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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLORIDA - APRIL 19: People walk down the beach on April 19, 2020 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announced Thursday that Duval County's beaches would open from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. and from 5 p.m. until 7p.m. after a decrease in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
Placer County Public Health Officer Dr Aimee Sisson answers a question concerning the the death of an elderly patient who was infected with the new coronavirus, during a news conference in Auburn , Calif., Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The patient, a resident of Placer County, and California's first coronavirus fatality, apparently contracted the illness on a cruise. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Mandatory Credit: Photo by JOHN G MABANGLO/EPA-EFE/REX (10569239a) A shelf of sold out protective masks and low supply of protective gloves at a CVS Pharmacy in Oakland, California, USA, 27 February 2020. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a possible first case of person-to-person transmission of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in California that may be the first infection without a known link to travel abroad. California's Response to First Case of Person-To-Person Transmission of COVID-19, Oakland, USA - 27 Feb 2020 ** Usable by LA, CT and MoD ONLY **
<p>La cara de un niño después de tres días con una erupción por sarampión (Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades).</p>
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 07:  Elias Melgar, 11, from Marina Del Rey Middle School, receives a vaccine against whooping cough at Mark Twain Middle School August 7, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. The boosters, also called Tdap shots, are required of all seventh graders before they can start school. The Los Angeles Unified School District is offering free shots at various clinics in the city to help students make the deadline before school start on August 14.  (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 150009810
LOS ANGELES AIRPORT, CA., OCTOBER 26, 2018 ---LAX for a story on where and what to eat when you're at the airport. We're hunting down the best veggie meal, the best cocktail, the best street taco, etc.  The Tom Bradley entrance at Terminal 4.

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