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A nationwide effort that includes many California researchers seeks to find out why some Asian American communities have high rates of certain cancers.
The American Lung Assn.’s 2026 State of the Air report again graded L.A. as having some of the worst air quality in the country. California as a state performed poorly.
A new study out of UCLA shows the outsized impact of climate-related disasters like the 2025 fires on unhoused populations.
For every decade a species remains in the illegal global wildlife markets, the risk of interspecies disease increases, according to a new study.
On Feb. 27, the L.A. County Department of Public Health eliminated services at many of its free clinics, citing funding cuts at the federal, state and local levels.
Shark attacks in 2025 were back to a normal level after a down year in 2024. California continues to overindex in unprovoked attacks, and in 2025 recorded the only shark-related death of the year in the U.S..
Researchers have released the first parcel-level analysis to map all paved surfaces across L.A. County. In particular, large parking lots are ripe for change, they say.
Tens of thousands of middle-class Californians now face higher health insurance premiums after Congress let enhanced federal subsidies expire Dec. 31.
