for urgent plasma donations from Covid-19 survivors [ The Guardian ]
Sports
- After a Covid-19 Semester, College Doctors Reflect on Sports [ The New York Times ]
- Which winter sports are safest to play during COVID-19? [ MPR News ]
- Lewis Hamilton said racing after getting COVID-19 ‘destroyed’ him, and slammed world leaders for ‘laughing off’ the virus [ Insider ]
- When will sports stadiums be full again? Dr. Anthony Fauci gives a timeline [ YAHOO! Sports ]
- All NFL teams to enter intensive COVID-19 protocol Saturday [ AP / FOX 5 ]
- Lakers to ban in-person attendance at home games in 2021 [ CNN Bleacher Report ]
- With COVID-19 surging, state postpones updating youth sports guidelines [ L.A. Times ]
- Coronavirus cancellations and reactions in sports [ ESPN ]
- Los Angeles Chargers place CB Brandon Facyson on COVID-19 list [ ESPN ]
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports and exercise [ Science Direct ]
- Big Ten, Pac-12 postpone college football season due to coronavirus concerns [ CNBC ]
- Heart condition linked with COVID-19 fuels Power 5 concern about season’s viability [ ESPN ]
- PSU football doctor clarifies comments on percentage of COVID-positive athletes with myocarditis [ Center Daily Times ]
- UConn becomes first school in college football’s top division to cancel 2020 season [ CNN ]
- Ivy League cancels football and other fall sports due to Covid-19 [ CNBC ]
Science
- COVID-19 Published Science and Research [ CDC ]
- Covid: New variant found ‘due to hard work of UK scientists’ [ BBC ]
- The Mysterious Link Between COVID-19 and Sleep [ The Atlantic ]
- ‘’I Trust Science,” Says Nurse Who Is First to Get Vaccine in U.S. [ N.Y. Times ]
- Sports psychologist gives athletes, coaches advice on dealing with COVID-19 shutdown [ L.A. Times ]
- Biden unveils health team that will lead pandemic response [ CNN ]
- Covid Survivors With Long-Term Symptoms Need Urgent Attention, Experts Say [ N.Y. Times ]
- Scientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic: we need to act now [ The LANCET ]
- Coronavirus Scientific Resources [ Pfizer ]
- Can ‘Open Science’ speed up the search for a COVID-19 vaccine? [ United Nations ]
- A coronavirus mutation could weaken antibodies’ power [ Nature ]
- The Science of COVID-19 [ UC Berkeley ]
- A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged [ ELEMENTAL ]
- Researchers find COVID-infected children are major carriers, further complicating the school-reopening debate [ Fortune ]
Situation
- LA County residents 65 or older can get COVID-19 vaccine later this week, executive order says [ FOX News ]
- Beutner presses for L.A. schools to become COVID-19 vaccine centers [ L.A. Times ]
- So Many People Are Dying of COVID-19 That L.A. County Suspended Cremation Limits [ Slate ]
- L.A. County records deadliest day for the pandemic as officials fear Christmas spike [ L.A. Times ]
- How to help teens cope in a global pandemic [ CNN ]
- Covid-19: The Philippines and its lockdown baby boom [ BBC ]
- Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right [ N.Y. Times ]
- Kentucky sisters lost their mom, dad and grandfather to Covid-19 within four weeks [ CNN ]
- Column: While crowds are out shopping, at L.A.’s hospitals, ‘It feels like we’re drowning’ [ L.A. Times ]
- ‘Race against time’: First Americans vaccinated as U.S. death toll passes 300,000 [ Reuters ]
- Covid-19 Live Updates [ New York Times ]
- ‘Raging epidemic is not inevitable’ [ CNBC ]
- Ex-pandemic preparedness chief resigns from federal government [ CNN ]
- Neurologic Symptoms Are Very Common Among U.S. Coronavirus Patients, Study Says [ Time ]
- Senior Pentagon leadership quarantining after exposure to coronavirus [ CNN ]
