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The state covers basic services for vulnerable residents, including things like air purifiers for kids with asthma. But nonprofits offering the services struggle to work within the health care system.
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A bill working its way through the California Legislature would allow the therapeutic use of psilocybin; mescaline; MDMA, the active ingredient in ecstasy; and dimethyltryptamine, the active ingredient in ayahuasca, a plant-based psychoactive tea.
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In 2022, more than 2,370 unhoused Angelenos died on the streets, according to a county report
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The nursing home chain was the subject of a 2021 investigation by LAist that found the company had a troubled history of patient care and operated facilities even after the state denied the owner licenses.
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Tens of thousands of sterilized male mosquitoes will be released in L.A. to help curb the ankle-biting insect population this summer.
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In Southern California, human West Nile cases typically begin in mid-May.
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Citing California’s budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to save around $613 million in state funds by delaying pay increases for a year for about 150,000 disability care workers.
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Six people across the state have become ill from an outbreak in recalled organic walnuts.
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The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 — while still high — went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report.
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The Justice Department is expected to propose a new, lower classification for marijuana that would lessen restrictions on the drug. But there's another review process to come.
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Los Angeles received a failing grade in air quality from the American Lung Association.
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Under a government-run pharmaceutical program called CalRx, California will purchase naloxone from New Jersey-based Amneal Pharmaceuticals at a discounted price of $24 for a two-pack of nasal sprays.
