After these women had mastectomies, they were afflicted with pain – NBC Los Angeles
Three weeks after Sophia Bassan’s mastectomy, she felt a stabbing pain beneath her right armpit. In the following…
Corn tortillas in California now must contain folic acid. More states are looking at it. – San Diego Union-Tribune
By Jonel Aleccia & Amy Taxin The Associated Press Fifteen years after she lost her first baby to…
SF needs to fight for public health like it’s the 1980s
Cleve Jones, pictured in 2021, is a lead organizer of a nationwide call to action demanding that political…
This California lake that revolutionized American environmental law
Jesus Ayala and his son, Josh, walk on a path at the edge of Mono Lake in 2022.…
The Supreme Court embraced conversion therapy. California has a plan
Demonstrators rally at Stonewall National Monument in New York on April 1, 2026, a day after the Supreme…
We keep ignoring the lessons of cruise ship disease outbreaks
The Grand Princess cruise ship docks in San Francisco in 2020 after a COVID outbreak forced more than…
PIH Appoints COO: Leader expands role at Good Samaritan | Health
PIH Health has named Irena Zuanic to chief operating officer of PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Downtown…
‘Building a better future’: UCLA receives $33 million to address LA’s youth mental health crisis
More young Californians than ever are reporting mental health issues, with wide disparities in access to support, particularly…
Public health week events scheduled across LA County – NBC Los Angeles
National Public Health Week begins Monday, and Los Angeles County officials will be hosting a series of events…
Out of focus: Fewer California kids receive vision care as access worsens, report says
WHEN KEKOA GITTENS was 3, his preschool teacher told his mother he was a problem. He couldn’t sit…
Your ‘normal’ cholesterol and blood pressure may not be anymore
New guidelines encourage Americans to aim for lower blood pressure and cholesterol readings — and start monitoring earlier…
Microplastics have been found everywhere. That’s a problem for research
As the science of detecting microplastics matures, so too does consensus about their ubiquity. Everywhere researchers have looked…