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This winter, hospitals throughout Southern California are on watch: the Omicron variant of the enduring coronavirus outbreak, combined with an influx of Delta and “traditional” flu cases, could culminate in a worst-case scenario for regional hospitals if preventative measures are not taken, officials warn. The region’s medical leaders doctors and care squads have learned much
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Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, the first Mexican American woman ever elected to Congress, will not seek reelection, continuing an exodus of longtime Democrats ahead of the 2022 midterms — but also clearing a path for a rising member of her party. Roybal-Allard, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee on homeland security, announced her retirement on
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As the new omicron variant continues to spread throughout the United States, vaccinated people who are older or sicker are at greatest risk of hospitalization from a COVID-19 breakthrough infection, according to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. But the shots continue to offer some protection, because these breakthrough illnesses are shorter and milder
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Confronted by a pandemic, we suddenly couldn’t find what we needed: Hospitals ran short of N95s and ventilators, auto manufacturers didn’t have crucial components and store shelves suddenly emptied of everything from sneakers to sofas. Kostas Bimpikis, an associate professor of operations, information and technology at Stanford Graduate School of Business, talked with this news
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