Recruitment underway for 750 L.A. County volunteers The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center in Westwood will soon begin recruiting volunteers for phase 3 trials of a new investigational COVID-19 vaccine with the first dose expected to be administered in early September. The vaccine, developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, is called AZD1222 and has already gone through early trials. This…
Mental Health Advice With Stan: Managing the Anxieties of Owning a Small Business
A lot of stress and anxiety comes with owning a small business. You need to please customers, keep employees productive and content, and make sure the business brings in enough money to pay its bills and, hopefully, earn you a decent income. Here are suggestions on how you can cope with the stresses small business…
California Public Health Releases Guidelines for Small Groups of Children
Groups of children and youth in controlled, supervised and indoor environments operated by local educational agencies, nonprofits, some private and public schools, day care settings and “distance learning hubs” were given health guidance by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Tuesday. A cohort is defined as a stable group of no more than 14 children or youth…
Pasadena Vice Mayor Calls for Firing of Officer Who Killed Anthony McClain
During Monday’s council meeting, Vice Mayor Tyron Hampton called for the immediate firing of the Pasadena police officer involved in Anthony McClain’s shooting death. A deeply passionate Hampton pleaded with his colleagues to be transparent and accountable in this investigation. “As it relates to video, I didn’t see the footage before it was released ……