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President Joe Biden plans to take executive action to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans.

Dave Chappelle has tested positive for the coronavirus and his upcoming comedy shows have been canceled

President Joe Biden is putting into play his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks

UC Irvine scientists are working on developing a vaccine that would attack all strains of COVID-19 as well as a potential breakthrough that would solve many of the problems related to distributing the medicine, a UCI professor on the project said Thursday.

On his first full day in office, President Joe Biden signed 10 executive orders aimed at combating the coronavirus pandemic, including one broadening the use of the Defense Production Act to expand vaccine production.

Thursday marks exactly one year since the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention reported the nation’s first confirmed case of the coronavirus – on Jan. 21, 2020

Here’s what you need to know about the spread of the coronavirus in San Diego County, including how many cases have been reported and the latest updates from local health officials.

After two days of closures due to high winds, the COVID-19 vaccination site at Disneyland reopened, and county officials plan to open another large-scale location to administer doses this weekend.

Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo announced Wednesday he had 100 signs warning of COVID-19 placed in his district’s high-risk areas of Westlake, Pico Union, Highland Park, Koreatown and Lincoln Heights.

It could be months before people 65 and older in California get the COVID-19 vaccine because of a shortage in doses and slow distribution.

President Joe Biden’s top adviser on the pandemic says the United States will again fund the World Health Organization and join its consortium aimed at sharing coronavirus vaccines fairly around the globe

Public health experts are blaming COVID-19 vaccine shortages around the U.S. in part on the Trump administration’s push to get states to vastly expand their vaccination drives to reach the nation’s estimated 54 million people age 65 and over

The slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines — including delayed deliveries, states receiving fewer doses than expected and difficulty scheduling appointments — has led to some consternation that people may not be able to get their second dose within the prescribed time frame of 21 or 28 days. While potentially worrisome, public health experts across the country say there’s no cause for concern….

Health officials said that despite those setbacks and 1,701 new cases being reported Wednesday, the good news is that case rates and hospitalization rates are trending down.

Come Thursday, the city of San Francisco’s COVID-19 vaccine supply will run out unless more doses start arriving from the federal government, officials said Tuesday.

President Biden released a plan to reopen schools, which includes more funding for Covid-related equipment and accelerating the pace of vaccinations.

Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer business, wrote a letter to President Joe Biden offering to help with the nation’s Covid-19 vaccination efforts.

President Joe Biden is moving swiftly to dismantle Donald Trump’s legacy on his first day in office, signing a series of executive actions that reverse course on immigration, climate change, racial equity and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The push to inoculate Americans against the coronavirus is hitting a roadblock: A number of states are reporting they are running out of vaccine

Los Angeles International Airport is now offering COVID-19 test results in as little as 30 minutes with the addition of rapid antigen tests at the airport’s on-site laboratory, officials said Tuesday.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday is extending the payment pause on federal student loans through September 2021 in one of his first actions after inauguration.

Los Angeles County began scheduling COVID-19 vaccination appointments for residents aged 65 and older Tuesday, advancing an effort that wasn’t expected to start until February, but limited vaccine supplies and uncertainty about future allocations has left the inoculation effort shrouded in doubt.

California has surpassed the 3 million mark of coronavirus cases, according to NBC News. The state confirmed 3,007,420 cases and 33,595 deaths Sunday night.

That much-anticipated opening Thursday of March Madness will belong to the play-in teams

As the United States struggles with its coronavirus vaccine rollout, President-elect Joe Biden’s top health officials are confident there will be enough coronavirus vaccine doses to meet the incoming administration’s goal of inoculating 100 million people in 100 days. The country desperately needs the vaccines as the virus continues to spread across much of the country. On Monday, California became...

A coalition of dozens of restaurants and wineries in Napa and Sonoma are now suing the state over the closure of outdoor dining, saying there’s no evidence that outdoor dining has led to any increase in COVID-19 cases.

At a memorial for the lives taken by COVID-19, President-elect Joe Biden is calling on Americans to remember those lost to the coronavirus and to begin to heal.

Five large-scale coronavirus vaccination sites are opening Tuesday in an effort to stop the virus’ spread in Los Angeles County, where shot eligibility will expand to more people later this week.

Implementation of a nationwide mask mandate, combined with complementary public health measures, could reduce the coronavirus’ spread to essentially zero and have a potential $1 trillion impact on the U.S. GDP, according to UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers.

While the number of people continuing to die from COVID-19 continues to climb in Southern California, hospitals and mortuaries are having a hard time keeping up, all while doing their best to honor wishes from families.

A new strain of the coronavirus has been found in more than one-third of COVID-19 cases among Cedars-Sinai patients and may be contributing to the acceleration of the recent surge of cases across Southern California, according to a study released Monday.

Vaccination sites are opening up after COVID-19 vaccines arrived in California in December. Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties have announced details about several sites — dubbed “super PODS,” an acronym for Point of Distribution — that have opened up. Check back here as we learn of more sites opening. This will be one of five regional mega-sites throughout Orange…

An 18-year-old American college student who broke the mandatory 14-day quarantine protocol for visitors to the Cayman Islands has returned home

Those who have spotted him can’t wait for him to zoom by again. This masked Mandalorian, like the Star Wars character, is on a mission of sorts, only this “man child,” as he calls himself, is armed with his sense of humor.

