ER visits grew an average of 4 percent every year from 2010 to 2016.
Community & Public Health
How does exposure to violence affect innocent young bystanders? What lasting damage does it cause? The Times-Picayune debuts an ambitous new series.
The legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act roared back to life last week, when the U.S. Justice Department announced it would no longer defend crucial parts of the law against a suit filed by Texas and 19 other conservative states. The Trump administration argues that the individual mandate and
Why would Disneyland be part of an effort to defeat a bill that requires reporting of blood-lead levels high enough to produce heart disease and serious brain disorders?
The disaster has been made worse by the number of residents suffering from chronic illnesses and a shortage of doctors.
The expansion of Medicaid has been key to getting more homeless people permanently housed in Los Angeles and beyond.
Momentum is building to get emergency departments to play a bigger role in stemming the epidemic.
The Trump administration's recent efforts to shrink the social safety net will only make treating the real drivers of health harder.
Over the course of a week in March, Los Angeles stand-up comic and life coach Kate Romero opened up to KPCC about the pain she feels from degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia.
Some seniors there now say they are looking for ways to take as few prescription drugs as possible. And many are turning to cannabis as an alternative.