Audience-funded nonprofit news
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
-
Listen Listen
Health
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.
Sponsored message
More Stories
-
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders often develop diabetes at lower weights and younger ages than others. Doctors from these communities are pushing for earlier screenings and lifestyle changes.
-
Combative words can be a source of personal strength for some patients, but for others, it can mask the reality of their conditions.Listen 10:58
-
LAist Studios & USC Annenberg Media Present: "How COVID Changed Everything," a series where graduate students from all over the world examine the many ways — both dramatic and nuanced — that the pandemic has changed life in ways we are only now beginning to understand.
-
LAist, Public Health Watch and Univision reported last December that L.A. is the site of what's believed to be the country's largest cluster of silicosis, an incurable illness.
-
Even small debts can take a toll. Around 810,000 Angelenos are in debt for medical care. All together they owe at least $2.6 billion.
-
Drug use has become a major public health crisis, but effective treatment remains hard to find. It does exist, though.
-
The short answer: you'll be switched to Covered California, the state's insurance exchange.
-
A court ruling this week allows a Purdue Pharma settlement to move forward that could bring another $500 million in funding for prevention and treatment programs — on top of more than $2 billion in previous settlements.
-
Coalition to Protect Access to Care, which includes groups representing doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, and clinics, is lobbying Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers on allocating proceeds from a tax on health insurance companies.
-
I feel like I'm flying blind when it comes to regulating their game use and I know I'm not alone. Many parents worry that they should be doing more to limit online play.
-
Democratic lawmakers say they agreed to fine Californians without health insurance on the condition the state use that money to lower costs for residents purchasing coverage on the state exchange. They say Gov. Gavin Newsom has reneged on the deal.
-
Kids today live in an ultra-processed world: Nearly 70% of what they eat is packaged, processed and probably not great for them. Here are ways to cut back, without cooking every meal from scratch.
