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Survey reveals stark inequities in health of Black and Latino Angelenos
Black residents in Los Angeles experience the worst health outcomes out of any racial group, including the highest rates of high blood pressure, asthma and obesity, the 2023 Los Angeles County Health...
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New Mission Hospital machine uses sound waves to vaporize liver tumors
After 25 rounds of chemotherapy and twice having radiation beads injected into his tumors, Michael Farris’ liver was still too cancer-filled for surgery. Then, just a month ago, the Ladera Ranch father...
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Coachella festival wants billboard on sexually transmitted diseases removed
A billboard near the Coachella festival advertising free sexually transmitted disease testing should be removed, concert organizers said — but the group behind it says the message is staying put....
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Why do so few in Southern California get updated COVID vaccinations?
The buds are blooming, the grass is green, the orange and palm trees sway — and those spring COVID vaccines are rolling out yet again. This spring, the COVID booster is aimed at folks 65 and older and...
View ArticleHuntington Hospital touts $161 million in ‘community benefits’ in 2023
Huntington Health, which operates the 544-bed Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, said this week that it delivered more than $161 million in community benefits to residents of the San Gabriel Valley and...
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Gov. Newsom, the drug that kills most Americans is on grocery store shelves
Hey, Gov. Newsom. I’ve been in Dallas with some of the best addiction doctors and researchers in America these last few days. There’s so very much going on here – which we’ll expand on in coming weeks...
View ArticleUCLA study: ‘Despair’-related deaths of Blacks, Native Americans overtake...
Mortality rates of middle-aged Blacks caused by so-called “deaths of despair” — suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease — surpassed the rate of whites in 2022, but Native Americans had more...
View ArticleLA County steps in to address ‘strep zoo’ outbreak among dogs at Downey...
In an effort to address a bacterial outbreak at the Downey Animal Care Center, Los Angeles County officials are taking action today to safeguard animals and prevent further health issues. The county’s...
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Cities would share power to probe addiction treatment complaints under Umberg...
Used meth pipes in the trash can, drug stashes beneath the stairs, prone bodies in the middle of the street. “My kids are growing up with people overdosing and doing drugs right in front of their...
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Move over, fentanyl? Stimulant overdose deaths are rising fast
Methamphetamine seized by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (File photo The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Deadly, addictive fentanyl has certainly earned the spotlight when it comes to overdose deaths...
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