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Federal changes starting in 2027 could impact 1 million L.A. County enrollees.
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Nearly a third of recently sequenced tests in L.A. County were the highly contagious version of omicron.
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Home care is costly for many, but the industry is underpaying workers.
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The Black Coalition Against COVID released a report two years into the pandemic as hospitalization rates for Black people with COVID-19 in the U.S. were the highest they've ever been.
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The law has been in place for almost five months.
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New data published in JAMA Psychiatry showed that people with schizophrenia were nearly three times as likely to die from COVID-19 as the general population.
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This comes as public awareness of autism and research on it have grown and insurance coverage for treatment is more widespread. In February, Texas became the last state to cover a widely used autism therapy through Medicaid.
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The CDC has approved the extra booster and the L.A. County Dept. of Public Health and pharmacy chains are confident they have enough supply to meet demand.
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The BA.2 strain now accounts for more than half of all coronavirus infections nationwide, the CDC estimates. Although it's fueling a surge in Europe, the variant doesn't appear to make people sicker.
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The tests, in addition to masks, gloves, hand sanitizer and social media messaging materials, are part of California’s SMARTER plan to curb the spread of COVID.
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California law enforcement agencies are embracing new approaches to mental health crisis calls. But some activists still want a solution without police, including volunteers in Nevada County who came together after a fatal shooting.
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Progressive legislatures are passing their own policies aiming to shore up abortion rights at the local level ahead of a Supreme Court decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade.
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After Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars for a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's medical condition, there are renewed conversations about toxic masculinity and concepts of feminine beauty.
