Pandemic

A sharp rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations has public health officials urging people to mask up in indoor public places, even if it’s not required. Ted Chen reports for the NBC News at 4

The Los Angeles City Council allocated $10 million to forgive trash pick-up debt that low-income Los Angeles residents accrued in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

For the first time since the pandemic began, a hospital in the High Desert is celebrating the fact that they have zero Covid-19 patients. Tony Shin reports for the NBC 4 News at 4.

The second annual Hi Res High School Photo Competition asked students to depict their new normal after COVID-19. Many captured masked faces, social distancing signs and lonely figures. Gordon Tokumatsu reports April 6, 2022.

While LA County has dropped the indoor vaccine requirement for mega events, health experts still advise those with preexisting conditions and the immunocompromised to remain extra cautious. Anoushah Rasta reports April 1, 2022.

Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the health and emotional well-being of California women and girls regressed in the past five years, including dips in life expectancy and increases in women reporting signs of depression, according to a report released Thursday by Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles.

The U.N.-backed Medicines Patent Pool says that nearly three dozen companies worldwide will soon start making generic versions of Pfizer’s coronavirus pill

Two years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, it has altered the course of how many things are done in southern California. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News at 7 p.m. on March 11, 2022.

I showed up to meet Marcus Robinson and his girlfriend, Brittney Price, on a weekday afternoon in Los Angeles. They invited me into their home, where they had just signed the lease. They told me it was a challenge to land this place just a few blocks from downtown. Robinson and Price are both freelance artists. Like many, the pandemic…

In 2021, rent rose about 14% across the country, the biggest surge in over two years. Of the 10 U.S. cities with the highest average rent, six, including Los Angeles, are in California. NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadways talks to one couple, both artists, who were hit hard by the rent spike and explores potential solutions.

The Chino Valley Fire District says, “what baby bust?” Tony Shin reports March 9, 2022.

Baby fever? A whopping 15 babies have been born into firefighter families at the Chino Valley Fire District over the course of 12 months.

Canada’s trucker protest, which grew until it closed a handful of Canada-U.S. border posts and shut down key parts of the capital city for weeks, could echo for years in Canadian politics and perhaps south of the border

Nearly three years COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, California moves toward an endemic lifestyle.

Canadian lawmakers are expressing increasing worry about the economic effects of disruptive demonstrations

As we head into another year of the pandemic, small business owners have had to adapt and sometimes change their business model in order to stay in business. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2022.

A federal watchdog says the government’s main health agency is failing to meet its responsibilities for leading the national response to public health emergencies including the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather disasters and even potential bioterrorist attacks.

Kat Von D is being sued by the ex-manager of her former High Voltage Tattoo store in West Hollywood, who alleges she was wrongfully fired in 2020 for expressing concerns about her boss’ alleged disregard for coronavirus mandates and health concerns.

With one of Europe’s highest vaccination rates and its most pandemic-battered economies, the Spanish government is laying the groundwork for a new different COVID-19 playbook.

We’ve seen supply shortages in so many aspects of our lives. What our pets eat, is no exception. From the can, to the label and the ingredients inside, several parts of the pet food manufacturing and selling process have been delayed or interrupted. Pet supply stores are feeling the effects of supply chain issues. And it’s not just because of...