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/PRNewswire/ -- The Medicare health plans in every region served by Kaiser Permanente have received a 5-Star rating — the highest possible — from CMS (the...

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Written by Brian Krans on January 29, 2021 — Fact checked by Jennifer Chesak Younger and healthier adults may have to wait until summer to get a COVID-19 vaccine, so they’re being urged to continue to follow safety precautions. People Images/Getty Images It appears many younger people and healthy adults may have to wait until summer to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Experts hope the approval of additional vaccines and quicker distribution can move up that timetable. Experts are urging these groups to continue to follow safety protocols, as they can still contract the disease and transmi...

Print As California launches massive COVID-19 vaccination sites to speed up inoculations, concern is growing among public health officials that the supply of doses could soon dry up. State and local officials Friday complained that the scramble touched off by the federal government’s recommendation to add people 65 and older to vaccine eligibility lists has not been accompanied by an increase in shipments. That could add to an already confusing and chaotic vaccine rollout, and limit the number of people who can be vaccinated in California, just as the state seems to be gaining ground. Ca...

Hospitals in South Los Angeles, the cities in Southeast L.A. County along the 710 Freeway and in parts of the southern San Gabriel Valley are experiencing the greatest capacity problems, the data showed. Many of these facilities are relatively small and are less able to add intensive care staff or expand bed capacity than the county’s biggest hospitals. Advertisement The data underscores how communities of color have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic, with Latino and Black residents far more likely to get the virus and die of it compared with whites. Low-income essential workers o...