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…
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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…
Los Angeles County COVID cases rise amid summer FLiRT variant surge
COVID cases and hospitalizations in Los Angeles County continue to rise as a new subvariant of the coronavirus advances across…
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…
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…