Health Advisories

L.A. Care is committed to helping our Provider Network stay informed of news alerts and health advisories within Los Angeles County.

Health Advisories 2025

February 27, 2025

LAC DPH Health Advisory: Pediatric Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy and Encephalitis, including Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy

Health Advisories 2021-2020


August 18, 2021

Advisory: Inappropriate Exemptions May Subject Physicians to Discipline

December 4, 2020

LAC DPH Health Advisory: COVID-19 Vaccine Update

 

October 29, 2020

LAC DPH Health Alert: Wound Botulism Cases Associated with Heroin

 

October 28, 2020

LAC DPH COVID-19 Update: Revised Isolation & Quarantine Orders, Recently Recovered Patients, MIS-C, and Resources

 

July 28, 2020

LAC DPH Health Update: Discontinuing Isolation, Recently Recovered Patients, Universal Eye Protection

 

July 18, 2020

LAC DPH Health Update: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)

 

July 17, 2020

LAC DPH Health Advisory: Resurgence of Candida auris in Los Angeles County

 

July 13, 2020

LAC DPH Health Advisory: Health Officer Order Requiring Diagnostic Testing Access

 

July 13, 2020

LAC DPH Health Advisory: Rifapentine Shortage and Detection of Nitrosamine Impurity

 

July 4, 2020

LAC DPH Health Advisory: Increasing COVID-19 Cases; Isolation and Quarantine; Testing Access

 

June 2, 2020

LAC DPH Health Update: COVID-19 Updates

 

June 1, 2020

LAC DPH Health Advisory: Tuberculosis During the COVID-19 Pandemic

 

May 14, 2020

CDC Health Advisory: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

 

May 12, 2020

LAC DPH Health Alert: Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome Potentially Associated with COVID-19

 

May 8, 2020

LAC DPH Health Advisory: Maintaining Immunizations During COVID-19 Pandemic and Resuming Deferred Preventive Care

 

May 1, 2020

LAC DPH Health Advisory: COVID-19 Revised Isolation Period and Clinical Symptoms

 

April 22, 2020

LAC DPH Health Advisory: Expanding Testing and Universal Source Control

 

April 16, 2020

LAC DPH Health Advisory: SARS-CoV-2 Serology

 

April 7, 2020

LAC DPH Health Advisory: Notification of Close Contacts; Importance of COVID-19 Death and Case Reporting

 

April 2, 2020

LAC DPH Health Update: Revised COVID-19 Exposure Period

 

March 30, 2020

Notice to Providers Prescribing Controlled Substances Re: Telehealth

On March 16, 2020, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) published a COVID-19 Information Page on the Diversion Control Division website, providing guidance on prescribing controlled substances. The public health emergency exemption allows the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine without a prior in-person exam.

Learn more by viewing the telemedicine section of the DEA's COVID-19 Information Page or read the COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions: Medication-Assisted Treatment and Telehealth from the Department of Health Care Services.

 

March 28, 2020

LAC DPH Advisory: Ambulatory Patients with COVID-19, Healthcare Personnel Monitoring

 

March 25, 2020

LAC DPH Alert: Preserving Critical Supplies and Resources; New COVID-19 Mortality Reporting

 

March 19, 2020

LAC DPH: COVID-19 Testing, Isolation and Quarantine, and Health Care Worker Monitoring Recommendations

 

March 11, 2020

LAC DPH: Coronavirus Disease 2019 Testing and Revised Infection Prevention Guidance (updated March 14)

 

March 6, 2020

LAC DPH: COVID-19 Clinical Laboratory Testing, Reporting, PPE, HCW Exposure Monitoring

 

March 4, 2020

LAC DPH: COVID-19 Guidance-Optimizing N95 Supplies and Managing Mild Illness

 

February 29, 2020

LAC DPH: Revised Evaluation Criteria for COVID-19

 

February 1, 2020

CDC Health Update: Update and Interim Guidance on Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

 

 

Additional Resources


Mpox vaccine information and resources for L.A. Care contracted providers.

Coronavirus information and resources for L.A. Care contracted providers.

L.A. Care providers can access thePULSE, our informative e-newsletter throughout the year.