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Before being confirmed, RFK Jr. told U.S. senators he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation’s official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
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California is bringing back a program that will cover the costs.
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The public health department says the risk is still very low, but they’re urging the public to steer clear of raccoons for now.
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An upcoming Apple software update will allow some AirPods to double as over-the-counter hearing aids. Only 1 in 6 American adults with hearing loss wears hearing aids.
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Parts of the Southland are experiencing poor air quality because of raging wildfires. Long-term exposure could negatively affect your health.
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In 2022, nearly 900 hundred county residents died by suicide. Here's a look at what's being done to reverse those numbers, and how you can help.
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The person is a Baldwin Park resident with no history of travel to areas where the disease is endemic. However, officials stress that the risk of spread in the county is low.
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The sunlight sparks reactions in the air that are harmful to our heart and respiratory systems, but extreme heat accelerates it.
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The latest federal data shows the rate of new breast cancer diagnoses in Asian American and Pacific Islander women — a group that once had relatively low rates of diagnosis — is rising much faster than that of many other racial and ethnic groups.
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At least four maternity wards shut down last year alone, including Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood.
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SoCal is baking. Here's how to know the (crucial) difference between heat exhaustion and heat strokeBoth are unpleasant, but one can be fatal. We break it down.
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The move comes after a study found varying levels of lead in the neighborhood’s tap water.
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The audit, obtained by LAist through a public records request, looked at the county's Be Well campus in the city of Orange. The director of the O.C.’s Health Care Agency tells LAist the county will terminate the contract.
