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The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025.
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Democratic leaders in California and Oregon are becoming more open to using involuntary psychiatric commitment to combat homelessness, drug abuse and untreated mental illness.
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Jail officials and county-appointed monitors alike say current care in the jails is severely deficient. Coroners' records reviewed by LAist show a jump in suicides inside L.A. County’s downtown jail complex in 2021.
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Doctors, nurses and health care professionals have been on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19 since the pandemic began three years ago. We asked six of them how their lives, jobs, and views about medicine and public health have changed since.
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Many of the girls in a recent report say social media has a positive or neutral impact on themselves and their peers.
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The decision could make the life-saving drug more accessible. But the Food and Drug Administration said it could take months before Narcan, naloxone's brand name, is available without a prescription.
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Periods affect our lives in countless, connected ways, especially as we get older. But most of us haven't learned about them since we were kids — if we learned at all.
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Pigs and goats likely catch it too. It's been found in humans' noses in the southwest— and in the air at airports and at chicken farms in Malaysia.Listen 6:58
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“There really isn’t much literature to guide you on how to do this,” said Dr. Margaret Chaplin, a Connecticut psychiatrist who treats patients with ADHD, mental illnesses, or substance use disorders.
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Rent protections are among the emergency orders that will expire.
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California’s governor is asking the administration of President Joe Biden, a fellow Democrat, to authorize a new program called “transitional rent,” which would provide up to six months of rent or temporary housing for low-income enrollees who rely on the state’s health care safety net.
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The changes go beyond more expensive testing. Addiction treatment could be imperiled, and nursing home staff training could become even more stringent.
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If you're in your 20s, 30s or 40s, you need to know the signs to watch for and when to seek screening or treatment for colorectal cancer.Listen 4:23