- ‘This is insanity’: Walter Reed physician among critics of Trump drive-by visit [ The Guardian ]
- Why did Trump pick Kodak… [ LA Times ]
- GOP congressman who frequently refuses to wear a mask tests positive for Covid-19 [ CNN ]
- Attorney General William Barr to get coronavirus test after Rep. Gohmert tests positive [ CNBC ]
Misinformation
- Distrust and misinformation over Covid-19 vaccine [ NHK World ]
- Ongoing Coverage: COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation [ WebMD ]
- Covid-19 vaccines face a varied and powerful misinformation movement online [ NBC News ]
- YouTube removes video of Austrian MP over ‘COVID-19 misinformation’ [ EuroNews ]
- GOP Covid deniers who refused to wear a mask jump the vaccine line, adding insult to injury [ MSNBC ]
- Covid-19 vaccine conspiracies have no place on local TV news [ MSNBC ]
- AG Cameron warns Kentuckians of potential COVID-19 vaccine scams [ WHAS11 – ABC ]
- COVID Misinformation Is Killing People [ Scientific American ]
- Facebook will combat COVID-19 misinformation more directly with notifications to users [ The Verge ]
- Social media use increases belief in COVID‑19 misinformation [ Washington State University ]
- Ex-pandemic preparedness chief resigns from federal government [ CNN ]
- The false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19 [ Nature ]
- A South Dakota nurse shares how some people refuse to believe, and die [ CNN ]
- COVID Misinformation Is Killing People [ Scientific American ]
- A guide to overcoming COVID-19 misinformation [ National Geographic ]
- Facebook, Twitter block Trump post that falsely claims coronavirus is less deadly than flu [ CNBC ]
- Nation’s testing czar: It’s ‘time to move on’ from talk about hydroxychloroquine [ CNBC ]
- Some doctors met with Pence after their group’s video was removed for misleading info [ CNN ]
- US Officials: Russia Behind Spread of Virus Disinformation [ US World and News Report ]
- Trump promotes a doctor who has claimed alien DNA was used in medical treatments [ CNN ]
- Trump halts daily briefing amid questions about support for ‘alien DNA’ doctor [ The Guardian ]
- Twitter limits Donald Trump Jr’s account for posting Covid-19 misinformation [ The Guardian ]
- Trump abruptly ends briefing after being pressed over retweeting misinformation [ CNN ]
Data
- Moderna Vaccine Is Highly Protective Against Covid-19, the F.D.A. Finds [ The N.Y. Times ]
- A look at the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine data that was released [ Click on Detroit ]
- Making data-informed Covid-19 testing plans [ MIT News ]
- US childhood SARS-CoV-2 infections surging with the current peak [ Ads Technica ]
- What the data say about asymptomatic COVID infections [ Nature ]
Symptoms
- Apple Watch Can Detect Covid-19 Before Symptoms Arise, New Study Shows [ Forbes ]
- Most hospitalized COVID-19 patients still have symptoms after 6 months [ Medical News ]
- How to recognize Covid-19 symptoms in children, based on pediatricians’ advice [ CNN ]
- Months after COVID-19 diagnosis, Utahns still have symptoms [ 2KUTV ]
- Airport COVID-19 symptom screening ‘ineffective,’ CDC report says [ FOX News ]
- Number of COVID-19 ‘long haulers,’ survivors experiencing lasting virus symptoms, is growing [ ABC ]
- This 21-year-old thought he had overcome a mild case of Covid-19. Then he went into organ failure [ CNN ]
News
- CNN
- NY Times
- CNBC
- Los Angeles Times
- Los Angeles Daily News
- STAT
- stocks [MarketWatch]
- stock futures [CNBC]
- The Atlantic
- The Guardian
- MIT Technology Review
- Reuters
- Washington Post
- Coronavirus Timeline
- Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti
Updated: January 18, 2021