The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to ban new oil and gas extraction and phase out existing operations — after studies have demonstrated the adverse health impacts on people living nearby, including asthma and other lung and respiratory issues.
As the video goes public of Black police officers in Memphis beating Tyre Nichols to death, it is a stark reminder of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. The health effects of these killings ripple from the individual victim to their families, local communities and Black Americans far from the site of the killing, who may have never met the victim.
The latest mass shooting in Monterey Park brings trauma and other mental health challenges not only to those directly affected, but also to the surrounding communities — and, with mass media coverage, the public at large.
Personal economics — a.k.a. wealth, or lack thereof — is one of the social conditions that can strongly determine health, especially among women of color. Here's how closing the gap of financial knowledge could help reduce stress and improve health conditions.
Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) has been appointed to chair the California state Senate’s influential health committee — a change that promises a more urgent focus on expanding mental health services and moving homeless people into housing and treatment.
The Interior Department announced new funding to restore the shrinking Salton Sea — if California saves more water.