In a collaborative effort between the University, LA County, and the LA County Department of Public Health, Cal State LA was designated as a free COVID-19 testing site in May 2020, just two months after campus closure.
Less than 3 months after the first formal communication of the pandemic, all in-person classes were suspended as Cal State LA began the sudden transition to remote learning.
In April 2019, the University Library was the site of a measles exposure which suspended operations for nearly a week until students and faculty were tested or vaccinated.
Once a disabling and life-threatening disease, polio was eradicated from the Americas by the 1990’s, with widespread distribution of vaccines such as the Sabin oral vaccine, distributed at the Campus Health Center.