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The number of available intensive care unit beds has plummeted in Los Angeles County from the continuing influx of hospitalized COIVD-19 patients, with only 92 ICU beds available Thursday countywide, according to data from the L.A. County Department of Public Health.
With about 2,500 ICU beds in the county, that’s an availability far below 1 percent. The county has a population of more than 10 million people.
According to state data, Ventura County clocked in at 35 beds available as of Wednesday, or 3.7 percent of total capacity.
The Southern California region ICU bed availability is less than 1 percent. The state’s stay-at-home order becomes mandatory if the regional percentage dips below 15 percent, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said in November.
COVID-19 vaccines are in Oregon and more are on the way. What you need to know: Q&A
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
Jessica Daniels, immunization program coordinator for Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, first-bumps Kelley Callais after Callais administered her COVID-19 vaccination shot on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian)Dave Killen
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The arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines in Oregon this week offers good reason to celebrate.
It appears this is the very beginning of the end of the pandemic. But there’s still so much hard work left to be done on the long road ahead.
There will be public education campaigns meant to address the worries of Oregonians reluctant to get vaccinated. There are scientific questions about how long immunity after vaccinations will last. And there are important decisions to be made about who will be vaccinated after healthcare workers and long-term care residents.
Hospitals prepare to administer vaccines to frontline workers
Medical centers receive some dosages and expect many more in the coming weeks
Hospitals throughout the nation have begun receiving the vaccine for COVID-19 and are busy preparing plans for who will receive the drugs and when.
On Dec. 11, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued emergency use authorization for the first vaccine found to prevent COVID-19, created by Pfizer and BioNTech in record time over the past nine months. A second vaccine, produced by Moderna and the National Institutes for Health, was approved by the FDA last week and should be available nationwide in the coming weeks.
Court rejects delay for doctor sued by 29 former patients December 16 2020
David Farley had asked the court for a stay in the civil case while a criminal investigation took place.
The Multnomah County Circuit Court has rejected a motion to stay the civil lawsuit against former West Linn doctor David Farley.
Farley s lawyers asked for the stay or a two-year delay in proceedings of the lawsuit while criminal investigations into alleged sex abuse by Farley took place. According to court records, Farley s attorneys requested the stay because Farley will be required to invoke his constitutional right against self-incrimination because the same conduct is at issue in this civil case.