Health

LA’s program that diverts mental health crisis calls away from police to expand

Trained clinicians with the city’s Unarmed Model of Crisis Response have handled over 20,000 calls since 2024.

Crisis workers Alice Barber and Katie Ortiz sit in a white Penny Lane Centers crisis response vehicle. Both wear blue tops. Decals on the car read: "Penny Lane Centers: Transforming Lives."

California moves closer to banning fabrication of popular countertops

Workers who cut, grind and polish artificial-stone slabs are at extreme risk of developing the deadly lung disease silicosis.

An illustration featuring five members of the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board sitting at a red table. In the background is an illustration of a damaged lung and a worker cutting artificial stone.

Long-shuttered St Vincent hospital to reopen next month as behavioral health campus

The first phase of the Westlake redevelopment is set to open in June as California expands behavioral health infrastructure through Proposition 1.

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County health officials confirm fifth measles case in Los Angeles

The resident was traveling internationally and arrived at LAX Thursday, May 14.

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How to live a more playful life and why it's important

A new book makes the case that adults are socialized away from being playful, but that being a little goofy has serious benefits for all ages.

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Abortion pill by mail allowed for at least 3 more days, the Supreme Court says

Full access to the abortion pill mifepristone, including through telemedicine and the mail, will continue for at least three more days, the high court said on Monday.

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Cruise passengers arrive in the US after one tests positive for hantavirus

One of the 17 Americans tested "mildly" positive for the virus during the U.S. return flight.

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Contact tracing could be key in halting the spread of hantavirus. Here's how it works

The race is on to find all passengers who left the infected cruise ship to monitor their health — and the health of those they've interacted with.

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LA health officials say there's no known hantavirus risk here tied to cruise ship outbreak

County officials are closely monitoring an outbreak that's left three dead overseas. To date, no passengers tied to that ship are known to have traveled to L.A.