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Federal changes starting in 2027 could impact 1 million L.A. County enrollees.
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The law goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023 and makes it harder to put individuals under a conservatorship.
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Young children who haven’t been exposed in the last two years are especially vulnerable.
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The bill increases leave payments to 90% of paychecks for lower-income workers in 2025, so more of them can afford time off for maternity leave or to care for ill family members.
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New CDC study finds Jynneos vaccine is effective against infection.
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As other states restrict or ban abortions, the California laws aim to improve access and protect patients and clinicians. They will also expand services to accommodate an expected influx from other states.
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Four managed-care insurance plans may lose contracts with California’s Medicaid program, which would force nearly 2 million low-income residents to switch their health plans — and possibly their doctors. The plans are fighting back.
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The level of U.S. deaths from COVID is lower today than it has been during most of the pandemic, and it has been that way since the spring.
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Organizers say 100% of the proceeds from ticket sales from “This Is My Brave — The Show in Los Angeles” will be distributed to local nonprofit organizations that provide mental health services.
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After virtually disappearing for the last two years, there are troubling clues that the flu could come roaring back this year, to cause trouble alongside COVID.
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In response to a “devastating epidemic” of student overdoses, the Los Angeles Unified School District will begin rolling out life-saving opioid overdose treatments to junior and senior high schools.
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Many experts warn that toddler formulas, designed for children ages 1 to 3, fill no nutritional needs beyond what is available in a typical toddler diet, are subject to less regulation than infant formula, and are expensive.
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The virus remained among the state’s leading causes of death in July, trailing heart disease, cancer, stroke, and Alzheimer’s disease but outpacing diabetes, accidental death, and a host of other debilitating diseases.
