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The city of L.A. has scheduled a hearing to gather testimony from residents and consider revoking an oil company’s permit to operate a facility in Jefferson Park.
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If enacted, the rules would dramatically expand protections for tens of millions of Americans burdened by medical bills they can’t afford.
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The FDA is warning of paralytic shellfish poisoning, which is caused by a naturally occurring toxin that’s sickened more than 30 people so far.
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Both the city and county of L.A. have alternative response teams that can be called to respond when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis.
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Faulty lead test kits made by Magellan Diagnostics may have been used as late as 2021 to test children for exposure to the toxic metal. The company agreed to pay $42 million to settle criminal charges that it concealed malfunctions.
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A state worker safety board is scheduled to vote on the rules June 20, and they would likely take effect this summer.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital is losing money, but it’s committed to keeping open its labor ward. Its decision runs counter to nearby hospitals that are walking away from maternity services.
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Angelenos without health insurance have a few more weeks to get free shots.
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A bill that would increase penalties for those who assault hospital emergency department workers is facing the same pushback that other recent tough-on-crime legislation has from progressive Democrats leery of increasing incarceration rates.
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Doctors on the front lines of California’s homelessness and mental health crises are using monthly injections to treat psychosis in their most vulnerable patients.
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California is the ninth state — after Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington — to set annual health spending targets.
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The new program, called CARE Court, allows family members and others to petition a court to step in with a care plan for someone living with serious, untreated mental illness.
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Heartworm disease is becoming more common in California as temperatures rise due to climate change.
