ADAM BEAM Associated Press California will stop making companies pay employees who can’t work because they caught the coronavirus while on the job. For the past two years, California workplace regulat
MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer The number of U.S. deaths dropped this year, but there are still more than there were before the coronavirus hit. Preliminary data — through the first 11 months of the ye
Federal authorities held a news conference this week to inform the public of their ongoing efforts to stem the widespread damage caused by fentanyl, the extremely dangerous synthetic opioid that
The turning of the seasons from summer to fall is often associated with apple cider, falling leaves and, for the last few years, an increase in COVID-19 cases. The same
GEOFF MULVIHILL
Associated Press
Lillianna Alfaro was a recent high school graduate raising a toddler and considering joining the Army when she and a friend bought what they thought was
In April 2020, I found my 16-year-old son, Daniel, unconscious in his bed.
He had overdosed on a counterfeit Oxycodone pill that he purchased on Snapchat. It was spiked with
In the weeks since LA County reached the “low” category for COVID-19 community spread, good news continues to roll in. Graphs tracking test positivity, deaths and hospitalizations all resemble ski
Despite indicators that LA County’s monkeypox outbreak has been stabilizing as vaccine access continues to widen, two grim milestones have been met in the ongoing fight against the viral
Santa Monicans now have another treatment option for cuts, coughs, sprains and other injuries and ailments. Exer Urgent Care, a Southern California-based urgent care company, celebrated the opening of a
Los Angeles County has officially entered into the “low community transmission level” for COVID-19 even as schools are back in session and extreme heat has driven more people inside.
The
As the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to level off, local health officials have announced there are signs the concurrent monkeypox outbreak in Los Angeles County has also
As COVID cases continue to decline in LA county, Monkeypox cases have doubled since last week, according to the LA County Department of Public Health.
For the second week in