Judge stops ban on syringe programs in El Dorado County
El Dorado County cannot enforce its ban on programs that hand out clean syringes as a legal battle between the…
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Los Angeles County Department of Public Health hit by phishing attack
The personal information of more than 200,000 people in Los Angeles County was potentially exposed after a hacker used a…
Julio Frenk, president of the University of Miami, is appointed rector of UCLA
University of Miami President Julio Frenk, a Mexican-born global health expert, will become the next chancellor of UCLA and the…
LA, we need to talk about your meth problem.
Los Angeles has recently witnessed a series of knife attacks and other crimes in which suspects exhibit not only violent…
Los Angeles County's Effort to Help Food Vendors Has Not Delivered Promised Carts
In 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic was upending the mobile food economy, Los Angeles County officials won approval for an…
California 'overdue' for whooping cough outbreak as US cases rise
It's been five years since the last major whooping cough outbreak in California, but the disease is on the rise.…
Amid bird flu, lawmakers in some states want to legalize raw milk
As health officials struggle to determine the spread of bird flu in American dairy cattle, some lawmakers are pushing to…
California COVID Surge: How to Protect Yourself from FLiRT
There are growing signs of a COVID-19 rebound in California thanks to the new FLiRT subvariants. It is too early…
COVID surges in California as new FLiRT strains dominate
California may be headed for an earlier-than-normal start to the summer COVID-19 season, with coronavirus concentrations in wastewater rising in…
How to deal with heat waves: Expert tips for staying safe in extreme temperatures
The IMD has forecast severe heat wave conditions and strong surface winds during the day. (Image via Reuters) Delhi Heat…