Emily Alpert Reyes covers public health for the Los Angeles Times. She previously reported on Los Angeles city government and politics, as well as on the census and demographics, tracking how our lives are changing in Los Angeles, California and the country. Before joining The Times, she worked for the pioneering nonprofit news website voiceofsandiego.org, winning national awards for her reporting on education. She has also traveled to Bolivia as a fellow with the International Reporting Project and survived the University of Chicago.
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Shoshanna Scholar focuses on practical strategies for reducing the negative effects of drug use and addressing it as a health issue rather than a criminal one.
June 30, 2024
Los Angeles County is moving forward with a pilot program to relieve medical debt for struggling residents, setting aside $5 million for a planned agreement with a national nonprofit that buys and erases such debts.
June 25, 2024
El Dorado County cannot enforce its ban on programs that hand out clean syringes as a legal battle continues between the county and the California Department of Public Health, a Superior Court judge ruled Friday.
June 15, 2024
Longtime patients have worried about moving to other sites as the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services prepares to close an outpatient psychiatric clinic at L.A. General Medical Center this summer.
June 13, 2024
Unionized doctors and dentists at L.A. County-run health facilities will get cost-of-living increases and bonuses under deals reached after threats of a strike.
June 12, 2024
A Beverly Hills doctor accused of ‘repeated negligent acts’ involving patients who got penile implants must limit the number of surgeries he does weekly, under an agreement with the Medical Board of California.
June 10, 2024
Una empleada de Disneyland Resort sufrió una lesión en la cabeza después de caerse de un carrito de golf en movimiento y luego murió a causa de sus heridas, según la policía.
June 9, 2024
A massive gold nugget was reported stolen Thursday from the Long Beach Convention Center, spurring an offer of a $10,000 reward.
June 8, 2024
A Disneyland Resort employee suffered a head injury after falling from a moving golf cart and later died of her injuries, according to police.
June 8, 2024
Five people were arrested this week in Los Angeles over an alleged scheme to bilk the Medicare program of more than $15 million using ‘sham hospices.’
June 8, 2024