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Who gets to be a parent has been reshaped by IVF: Single women in their 40s are increasingly opting to become moms.
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The outbreak has been linked to cage-free eggs from Country Eggs, LLC, based in Lucerne Valley in San Bernardino County.
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Hexavalent chromium is the same carcinogen Erin Brockovich warned about in the 1990s, but researchers say more study is needed on the potential health effects of nanoparticles detected earlier this year. Experts will answer questions at a webinar this evening.Listen 0:39
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is laying off 253 employees, with another 186 being offered other roles at the hospital. In all, about 5.8% of the hospital’s staff will be affected.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.Listen 3:57
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Public Health said it investigated a localized outbreak in Central L.A. and is currently looking into a second outbreak in Santa Monica.
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Some 911 calls to the Sheriff’s Department’s Century Station will now be diverted to trained 988 crisis lifeline counselors.
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U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically affects cattle in South America but has spread north in recent years.Listen 2:37
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The cost of health insurance is rising faster than the price of eggs or gasoline.
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The risk from the recalled shrimp is "quite low," said Donald Schaffner, a food safety expert at Rutgers University. Cesium-137 is a byproduct of nuclear reactions.
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Dr. Jennifer Keagle has done a LOT of breast reduction surgeries.Listen 18:40
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Metropolitan State Hospital opened as a psychiatric facility back in 1916. But many of the buildings have sat vacant for decades.
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Patients in need of care are increasingly scared to seek it after President Donald Trump rescinded a Joe Biden-era policy that barred immigration officials from conducting operations in “sensitive” areas such as schools, hospitals, and churches. Clinics and health plans have taken a page out of their COVID playbooks, revamping tested strategies to care for patients scared to leave the house.
