Editorial: Let's not learn the wrong lessons from Matthew Perry's ketamine tragedy
It’s impossible to say for certain that Matthew Perry would be alive today if he hadn’t gotten into his hot…
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What motivates one of the few doctors who performs late-term abortions in the United States?
Warren Hern is as intense as you'd expect from someone who's been threatened with death for most of his career.…
We still need free COVID-19 testing. Why is it harder to get it?
August 14, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: The excellent advice that people with symptoms get tested for…
Hospitals that pursue patients for bills will have to report to Los Angeles County
Hospitals must promptly report to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health any time they attempt to collect medical…
FLiRT Wave: California COVID sewage levels are worse than last summer
Coronavirus levels in California wastewater now exceed last summer's peak, an indication of the rapid spread of FLiRT's new super-contagious…
Bird flu infects workers at Colorado poultry farm
Five poultry workers at a farm in northeastern Colorado have been infected with the H5N1 virus, according to the Colorado…
Editorial: Big oil will continue to fight to drill near homes in California
The oil industry's recent decision to abandon its efforts to overturn restrictions on oil drilling in California neighborhoods and withdraw…
Anthony Fauci has the right to savagely attack Trump. Why doesn't he do it?
Over the course of his half-century career, Anthony Fauci learned what it was like to be loved and hated at…
These chocolates with mushrooms could make you sick, health experts warn
Diamond Shruumz chocolate bars, cones and gummies (microdose products made in Santa Ana) have been linked to cases of serious…
Bird flu is a real threat. Here is a way to lower it.
If the last two years are any indication, bird flu isn't just for birds. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known…