COVID-19 Pandemic

Experts think we have warped expectations of what it means for society to be immune from COVID-19.

Rida Hamida has received international attention for the vaccine/taco event and has taken it to mosques from San Diego to Sacramento.

Ending the COVID-19 pandemic will require at least some of us with brains to argue — sorry, have calm and reasoned conversations — with willful idiots.

The designer of Washington, D.C.'s Vietnam Veterans Memorial is shaping the way women learn at Smith College and with ‘Ghost Forest’ makes a climate change statement.

Long before the blood clots, there were fears the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was a second-class shot compared with Moderna or Pfizer.

An appeals court panel temporarily freezes the deadlines of a federal order to offer shelter to everyone on L.A.'s skid row by October.

People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks in most places, the CDC suggested. But in California, it may be a week or more before changes would be considered locally.

Teenagers 12 to 15 are able to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine starting today. No appointment is needed at L.A. County-run sites.

Ohio will end most virus-related state orders June 2 and will offer incentives, including a chance to win jackpots, for those who get vaccinated.

The debate in Orange County signifies continuing skepticism toward the government’s handling of COVID-19 and speaks to the larger politicization that has plagued nearly every other aspect of the pandemic.

Despite a statewide mood of optimism, about 57 Californians are still succumbing to the novel coronavirus each day.

COVID-19 vaccine appointments for California teenagers 12-15 could begin Thursday

Has your company or workplace decided how to handle the question of vaccines? The Times is interested in hearing from you.

After several weeks in the orange, or moderate, tier of California’s COVID-19 reopening system, Orange County is now within striking distance of its widest reopening.

Biden last week set a goal of delivering at least one dose of vaccine to 70% of adult Americans and fully vaccinating at least 160 million by July 1.

Fewer Americans are reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine than a few months ago, but questions about side effects and safety still hold some back.

Public health experts are optimistic that coronavirus case rates and vaccinations are trending in the right directions.

L.A. County officials say the Pfizer vaccine will be offered to pre-teens and younger teens once the CDC affirms the FDA’s recommendation, which may happen Wednesday.

Only 7% of high schoolers are returning to L.A. Unified campuses. It may or may not be time to panic.

Experts had previously expressed concern that waning demand and uneven vaccination rates could make it hard to reach the herd immunity goal.

U.S. expands use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for children as young as 12 to get shots.

Even after the CDC said fully vaccinated Americans could stop wearing masks outdoors unless they’re in a crowd of strangers, many in L.A. still mask up.

California Gov. Newsom’s economic recovery plan calls for $600 stimulus checks for eligible Californians. Families with children would get an additional $500.

L.A. Opera moves its outdoor “Oedipus Rex” into the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, making it the first major L.A. arts group to stage an indoor show.

Officials are hoping people who have not gotten their shots will take advantage of the opportunity at a time when demand for vaccinations is dropping.

COVID fears and restrictive part-time campus schedules contribute to the low numbers. Officials hope those students who need the most help are returning.

California is hiring 2,000 canvassers to phone-bank and knock on doors, and is running a flurry of ads and testimonials about COVID-19 vaccines.

Five new deaths reported by the L.A. County Department of Public Health put the county near 24,000 COVID-related deaths since the pandemic began.

The move is intended to give people who don’t have the time or technological resources to navigate online booking platforms a chance to get the shot.

The ‘Zoom in a room’ option for in-person schooling — the format for high schools in Los Angeles and San Francisco — has failed to draw back the vast majority of students.

“My father died in the 1918 flu,” my dad told me. Only later did we learn how the pandemic created enduring family secrets and mysteries.

The promotoras program drops by neighborhoods to connect low-income families to services at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach.

With demand for COVID-19 vaccines waning, officials are closing some mass vaccination sites while doubling down on getting the reluctant inoculated.