October 2022

To help you stay healthy this season, LA County Library is partnering with LA County Department of Public Health to provide free flu vaccines, COVID-19 vaccines, and updated bivalent boosters (which protects against both the original Coronavirus strain and the newer Omicron strains) to people 6 months of age and older, no health insurance required. read more

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed the first eight cases of avian flu in Los Angeles County, including three Canada Geese and a Black-crowned Night Heron in Long Beach, three Canada Geese in the City of Los Angeles and one Canada Goose in Cerritos. read more

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed the first eight cases of avian flu in Los Angeles County, including three Canada Geese and a Black-crowned Night Heron in Long Beach, three Canada Geese in the City of Los Angeles and one Canada Goose in Cerritos. read more

County programs that focused on providing call centers to more than two million residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, provided justice involved individuals with career path employment, housed unaccompanied children from the southwest border and addressed the issue of child trafficking took home the prestigious Gold, Silver and Bronze Eagle Awards at the 35th Annual Productivity and Quality Awards (PQA) ceremony held in-person on Wednesday, October 12 at the Music Center. read more

A first-of-its-kind fleet of full-service medical clinics on wheels will begin making daily stops at homeless encampments throughout Los Angeles County today to address urgent health and social needs among people experiencing homelessness. read more

On September 20, 2022, the Ugandan Ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) (Sudan virus) in the Mubende District in western Uganda. Out of an abundance of caution, last week, the Federal Government announced that it will reroute all travelers who have been to Uganda during the past 21 days, the incubation period for the virus, through five US airports: JFK (NYC), Newark (NJ), Dulles (Washington DC), O’Hare (Chicago), and Hartsfield (Atlanta). read more

On Saturday, October 8th, the Los Angeles County Department of Military & Veterans Affairs (MVA) will air the first of six radio shows entitled You’ve Served, You’ve Earned on Talk Radio 790 KABC as part of an extensive media campaign to educate the many underserved veterans and their families in LA County. read more

The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) begins mailing Vote by Mail ballots to all registered voters for the 2022 General Election. read more