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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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State Sen. María Elena Durazo and Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West want to give health facility support staffers a raise. Hospitals, nursing homes, and dialysis clinics are expected to resist.
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Many eating disorder specialists oppose the new guidance's focus on weight loss and BMI, and say it minimizes the risk of disordered eating and will perpetuate deep-rooted, damaging stigmas.
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California residents without health insurance will likely have more trouble getting low-cost tests, treatment and vaccines after the federal emergency ends.
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"There is no question from this data [that] young people are telling us that they are in crisis," says Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health.
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Life looks a little more normal here in the U.S. than it did a few years ago, but decisions on how to deal with the virus aren't over yet.
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It's unclear how long masks will be required in healthcare settings.
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The Los Angeles County Office of Education will partner with providers to offer mental telehealth services to more than a million kids at K-12 public schools.
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The new California law makes it a crime to sell flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.
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#Snapback perpetuates unrealistic postpartum expectations.
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While there are substitutes for amoxicillin, one pediatrician says without over-the-counter drugs it’s hard to find relief for coughing, feverish kids.
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Since Jan. 2016, at least 30 stone fabricators in the Los Angeles area have been diagnosed with an accelerated form of silicosis, an incurable, and deadly, dust-related illness. The evidence suggests silica-rich synthetic stone is to blame.
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We asked for your stories, and you delivered a clear message: "Plan your postpartum better than your birth." Here's how.