The Dine Brands chain is hoping to entice customers with the easy portability of the burritos and bowls, which will be available all day.

With high winds and elevated fire danger in the forecast, the COVID-19 vaccination site at Disneyland will be closed Tuesday, dealing a temporary blow to efforts to accelerate the distribution of vaccines.

Aiming to boost the slow pace of administering COVID-19 vaccinations, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Monday that the state has turned to Starbucks for help streamlining logistics and setting a new goal to dole out 45,000 doses a day, NBC News reports.

Mutations to the virus that causes COVID-19 are rapidly popping up and health officials say the pandemic could get worse unless people do more to curb cases.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department has experienced a “drastic decline” in the test positivity rate and the number of individuals out sick with COVID-19 within its workforce, officials said Monday.

As the United States struggles with its coronavirus vaccine rollout, President-elect Joe Biden pledged Friday to maximize the available supply of vaccines and materials needed to administer them when he takes office on Wednesday. He also unveiled a $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” to confront the virus and provide temporary support for a shaky economy. So far, more than 11…

With more people getting frustrated by the day, a tech worker is trying to solve the problem of long waits to get COVID-19 vaccination shots and where to even find them.

President Donald Trump on Monday said he is ending COVID-19 travel restrictions for air travelers from Europe and Brazil, a move that the incoming administration quickly rejected, NBC News reports.

California’s epidemiologist is urging to halt a version of Moderna vaccine distribution due to some people suffering severe allergic reactions after receiving it.

California’s top doctor is recommending a pause on distributing a specific batch of COVID-19 vaccinations that has been linked to several allergic reactions in downtown San Diego.

The map below shows the rolling seven-day average of daily new coronavirus cases per 100,000 in counties throughout the U.S. Areas in darker shades indicate higher new case counts.

Charvi Goyal, a 17-year-old high school junior from Plano, Texas, roped in three classmates to create TutorScope.

A new COVID-19 variant different from the United Kingdom strain was first found in other countries and now has emerged in counties across California. It’s been linked to multiple outbreaks in Santa Clara County, including one at Kaiser San Jose Medical Center, health officials said Sunday.

The pandemic has taken a deadly toll on A.G. Rhodes Cobb, a nursing home on the outskirts of Atlanta. Twelve residents have died after contracting COVID-19. Forty-four staff members have fallen ill, NBC News reports.

Nearly one year into the pandemic, COVID-19 is spreading at record high rates in the United States, and with it, new variants of the virus are emerging. Last week, researchers in Ohio said they identified two unique variants in Columbus, NBC News reports.

Hospitalization rates continued to dip, dropping to 2,026 Sunday — down from 2,065 on Saturday, 2,101 Friday and 2,169 Thursday, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care decreased by four to 538, a slight reduction from last Sunday’s record of 547.

COVID-19 is the cause of a strange and serious disease that mainly affects Latino children, and if not treated in time could be fatal.

An emergency field hospital opened Saturday in Lancaster to help relieve the burden at Antelope Valley Hospital, which has been overrun with the surge in countywide coronavirus patients.

Prince William says he is concerned about the mental health of U.K. ambulance drivers, police officers and other first responders who are being exposed to extraordinary levels of trauma and death as coronavirus cases soar

More Californians than ever are dying from the coronavirus —  525 every day.

President-elect Joe Biden outlined his administration’s vaccination plan on Friday as the U.S. has seen more than 23 million confirmed coronavirus cases and over 392,000 deaths, according to NBC News. So far, more than 11 million Americans, or 3% of the total U.S. population, have received their first shot. But rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizens across the…

The FDA has fast-tracked the approval of three at-home tests that promise results in as little at 15 minutes. They’ll cost $5 – $50. One requires a doctor’s prescription, but you’ll be able to buy another one straight off store shelves.

President-elect Joe Biden is pledging to boost supplies of coronavirus vaccine and set up new vaccination sites to meet his goal of 100 million shots in 100 days

Attorneys representing California inmates are urging state officials and a federal judge to advance about 1 of every 10 prisoners to the front of the line for coronavirus vaccinations

With a continued surge in COVID-19 cases that has flooded hospitals with patients and led to deaths roughly every six minutes, Los Angeles County could face more business closures in an effort to slow the virus spread, with a decision potentially coming as early as Friday. The nonprofit online publication Capital & Main, citing unnamed county sources, reported Thursday night…

Dodger Stadium reopened Friday as a COVID-19 mass-vaccination center, with Mayor Eric Garcetti saying it will have the capacity to vaccinate 12,000 people a day when it is running fully.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced that anyone 65 years of age and older qualified to get a COVID-19 vaccine immediately. But actually vaccinating those now eligible isn’t necessarily happening right away.

