COVID-19 Pandemic

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.

A year after graduating into a pandemic, my son was reluctant to attend his ‘make-up’ college graduation ceremony. In the end, it was amazing.

“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.

Speaking with The Times on Thursday, Jenner fleshed out some of her proposals on governing the fifth biggest economy in the world.

L.A. County is in the yellow tier of the state’s COVID recovery plan, allowing for the broadest reopening of the economy since the pandemic began.

There will be no LA Pride parade in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are virtual and charity events planned.

Every Republican in Congress voted against President Biden’s $1.9-trillion COVID-19 relief plan, but that hasn’t stopped some from promoting it.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris has become one of the nation’s most influential public health figures while guiding California’s efforts during the pandemic.

India’s large diaspora is tapping its wealth, growing political clout and expertise to help India combat a catastrophic coronavirus surge.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wins his appeal of a judge’s ruling last year that he didn’t have the right to change state laws during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biden supports relaxing global trade restrictions for COVID-19 vaccines so that more countries can produce them and bring a faster end to the pandemic.

As L.A. County high schools reopen, teens are redefining back-to-school wardrobe, shedding their remote-learning loungewear for innovative looks.

Restaurants, gyms and theme parks can expand capacity. Indoor bars can open without needing to serve food.

After early success, U.S. vaccination rates have dropped by a third in the last three weeks, challenging Biden’s effort to end the pandemic.

Moving into the yellow tier clears the way for Los Angeles County to unshackle its economy to the widest extent currently allowed.

Officials abandon effort to extend the school year in the face of opposition from teachers and lukewarm parent support.

Some doctors and dentists, facing higher costs for personal protective equipment while seeing fewer patients, say insurance companies must step up.

Pandemic brought home to managers the high cost of unforeseen disruptions, so they are turning more to automation.

Many sites in the city and county of Los Angeles are now offering opportunities for residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine without having to make an appointment.

L.A. Unified catches up to other agencies and reopens school playgrounds, but with strict guidelines intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Providers throughout Los Angeles County administered 144,000 fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses last week compared with the week prior — the clearest evidence yet that the demand for doses has dropped significantly.

California has continued to do better than any other state, with the lowest per capita coronavirus case rate in the nation over the last week.

After the pandemic hit, California relaxed rules to let veterinarians treat some pets remotely. Now, vets and pet owners want telemedicine fully unleashed.

The humble date holds a special significance for Muslims as well as farmers in Southern California’s Coachella Valley -- considered the date capital of the United States

Health experts expected some vaccinated people to contract COVID-19. But more research is needed on exactly why it is happening now, in small numbers.

As daily coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths in India skyrocket, experts warn that the country’s official numbers are likely a massive undercount.

Though the figure is likely an undercount, it still marked a bright spot, capping several months of progress in the fight against the coronavirus.

U.S. officials conclude that it was anxiety, not a problem with the COVID-19 vaccine, that caused fainting, dizziness and other short-term reactions.