Health

Clear Goals, Hazy Prospects

The latest chapter in the 20-plus year saga of China Shipping lawsuits highlights a double breakdown in enforcing the California…

3 years ago

She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy: For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story

Black women face nearly three times the risk of maternal mortality than white women, according to CDC data. Even at…

3 years ago

Ill Harvest In Rural California, Farmworkers Fend For Themselves For Health Care

Where government and health care institutions are absent, some communities turn to grassroots action. Capital and Main https://capitalandmain.com/in-rural-california-farmworkers-fend-for-themselves-for-health-care Carmen Hernandez…

3 years ago

County Accelerates CARE Court Implementation to Support Californians with Untreated Severe Mental Illness

SACRAMENTO – Los Angeles County Jan. 13 moved to accelerate its implementation of CARE Court, the state’s new framework to…

3 years ago

Supervisors Approve $33 Million Laboratory Expansion and Renovation Project

It will include state-of-the-art laboratory equipment to be used for communicable disease threats and will expand capacity to sequence COVID…

3 years ago

California Invests $52 Million in Opioid Prevention and Treatment

Gov. Newsom proposed additional investments to distribute naloxone, provide overdose medication to all middle and high schools, make test strips…

3 years ago

Why Farmworker Legalization Failed

For farmworkers, real change requires a much larger base of organized workers. Today, less than 1 percent of the farm…

3 years ago

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $100 Million for Environmental Justice Grants

EPA will host pre-application assistance webinars to answer prospective applicant questions about the Environmental Justice grant process.

3 years ago

Long Beach Briefs: City Launches Youth Poet Laureate Program and Increasing Fresh Produce in Neighborhood Markets

The produce to market program will include grants of up to $250,000 max per award to markets who best demonstrate…

3 years ago

LA County Residents Returning to School, Work After Winter Break Urged to Test for COVID-19 and Mask

Public Health officials are asking for the community’s help in reducing the chances of another post-holiday surge and limiting the…

3 years ago