Balter asked providers to talk to patients suffering from ongoing medical problems about when it was appropriate to visit the ER or call 911, and to only do so when it is a true emergency. She ...

Balter said it takes 10 days from the time they have the isolate or sample to get the full sequence. Despite technological advancements, making sense of a virus with 30,000 base pairs is no easy feat.

SHARON BALTER: Often seen in travelers, in people who are experiencing homelessness or people who are substance abusers. STONE: That's Dr. Sharon Balter at the LA County Department of Public Health.

Dr. Sharon Balter, director of acute communicable disease control for Los Angeles County, offered a different perspective.

Sharon Balter, director of the county’s Division of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, declined to describe the person’s symptoms in detail for privacy reasons and said the patient ...

SHARON BALTER: Often seen in travelers, in people who are experiencing homelessness or people who are substance abusers. STONE: That's Dr. Sharon Balter at the LA County Department of Public Health.

This compares to 14 cases in the first three months of 2024,” said Dr. Sharon Balter, Director of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention for the L.A. County Department of Public Health.

SHARON BALTER: Often seen in travelers, in people who are experiencing homelessness or people who are substance abusers. STONE: That's Dr. Sharon Balter at the LA County Department of Public Health.

SHARON BALTER: Often seen in travelers, in people who are experiencing homelessness or people who are substance abusers. STONE: That's Dr. Sharon Balter at the LA County Department of Public Health.

This compares to 14 cases in the first three months of 2024,” said Dr. Sharon Balter, Director of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention for the L.A. County Department of Public Health.

SHARON BALTER: Often seen in travelers, in people who are experiencing homelessness or people who are substance abusers. STONE: That's Dr. Sharon Balter at the LA County Department of Public Health.

SHARON BALTER: Often seen in travelers, in people who are experiencing homelessness or people who are substance abusers. STONE: That's Dr. Sharon Balter at the LA County Department of Public Health.