Health

  • Social Media Growing Concern for Youth Mental Health

    Eric Tegethoff Public News Service Symptoms of anxiety and depression are up among adolescents and young adults. Health experts warn social media is playing a role in declining mental health. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has issued an advisory regarding social media and youth mental health. Dr. Susanna Block –...
  • Suicide Prevention: America’s Mental Health Crisis

    It is natural that the epidemic of addiction to fentanyl-derived drugs should occupy our attention. More than 70,000 overdose deaths a year qualify as a public health emergency anywhere in the world. But there is another public health crisis before our eyes: a recent report in the Journal of...
  • The California mask mandate is gone. Now some patients fear for their health.

    Kristen Hwang CalMatters For months California disability and labor advocates have been attempting to preserve statewide masking requirements in health care settings. But with the sunset of one of the last remaining COVID-19 mandates, they say people who are the most vulnerable to severe illness now have to make...
  • Maestros universitarios de L.A. ganan en acuerdo laboral histórico

    Casi la mitad de todos los cursos de los colegios comunitarios son impartidos por profesores de medio tiempo, y un nuevo acuerdo laboral significa que ahora el profesorado adjunto de los colegios comunitarios de Los Angeles tendrá una atención medica accesible. El acuerdo, anunciado el viernes, otorgara a los...
  • L.A. College Instructors Win Health Care in Historic Labor Agreement

    Almost half of all community college courses are taught by part-time instructors, and a new labor agreement means adjunct faculty at community colleges in Los Angeles will get affordable health care. The deal, announced Friday, will give part-time faculty the same contribution – about $1,300 a month – as...
  • Report: Community Health Centers Work to Address Primary-Care Shortage

    Health insurance does not help you if you can’t find a primary-care doctor – and that is a problem for 100 million Americans, according to a new report. Researchers from the National Association of Community Health Centers have found that one-quarter of medically disenfranchised people are children. Joe Dunn, senior vice...
  • Talking about mental health: how to overcome the stigma and break the silence

    Mental health is one of those issues that many of us prefer to keep quiet or sweep under the rug. But the reality cannot be kept quiet: almost one in five adults in the United States lives with a mental illness. We are talking about 52.9 million grandparents, parents,...
  • Niños en California podrían perder la cobertura de Medi-Cal

    Dos millones de niños y adultos en California podrían perder la cobertura de seguro médico durante el próximo año, mientras el estado reduce la requerida cobertura continua vigente durante la pandemia, según un nuevo informe de la Universidad de Georgetown. La emergencia de salud pandémica termina oficialmente el primero de mayo,...
  • Report: California Children at Risk of Losing Health Coverage

    Two million children and adults in California could lose health-insurance coverage over the next year – as the state winds down the continuous-coverage requirements in place during COVID, according to a new report from Georgetown University. The pandemic health emergency officially ends May 1, but on April 1, California will...
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