Only a small percentage of Americans who could benefit from the PrEP pill are using it, despite its effectiveness.
Environmental Health
Four years after the city of Los Angeles expanded its domestic abuse response team program to all 21 divisions in the Los Angeles Police Department, a report says the program falls short of its target due to low levels of implementation by patrol officers.
The public is paying mightily for homelessness, regardless of whether or not voters support more funding for homeless services and housing.
In one incident, a girl with a mental health diagnosis was pepper-sprayed in the groin, then left to use toilet water to relieve her pain.
The series has received support from the Fund for Journalism on Child Well-Being, a program of USC's Center for Health Journalism....
Klamath residents will be able to score fresh produce next week courtesy of Food for People.
In December, when people started to be allowed to return to their homes — if they were standing — benzene was discovered in the water supply.
"Here I was, a stranger dropping into people’s lives, asking that they tell me their deeply personal stories from a traumatic event."
Public health professionals say high-level vaccination data obscures the real problem, because vaccination isn’t uniform across states or counties.
Though transportation is a barrier for residents trying to feed their families, solving food scarcity in Klamath is more complex than establishing a market in the community, a panel of local native peoples said.