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State health officials again warned against foraging as illness and deaths from eating the wild mushrooms known as death caps rise to new highs.
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Shots will show up in pharmacies in October.
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Street psychiatry is a burgeoning field in L.A. But is it enough to help the thousands of Angelenos who live with severe mental illness?
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Guidance for parents from the district and a pediatrician as we head into the third school year with COVID.
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A new proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offers more support to people who care for frail, ill, and disabled older adults.
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Support groups help manage the strain on caregivers in the epicenter of Alzheimer’s cases.
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The Biden administration wants to crack down on private arrangements among some hospitals to reimburse themselves for taxes that help fund coverage for low-income people.
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Two of the three troubled California hospitals are especially vital to their communities because they’re the only emergency providers in their rural counties. Health care chains could keep them afloat.
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The FDA has approved Leqembi, the first disease-modifying treatment for early-stage Alzheimer’s and a precursor condition, mild cognitive impairment.
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Individual health care facilities may maintain a masking policy.
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California law requires Medi-Cal and all other state-regulated health plans to cover gender-affirming care that is deemed medically necessary. But therein lies the rub.
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More than 1 in 10 adults who had COVID have had symptoms for at least a year.
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Researchers find that many common strategies for increasing happiness may not be supported by strong evidence.
