Duke to lead $50 million study of COVID-19 prevention in healthcare workers

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Santa Monica. "The urgency of the questions we are asking and the need for speed cannot be overstated, and it's heartening to see the dedication being poured into this effort," said study co-chair Russell Rothman, M.D., senior vice president for population and public health and Ingram professor of integrative and population health at Vanderbilt ...
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Here’s what coronavirus testing for a very sick patient looks like, from swab to result

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Standing in his office on the fourth floor before heading downstairs to the lab, he glanced out the window toward the Getty Center and the Santa Monica Mountains. Here we are in the midst of an unprecedented crisis, a threat to so many people, he thought, the look of the sky doesn’t change. Outside, a van drove up the driveway to the lab’s ...
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Housing activists, officials call for rent suspension, mortgage relief amid coronavirus crisis job losses

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Marching at least six-feet apart to maintain the distance necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19, activists returned to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s official residence in Hancock
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A Tropical, Mid-Century-Inspired Wedding at the Lautner Compound

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Blake donned a gray bespoke suit from Enzo Design in Santa Monica. The suit, and the custom design process, was a gift to Blake from his future father-in-law, Shannon’s dad. “There is no such thing as a ‘chill bride,’” Shannon says. “You will cry over cupcake flavors at some point, and you have to snap out of it: look into each ...
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The time former President Barack Obama's Joakim Noah takes sparked a story

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I wrote a feature on Williams for the Chicago Tribune during the Bulls’ 1997 title run and had a number for his mother, Patricia Phillips, who lived in Santa Monica, California. When he originally disappeared, I called her and, following a long phone conversation, she agreed to an in-person interview. If memory serves, she was talking ...
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Local Chefs Share Memories of their Last Suppers and What They Look Forward to after COVID-19

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“My last meal at a dine-in restaurant was March 15, at the Centinela location of Coni’Seafood,” Michael’s Santa Monica executive chef Brian Bornemann tells L.A. Weekly. “ This was the day after pivoting to create to-go and heat-at-home menus for Michael’s, the day before we all realized and decided we needed to shutter. I’ve been ...
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