Health

Many of Portland's least fortunate live in tents pitched on sidewalks or in aging campers parked in small convoys behind...

In 2021, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department’s downtown jail complex saw its deadliest year for in-custody suicides in nearly a...

For the past three years, the LAist newsroom's public affairs show "AirTalk" — which airs weekdays on 89.3 FM —...

Los Angeles County’s local emergency declarations due to COVID-19 will be lifted at the end of the day on Friday,...

Researchers, legislators, therapists and concerned parents for years have been voicing alarm about the effects of social media on teenage...

The overdose-reversing drug Narcan could soon be available to buy over the counter without a prescription, the Food and Drug...

How did you learn about periods for the first time? Was it in a fifth grade classroom, split by sex?...

In 2011, a farmer in Oklahoma had a bunch of sick pigs. The animals had what looked like the flu....

Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required to have their urine tested for drugs several times...

Allergy issues With record rains and beautiful flower blooms comes a lot of irritating pollen. Californians, and particularly Southern Californians,...