Emily Alpert Reyes

As President Trump vows to rein in government spending and saddle federal money with new restrictions, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has a lot at stake — including about $1 billion in federal grants, according to its […]

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles said Friday that it is easing its recent restrictions on hormonal treatment for transgender youth, reversing a move that had set off weekly protests outside the hospital. The hospital earlier this month had paused the initiation

Dozens of protesters rallied Thursday outside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to demand that the health system acknowledge “systemic failures” in its maternal care and set up a board to investigate racial disparities, saying that a federal agreement with Cedars-Sinai doesn’t go

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is keeping its recent restrictions on gender-affirming care in place as hospital officials review decisions by federal judges to pause parts of Trump’s executive order targeting the use of puberty blockers, hormones and other procedures for

Luis Cervantes chose to move home after recovering from a car accident that made him a quadriplegic. But the 29-year-old found it uncomfortable to ask his mother and sister to help him with physical needs. He stopped going with them

California regulators voted Thursday to impose a permanent set of workplace rules aimed at protecting countertop cutters from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been killing young workers. The unanimous vote by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board

Ten people were injured Saturday night when a motorcycle officer crashed a bike into a crowd of revelers gathered for an annual holiday parade in Palm Springs, according to the city. The crash happened just after 6 p.m. along the

Video released by Long Beach police on Saturday shows portions of a standoff outside a neighborhood church that led to officers shooting a man whose family said he was suffering a mental health crisis. Brandon Boyd, 38, was fatally shot

A Los Angeles obstetrician-gynecologist has been accused by state regulators of sexually harassing a patient, including by offering to pay her for sex and be her “sugar daddy.” The Medical Board of California accused Dr. Arjang Naim of making unwelcome

New legislation in Sacramento aims to address a rise in countertop cutters suffering an incurable and fatal disease by imposing new requirements on businesses, including safety training for workers. Senate Bill 20, introduced this week by state Sen. Caroline Menjivar