Los Angeles County will reimpose an indoor mask mandate over the weekend as coronavirus cases linked to the Delta variant rise among unvaccinated people.
Los Angeles County will reimpose its mask mandate amid a spike in COVID-19 infection, the latest signal that health officials are grappling with an alarming rise in coronavirus cases tied to the highly contagious Delta variant.
Dr. Muntu Davis of the LA County Health Department on Thursday said he was seeing “substantial community transmission of COVID-19,” and that the requirement to mask up indoors applied whether you’ve been vaccinated or not.
“Masking indoors must again become a normal practice by all regardless of vaccination status, so we can stop the trends and level of transmission we're currently seeing.” LA County is home to 10 million people and the nation's second-largest city, Los Angeles.
It’s one of several jurisdictions to recommend or mandate wearing masks or other pandemic restrictions in recent days as cases rise to worrisome levels in many parts of the United States.
U.S. cases of COVID-19 are up 70% over the previous week and deaths are up 26%.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said during a press briefing on Friday the outbreaks were occurring in parts of the country with low vaccination rates: "This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated.
Over 97% of people entering the hospital right now are unvaccinated." The seven-day-average number of daily cases is now more than 26,000, more than twice its June low of around 11,000 cases, according to CDC data.
U.S. cases plummeted in the spring as the vaccine rolled out following a winter spike in infections, but shots have slowed and only about 51% of the country has been vaccinated.
Danny Masterson , to Serve Sentence at , Maximum-Security California Prison.
'The Wrap' reports that actor Danny Masterson
has been moved to Corcoran State Prison,
a maximum-security facility in Central California.
'The Wrap' reports that actor Danny Masterson
has been moved to Corcoran State Prison,
a maximum-security facility in Central California.
Last May, Masterson was convicted of raping
two women in the 1990s by a Los Angeles jury. .
After being found guilty, Masterson reportedly
served time in LA County lockup before being
transferred to the North Kern State Prison intake facility.
Masterson is expected to serve most of his
30-years-to-life sentence at Corcoran State Prison,
located between Bakersfield and Sacramento. .
Masterson is expected to serve most of his
30-years-to-life sentence at Corcoran State Prison,
located between Bakersfield and Sacramento. .
According to prison records,
Masterson will first be eligible for parole
in 2042, when the actor is 66 years old.
Masterson will reportedly be held in the prison's Level 4 maximum-security wing, which offers the highest level of security possible. .
Notable former inmates at Corcoran include
Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan.
Notable former inmates at Corcoran include
Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan.
'The Wrap' reports that the facility,
originally built in 1988, houses some of
California's most dangerous convicts. .
The prison also reportedly has a small wing called the
Protective Housing Unit, which offers protection for
inmates believed to be in danger from other inmates.
This protective wing is where Manson was imprisoned
for nearly a decade before being moved to another
facility after getting caught trafficking drugs.
This protective wing is where Manson was imprisoned
for nearly a decade before being moved to another
facility after getting caught trafficking drugs
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Los Angeles , Calls on Volunteers for , Annual Homeless Census.
NBC reports that thousands of volunteers will
take part in an effort to capture a snapshot
of Los Angeles' ongoing homeless crisis.
The city's Homeless Services Authority will conduct
the three-day Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. .
The count will include volunteers covering approximately
4,000 square miles of Los Angeles County to tally the
number of people currently living on the streets. .
Over the next three days, thousands
of dedicated volunteers will hit the
streets of Los Angeles County
to gather data that will
drive our efforts to bring our
unsheltered neighbors indoors, Stephen David Simon, Interim Executive Director of LAHSA, via NBC.
With 40,000 Angelenos unhoused,
this is an emergency that requires
both unity and urgency so we
can get big things done together, Stephen David Simon, Interim Executive Director of LAHSA, via NBC.
The count began on January 23 in Los Angeles'
San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys.
On January 24, volunteers headed to
West Los Angeles, Southeast Los Angeles
and communities in South Bay.