The UK variant of the virus behind COVID-19 could be the dominant strain in the United States by March, and because it transmits more easily, daily case totals could spike again in the spring. That was the CDC’s warning in a new report Friday on the emergence of the variant known as B.1.1.7. “Variant B.1.1.7 has the potential to...

UC San Diego reported that 245 of its students have tested positive for COVID-19 since the winter quarter began on Jan. 4.

John Decker, a Santa Rosa artist, has been painting portraits – for free – of frontline workers during the pandemic and giving them to the subjects as a way to say thanks for their effort. Garvin Thomas reports.

A 15-year-old Simi Valley boy is believed to be the second child in LA County to die from MIS-C, the rare inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 in young people.

President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan to end “a crisis of deep human suffering” by speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help to those struggling with the pandemic’s prolonged economic fallout

Biden is calling for $1 trillion in direct relief to taxpayers, including increased stimulus checks and enhanced unemployment benefits, and more.

The United States on Wednesday surpassed 23 million confirmed coronavirus cases, the same day that Texas became the second state to top 2 million cases, according to a tally by NBC News.

Women outnumbered men in the workforce last year, but now, the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the advancements women in America have made in the workforce.

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected life expectancy, USC and Princeton researchers have found, according to a study published Thursday.

Proclaiming his city to be free of the delays and vaccination backlogs that have plagued other jurisdictions, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia received a dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine Thursday to attest to its safety and said shots will be administered to a wide swath of the community in coming days.

Trying to fend off the need for a third nationwide lockdown that would further dent Europe’s second-largest economy and endanger more jobs, France has opted for creeping curfews

As vaccinations continue across the U.S., some companies are offering financial incentives to encourage their workers to get the shots

A global team of researchers has arrived in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to investigate its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries

School closures have a clear negative impact on children’s health, the United Nations health agency has warned.

Starting this weekend, Delta won’t allow DC-bound travelers to check guns in their luggage ahead of Biden’s inauguration.

Anyone flying to the U.S. will soon need to show proof of a negative test for COVID-19.

California, which has been suffering through a surge in coronavirus cases, saw a rare bright spot Wednesday as enough northern counties saw their COVID-19 rates fall to allow some reopening.

Betty White is getting ready to celebrate her birthday.

Once children can be vaccinated for COVID-19, students in the Los Angeles school district will have to be vaccinated before returning to the classroom, according to a new statement from the district’s superintendent.

The new clinical trial data shows a single shot of the vaccine “gives sustainable antibodies,” Dr. Paul Stoffels, J&J chief scientific officer, told CNBC.

A fifth Los Angeles Police Department employee has died of complications from COVID-19, Chief Michel Moore announced Wednesday. Sgt. Amelia “Terry” Martinez, who was assigned to the Hollenbeck Division, died Tuesday. She was 53.

Jason McDonald, a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a statement to CNBC the agency is looking at the new research.

A data analysis released this week by Placer.ai shows how shopper visits to malls have ebbed and flowed with the nature of the Covid pandemic.

In a clip of the monologue from her first episode of 2021 on Wednesday, the talk show host detailed testing positive in early December and the persistent symptom she endured.

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to increase mask enforcement amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and directed the city attorney to draft an ordinance laying out repercussions for people who refuse to cover their faces or confront others without wearing face coverings.

“We’re in a very difficult situation, and it’s getting worse,” White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday.

U.S. Treasury yields dipped on Wednesday, after strong demand in an auction for $38 billion of 10-year notes on Tuesday.

California has lifted a stay-at-home order for 13 northern counties with improving hospital conditions, but most of the state’s population remains under tight restrictions in the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

As the coronavirus pandemic rages on across the country and around the world, health officials in California are sharing a dire warning about family gatherings. In a press conference on Monday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis opened her remarks with the reminder that “dying from COVID in the hospital means dying alone.” She added families have been saying their...

Converting vacant retail space into rapid testing sites could help people feel comfortable going back to restaurants, real estate executive William Rudin said.

“We still have to understand a lot more about the vaccines, know what to measure, how to measure,” LabCorp CEO Adam Schechter told CNBC.

Health officials on Tuesday also again warned businesses about the need to adhere to current operating restrictions, most notably on capacity at retail stores. According to the county, 83 citations were issued to businesses between Jan. 3-11 for infection-control violations.

Target must prove it can hold on to market share gains as Americans get vaccinated and feel more comfortable returning to malls.

The $900 billion Covid relief law extends two unemployment programs by 11 weeks. Many workers will get an additional four weeks, into the second week of April.

Washington leaders disagree whether $2,000 stimulus checks will really help those who need it most. Experts say these changes could better direct the money.

U.S. stock futures fell Wednesday, a day after Wall Street resumed its 2021 upswing with modest gains.

Mayor Robert Garcia said Tuesday that the Long Beach Convention Center will become a coronavirus vaccine distribution site, the first of several that will become available throughout the city in the coming weeks and months.

Annette Rios sat with her brother and son to talk about her mom, Fabiola Rios, who was 85 years old when she became another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I made a promise to my dad that I’d take care of Ronnie and my mom,” she said. “She was the light of our lives. She had the biggest heart. She…