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Two new studies have identified an alarming connection between exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy and autism in young children.
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It makes up just 1% of cases in L.A. County, but is expected to grow.
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A little over a week before her EEG, Sadé Lewis — who has dealt with migraines since she was a kid — was given instructions that she didn’t remember ever getting before a previous EEG appointment. “The first thing I literally did was text it to my best friend, and I was, like, this is kind of anti-Black,” Lewis said.
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Prosecutors say Stephan Gevorkian's patients include people with cancer. He faces five felony counts of practicing medicine without a certification.
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A study of roughly 2,700 shootings in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia found widening racial disparities after the pandemic began, with Black children the most frequent victims.
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Chronic exposure to air pollution can negatively affect people’s olfactory systems at a young age and may make them more susceptible to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
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A drug used in early-stage abortions and to manage miscarriages will remain available, but that could change as soon as next year.
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They're activist and advocates from Brazil, Colombia, India, Kenya, Lesotho and the U.S. We wanted to know: How do they stay positive in the face of the world's many problems and woes?
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The U.S. Supreme Court blocked lower court decisions banning or limiting the FDA approved use of the abortion pill mifepristone for the foreseeable future, leaving the case in the hands of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Dr. Peter Chin-Hong joined AirTalk to explain why the CDC approved a new booster shot, and who would benefit from it.Listen 19:15
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Healthy adults getting a COVID vaccine for the first time will receive a single bivalent shot.
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Low-income Californians can now get doula support during pregnancy and childbirth through Medi-Cal, but first birth workers need to enroll as providers.
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The American Lung Association’s new air quality report found SoCal's air lacking in other areas as well.