The January 25 count will take
place in Metro Los Angeles, South
Los Angeles and the Antelope Valley.
NBC reports that the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development requires a biennial
point-in-time count of the number of homeless people. .
Data from the homeless census is reportedly used
to develop strategies to address the homeless
crisis and determine the allocation of funds. .
The count in 2023 highlighted a 9% increase
from the year before, revealing that 75,518
people were homeless across the county
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Study Investigates Link Between, COVID, Mental Health and Insomnia.
PsyPost reports that a new study by Phenikaa University
in Vietnam has highlighted one of the more common and
lingering symptoms of COVID-19: insomnia.
PsyPost reports that a new study by Phenikaa University
in Vietnam has highlighted one of the more common and
lingering symptoms of COVID-19: insomnia.
As a sleep researcher, I received
many questions and complaints
from relatives, friends, and colleagues
about their sleep disturbances
after recovering from Covid-19, Dr Huong T. X. Hoang, Lead author of the article
published in 'Frontiers in Public Health,' via PsyPost.
I found that the majority of papers
focused on hospitalized patients.
The environment of their treatment
and quarantine would differ greatly
from those with milder symptoms, Dr Huong T. X. Hoang, Lead author of the article
published in 'Frontiers in Public Health,' via PsyPost.
Patients were asked to compare the quality and length
of their sleep, as well as how easy it was for them to
fall asleep, before and after they contracted COVID.
Patients were asked to compare the quality and length
of their sleep, as well as how easy it was for them to
fall asleep, before and after they contracted COVID.
Of the 1,056 people surveyed, over 76.1% of
participants said they experienced insomnia.
22.8% of those surveyed reported
experiencing severe insomnia.
The study found that two groups experienced
a statistically significant increased rate of insomnia,
including those with depressive or anxious symptoms.
The authors of the study note that further
investigation of the connection between COVID,
mental health problems and insomnia is needed.
Since this is a cross-sectional
study, the relationship of anxiety
and depression with insomnia
cannot be fully investigated, Dr Huong T. X. Hoang, Lead author of the article
published in 'Frontiers in Public Health,' via PsyPost.
In addition, collecting data
online and a convenience
sampling method can cause
recall bias and selection bias. , Dr Huong T. X. Hoang, Lead author of the article
published in 'Frontiers in Public Health,' via PsyPost
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Families who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 have gathered at the National Covid Memorial Wall to commemorate their lives. Volunteers for the National Covid Memorial Wall were joined at noon on London’s South Bank on Sunday by members of the public.
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NFL Salary Cap , Rises $30.6 Million.
On Feb. 23, the NFL announced that its
2024 season salary cap will be $255.4 million per team, a record high, ESPN reports.
That is 13.6% more than last year's
cap and the largest single-year jump
since a cap was introduced in 1994.
The change could have a significant effect on the free agent market which opens in March.
That's because most teams were using salary cap projections between $240 million and $245 million
as budget guidelines for the new season.
For example, three teams that were
originally projected to exceed the cap,
the 49ers, Packers and Seahawks, should
now fall below the cap, ESPN reports. .
For example, three teams that were
originally projected to exceed the cap,
the 49ers, Packers and Seahawks, should
now fall below the cap, ESPN reports. .
For example, three teams that were
originally projected to exceed the cap,
the 49ers, Packers and Seahawks, should
now fall below the cap, ESPN reports. .
Part of the reason why the NFL was able to increase the cap so much is that the league has finally paid all player benefits that
were deferred amid COVID in 2020.
"An extraordinary increase in media revenue" also contributed to the increase, the NFL said.
Between 2013 and 2020, the salary
cap was increased by approximately
$10 million to $12 million each year.
Between 2013 and 2020, the salary
cap was increased by approximately
$10 million to $12 million each year.
It dropped by almost $17 million
in 2021 because of the pandemic.
But in 2022, it rose to $208.2 million,
and in 2023, it jumped to $224.8 million
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