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First Case In California Of Mosquito-Borne Dengue Not Related To Travel Reported In LA County

The Pasadena resident who contracted the virus is said to be recovering.

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One High School Senior’s Mission To Get More Mental Health Education In Class

Culver City High School senior Emi Sakamoto experienced the so-called ‘youth mental health crisis’ firsthand. So she decided to do something about it.

Some LA County Libraries Will Offer COVID, Flu, And Mpox Vaccines

The vaccines will be available free of charge.

Why Is Finding COVID Shots For Young Children Still So Hard?

It’s a confluence of problems, from technicalities about who can administer vaccines to kids to lack of accurate information online.

A man with curly black hair and wearing a blue surgical mask, blue gloves and a yellow top, administers a vaccine shot in the arm of a young boy with a mop-top style haircut. Q woman with black hair, wearing glasses and a surgical mask, also with a yellow top, sits beside the boy on a lawn.

Kaiser Permanente Reaches Tentative Deal with 85,000 Health Care Workers

The proposed four-year contract includes wage increases, more job training, and a commitment to hire and retain new workers.

People stand outside yelling and holding union signs aloft in front of a hospital.

Five LA County Libraries Are Offering Free Narcan

People can pick up one dose from the library-staffed clinics while supplies last.

A white box with red and black lettering reads "Narcan Nasal Spray 4 mg," and in parentheses, "naloxone HCl."

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.

A crowd of people picket outside a hospital. They're wearing black union shirts while holding signs that read "Kaiser workers won't be silenced."

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.

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