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LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 3, 2021 - Arriving travelers line up to get a free COVID-19 Rapid Test at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport Friday, December 3, 2021. In partnership with the state and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the county set up a free rapid testing site for arriving passengers. They were also gave those testing negative a kit they can use to test themselves again three to five days later, in line with CDC recommendations for international travelers coming to the U.S., regardless of vaccination status. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of L.A. County Department of Health, was on hand trying to direct arriving passengers to take a free COVID-19 test. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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ARLETA, CA - NOVEMBER 08: Harnoorvir Singh Jabbal (cq), 11, gets the COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Chelsea Meyer at Arleta High School on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Following the recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, Los Angeles Unified will offer voluntary vaccine access to students. The district highly encourages the vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, however, it will not be part of Los Angeles Unified's current student vaccine requirement. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

34,000 L.A. Unified students have not complied with vaccine mandate, signaling problems ahead

Los Angeles, California-Dec. 6, 2021-United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy tours King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science before talking to a panel of students about mental health issues. United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy announced a national youth mental health advisory to call attention to a situation that he considers to be a crisis among teens in the wake of the pandemic. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Surgeon general warns of emerging youth mental health crisis in rare public advisory

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 3, 2021 - Arriving travelers line up to get a free COVID-19 Rapid Test at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport Friday, December 3, 2021. In partnership with the state and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the county set up a free rapid testing site for arriving passengers. They were also gave those testing negative a kit they can use to test themselves again three to five days later, in line with CDC recommendations for international travelers coming to the U.S., regardless of vaccination status. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of L.A. County Department of Health, was on hand trying to direct arriving passengers to take a free COVID-19 test. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

USC student, overseas traveler are L.A. County’s 2nd and 3rd Omicron cases

CANOGA PARK, CA - November 22, 2021: Rena Tafoya, 48 and her daughter, Maya Flores, 11, who is a deaf student enrolled in LAUSD'S City of Angels independent study program, are photographed in front of their home in Canoga Park. They are signing, "I Love You," to each other, something they do every night before going to bed. Rena tried to get her daughter an ASL interpreter, but it took more than 2 months. Children like Maya, who require services under their Individualized Education Plan, are being left behind by independent study programs, which became the only official distance learning program this year. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - February 03: One of the two new COVID-19 vaccine center in California will be established at Cal State University. Savian Joseph, 20, after giving COVID-19 test walks under the arches of Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State University on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA.(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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