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Susan Abram
Reporter
Susan Abram is a freelance journalist who previously covered health and county government for the Los Angeles Daily News.
Articles
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They analyzed chipped paint in old homes, hunted down landlords, begged families to speak with them, and even got down on their hands and knees to collect contaminated soil.
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The American justice system is more likely to criminalize children of color instead of understanding their behavior, a leading juvenile justice advocate told a journalists this week.
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At one of the busiest public hospitals in the nation, doctors are making a big push to better address the underlying forces shaping health.
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Emergency departments at three hospitals stood out in all of California as the ones that were the most visited in 2016. They couldn’t be more different.
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A Los Angeles County Fire Department pilot project is testing out a a mobile integrated health care unit. The goal is to see if a “healthcare on wheels” model can help alleviate crowded emergency departments
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ER visits grew an average of 4 percent every year from 2010 to 2016.
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One solution to allay the high numbers may be a pilot project the Los Angeles County Fire Department is trying out: a “health care on wheels.”
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force comes under question by physicians as the group again prepares to release its final recommendations on breast cancer screenings. Physicians wonder if scaling back on screenings is a result of pressure from health insurers and the Affordable Care Act.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force comes under question by physicians as the group again prepares to release its final recommendations on breast cancer screenings. Physicians wonder if scaling back on screenings is a result of pressure from health insurers and the Affordable Care Act.