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Fact-Checked Workers evacuate a patient from a hospital outside Mumbai after a fire there killed 13 COVID-19 patients on April 23. An extreme surge in coronavirus infections has overwhelmed India’s healthcare system. Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo The second wave of COVID-19 in India continues to set world records as the number of new cases topped 400,000 on May 1, 2021. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), India now accounts for 1 in every 3 new cases of COVID-19. The crisis has hosp...

As winds continue to whip through the Santa Clarita Valley, firefighters are battling another brush fire in Canyon Country where structures may be threatened. Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to reports of a brush fire on the 28100 block of Whites Canyon Road, near Todd Longshore Park, just after 2:30 p.m., according to spokesman Chris Thomas. “Units just got on (the) scene a few minutes ago,” Thomas said at 2:50 p.m. “(They’re) getting structure protection in plac...

This is not the first mutation of COVID, another particularly contagious form was found in the UK. Author: Briana Ray-Turner Updated: 7:10 PM EST January 18, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It is a scientific fact that viruses mutate. While it is troublesome, it does not mean the fight against the pandemic is back to square one. “With all viruses that we’ve ever encountered in our history, they’ve [mutated]. They all changed," said Assistant Chief Medical Offi...

Los Angeles County Public Health on Friday confirmed 374 new deaths and 692 new cases of COVID-19 countywide, with 27,284 total cases in the Santa Clarita Valley. In addition, Public Health announced an update to the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order which will reflect newly permitted activities allowed in the orange tier. With vaccination rates increasing and the state’s COVID-19 test positivity rate near a record low, the California Department of Public Health on Friday released updat...