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L.A. County’s contact-tracing system has repeatedly failed to alert officials to outbreaks at workplaces, allowing COVID-19 to continue to spread.
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A start-up quickly ramped up testing in Los Angeles. But questions remain. For one: the oral-based approach is not the one preferred by the Food and Drug Administration.
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State health officials have ramped up coronavirus testing, but California still is behind most other states, leaving undiagnosed patients to unknowingly spread the infections.
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Coronavirus tests pile up at labs, extending wait times for results
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California’s official numbers show its coronavirus testing rate is well behind New York and other states where the virus has hit hardest.
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A week after Trump promised a massive expansion of free coronavirus testing, the commercial labs tasked with the effort say they need funding to meet the rapidly rising demand.
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Test kits that the CDC sent to state and local labs to do their own screening had a flaw that caused inaccurate results. Officials say they have made changes.
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A company that procures body parts from the deceased in the Los Angeles County morgue will begin preserving evidence in death investigations by taking photos of bodies, the county’s chief medical examiner-coroner told the board of supervisors Tuesday.
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In internal complaints, emails and other documents, pathologists, investigators and other coroner employees detailed how procurement interfered with their work.
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Regulators have disregarded warnings to stop licensing devices containing radioactive cesium. Hundreds are in use, and the risk has grown, an L.A. Times investigation has found.
