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A rise in breast cancer among younger women prompted the U.S. Preventive Task Force to issue new screening guidelines. They recommend mammograms every other year, starting at age 40.Listen 2:41
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has long given vets who served in Vietnam disability compensation for illness connected to Agent Orange harm. But those exposed at U.S. bases are still waiting for the same benefits.
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A proposed clinic that would have performed later abortions was blocked from opening in Beverly Hills. As Gov. Gavin Newsom focuses on access for Arizona women, officials are overlooking barriers for providers in California.
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California launched two apps at the start of the year offering free behavioral health services to youths.
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Big health insurers that have contracts with state Medicaid programs find themselves making more money even as enrollment in Medicaid programs has dropped. Here’s why.
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L.A. County has launched a new, searchable database focused on health and wellness.
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LAist reported in January that many of California’s universities are failing to make students aware that medication abortion pills are available on campus.
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An organized bus tour takes Black pregnant people to hospitals and clinics around Los Angeles to help them make informed decisions about their healthcare.
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L.A. County plans to hire staff for eight new teams of mental health clinicians to follow up with people after a mental health crisis.
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Sixty years ago, America began closing mental hospitals. A growing chorus is blaming that for the crisis of mentally ill folks living on our streets.
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Folic acid reduces the risk of birth defects and the FDA requires that bakers include it in enriched bread. California could extend the mandate to tortillas and foods made with corn masa flour.
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A medical industry challenge to a $25 minimum wage ordinance in one Southern California city suggests health workers statewide could face layoffs and reductions in hours and benefits under a state law set to begin phasing in in June. Some experts are skeptical, however, that it will have such effects.
