Norwegian Cruise Line to drop face mask requirements

Norwegian Cruise Line said it will no longer require guests and crew members to wear face masks on board starting March 1, according to the company's website.

COVID-19 may make common pregnancy complications worse, study suggests

The complications were most found in those with moderate or worse COVID-19, and the researchers said the study bolsters the rationale for pregnant women to get vaccinated.

California to end mask mandate Feb. 15, LA County not following suit
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California will end its statewide indoor mask mandate on Feb. 15. However, on a local level, LA County does not plan to align with the state, according to county health officials.

California will end mask mandate on Feb. 15, LA County will not align with state's changes
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California will end its statewide indoor mask mandate on Feb. 15. However, on a local level, the mandate will stay put in Los Angeles County, according to the county's health officials.

California will end mask mandate on Feb. 15, LA County will not align with state's changes

California's indoor masking requirement will end next week for vaccinated people but masks still are the rule for schoolchildren. However, local health officials can continue their own requirements.

MLB stops testing athletes for steroids amid lockout, AP sources say

Two people familiar with the sport’s Joint Drug Program tell The Associated Press that Major League Baseball has stopped testing players for steroids for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sport’s drug agreement.

COVID sick pay: California Assembly votes to bring back paid sick leave through Sept. 2022

The California Assembly on Monday voted in favor of bringing back COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave through September 30, 2022. The COVID-19 sick leave would be retroactive and cover COVID-related absences since Jan. 1, 2022.

Plano dad beats COVID-19 after 197 days in the hospital

Josh Welch caught COVID-19 in July. After more than seven months in the hospital, he's finally back home with his family.

Highly virulent HIV variant discovered in Europe

Thursday’s report isn’t cause for alarm: HIV medicines worked just as well in people with the mutated virus as everyone else and its spread has been declining since about 2010.

LA County sees big drop in COVID hospitalizations

The number of COVID-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals dropped by more than 200 people -- falling from 3,233 to 3,012 -- continuing the downward trend of the last couple weeks, according to the latest figures out Saturday.

California tops 80,000 COVID deaths as virus cases tumble

Coronavirus deaths in California have topped 80,000 and another 3,000 people are projected to die by month’s end even as infections, hospitalizations and intensive care cases are falling.

NFL's Super Bowl Experience kicks off this weekend

The Super Bowl festivities kick off in downtown Los Angeles for NFL's Super Bowl Experience.

US COVID-19 death toll hits 900,000, sped by omicron

Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000.

COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000

With the brutal omicron wave rapidly loosening its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of 50 states, even as the nation's death toll closes in on another bleak round number: 900,000.

Shaq rips COVID vaccine mandates: 'You shouldn’t be forced to take something you don’t want'

"But it’s just, people don’t want to take it, and you shouldn’t be forced to take something you don’t want," Shaquille O'Neal said of the NBA's mandated COVID-19 vaccination policies.

Will customers be hit with higher prices when LA's minimum wage increases?

FOX 11's Hal Eisner spoke with hourly-waged workers to hear their thoughts on LA's plan to raise the minimum wage to $16.04 an hour this summer.

CAR-T cell therapy: Patients cancer-free 10 years later, doctors say

After just 30 days following the CAR-T cell therapy, both patients were in remission and even 10 years later, both patients have remained cancer-free.

Here's when LA County will drop its outdoor mask requirement

Los Angeles County's Public Health Director on Thursday set the criteria the county needs to meet in order to drop its outdoor mask mandate at mega-events and outside on school grounds.