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Clinic That Performs Abortions Files Lawsuit Alleging Beverly Hills Officials Colluded To Block Clinic From Opening

The medical clinic also alleges the city caved to pressure from anti-abortion protesters.

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Prime Healthcare Workers Launch 5-Day Strike

An estimated 1,800 healthcare workers strike over what they say are unsafe working and patient care conditions.

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The Issues Underlying The Walkout Of 75,000 Kaiser Nurses, Pharmacists And Other Workers

In the largest health care strike in U.S. history, over 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and medical facilities across the U.S. walked off the job on Wednesday morning.

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Frontline health care workers hold a demonstration outside Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on September 4.

Kaiser Health Workers Go On Strike. More Than 28,000 In SoCal Alone

About 34% of Kaiser’s Southern California workforce walked out after negotiations failed.

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CARE Court Launches In Orange, Riverside, 5 Other Counties

The new program is designed to help people living with a serious, untreated mental illness such as schizophrenia.

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Nobel Prize Goes To Scientists Who Made mRNA COVID Vaccines Possible

Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó and American immunologist Drew Weissman found that a chemical change to genetic code called mRNA eliminated a problematic side effect when used in vaccines.

Talks Continue To Avoid Huge Kaiser Health Strike. Impact In SoCal Would Be Big

Nearly 80% of workers who may go on strike are in California — 28,000 of them in SoCal.

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LA County Rolls Out Free COVID Vaccines

The shots will be available at public health pods set up in Ted Watkins Memorial Park in South L.A. and Obregon Park in East L.A. Those with insurance, however, will not be turned away.

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How One Woman Navigated The Grief Of Suicide — And What She Hopes It Can Teach Others

Charlotte Maya's memoir, "Sushi Tuesdays: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Resilience" is an intimate looks at how she continues to navigate her husband's suicide.