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Adjust The Cap On Compensation For Medical Malpractice
regardless of how devastating the injuries might be. As the state that leads the nation in protection of consumers, how can this gross injustice be allowed to stand?
Forty-seven years after it was enacted, the cap has never been adjusted…
Could the Omicron Variant Be Good News?
COVID WATCH - At this point, we still don’t know very much about the Omicron variant, except that it spreads far more quickly than the Delt…
Mental Health Care Is Hard To Come By — Especially If You’re Low-Income
WELLNESS - During the first wave of the pandemic in April 2020, my boyfriend asked, not unkindly, if I’ve ever been diagnosed with anything…
DeBlasio Sets Vaccine Precedent in New York. Will California Follow?
COVID MANDATE - Maybe it took a politician with little to lose in order to get it done.
The Medical Board of California and State Legislators Fail to Protect Consumers
MEDICAL WATCH - If a doctor harms you or kills a loved one, what recourse is there in California?
Beware the Metaverse: How Novi Money Transfer Could Make the Industry Less Competitive
MOVING MONEY POLITICS--2021 has been a disastrous year for Facebook (now Meta) – and deservedly so. Thanks to ex-employee Frances Haugen, w…
L.A.’s Effort to Fight COVID Through Community Partnerships Shows Promise
COVID WATCH - There is movement again at Vanessa’s Positive Energy, a dance and fitness studio near the busy corner of Normandie and Manche…
The Omicron Variant is NOT Delta and MIGHT Help Us Beat the Pandemic!
THE DOCTOR IS IN - For starters, I am not an anti-vaxxer.
LA's Homebound and Vulnerable Overlooked in Covid Crisis. LA Mishandled.
WELLNESS - This is the story of a group of citizens' advocating for major change with one of the largest governmental bodies in the State o…
LA’s Proof of Vaccine Mandate Deserves to Be Watched
COVID MANDATE - Like most COVID-related safety measures, the city of Los Angeles’ newest proof-of-vaccine mandate can be analyzed to the po…
Another COVID Holiday: Is California In A Better Place This Year?
COVID WATCH - The holidays are here and people are ready to gather, hug and feast. But is California in a better place this year when it co…
The Corporate Plan to Murder Medicare Runs Through Medicare Advantage
HEALTH INSURANCE - In 2003, George W Bush set up the destruction and privatization of Medicare.
Surprise, Surprise. The COVID Vaccine Mandates Are Working
VACCINE MANDATES - In San Francisco earlier this month, a 17-year veteran of the city’s police force died while on leave from his job.
Woman Cured Her Own HIV Without Medications Or Therapy
WELLNESS - A 30-year-old mother in Argentina has become the second known person in the world to be cured of HIV just by her own immune syst…
Why California’s Lettuce Lands Are Unlikely Vaccination Leaders
WELLNESS - If demographics and geography really were COVID destiny, then Gonzales—a small, working-class town with a young, overwhelmingly…
Wealthy Americans Get Paid Leave. Shouldn’t the Rest?
WELLNESS - For Ruth Martin, the fight for paid leave is both professional and personal.
The Cost of COVID Hospitalization Is on the Rise
COVID WATCH - In California and across the country, the effort to contain COVID-19’s lethal spread has relied upon two cornerstones: access…
Holiday Fundraiser To Send Transgender Youth To Free Camp
The Laurel Foundation has been providing mental health and social support programs free of charge to transgender/gender diverse youth and y…
Disparities in California’s Tap Water Quality Persist, New Data Shows
ENVIRONMENT - People living in underserved communities, especially those with higher Black or Latino populations, likely run a greater coll…
Systemic Failure: Why Can't I Get An In-home Flu Shot For My Elderly Mom?
WELLNESS - It is flu season, and medical professionals in governments and private medical practices are recommending we get our shot.
