As You Renew Your Health Care Coverage, Don’t Expect New Restrictions
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media
Californians can rest easy. With a little over two months to go until the state’s open enrollment period for...
L.A. County takes first steps toward new youth justice department
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted to take the first steps in
New Report Recommends Colon Screening at age 45
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force—an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine—is officially recommending that the screening for colorectal...
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Invests $335 Million in New Behavioral Health Center
Staff
The original Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital building is now the Mark Ridley-Thomas Behavioral Health Center, a new and innovative healthcare facility. Supervisor Mark...
New Program Provides Laundry Services for Unhoused Angelenos
Staff
SoCalGas has partnered with The Laundry Truck LA (TLTLA) to provide free laundry services for unhoused L.A. residents. The initiative will consist of a...
Dialyses Nurses: Prop 23 Poses Grave Threat to Black Patients
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media
Ahead of the November election, a group of dialysis nurses and patients have come out in strong opposition to Proposition 23.
If passed, Proposition 23 would require...
State Offers New Rape, Assault Protections for Health Care Workers
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media
California is expanding aid and protections to health care workers as the COVID-19 pandemic continues through two new laws and an executive...
Overweight Individuals at Higher Risk of COVID-19 Contraction, according to CDC
Dianne Lugo, Staff Writer
Newly expanded guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now suggest that three-quarters of Americans are likely at increased...
