Health
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Federal cuts threaten South L.A.’s only safety-net hospital
By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer WILLOWBROOK — On a stretch of South Los Angeles once defined by what it…
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Panel to discuss Black maternal health at First AME Church
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Every five days, a woman loses her life to pregnancy-related complications…
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Doula care seen as way to help reduce maternal mortality
By LAURA UNGAR Contributing Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shaquoiya Stewart held one of her 6-month-old twins on her lap while…
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South L.A. native is medical director at Intuit Dome
Wave Staff Report SOUTH LOS ANGELES — As the nation paused to honor the healers who safeguard our well being…
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Habitat Health opens senior citizen health facility
Wave Staff Report COMPTON — Senior citizens are receiving quality health care from Habitat Health, the city’s first Class-A medical…
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New report calls for more options for minority women in state’s health workforce
By Edward Henderson Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — A new report released by Black Women Organized for Political Action through its…
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Mysterious respiratory illness surges through country with no known cure
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. is experiencing a dramatic surge in human metapneumovirus — HMPV…
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New plan helping more Black people get kidney transplants
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. – An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a racially biased medical…
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Politics are behind America’s new food guidelines
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO — The government’s newly released federal food pyramid flips decades of nutrition guidance…
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Empathy, not stigma has helped lower overdose deaths in L.A.
By Nicole Chang Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — It was just a few years ago that Aurora Morales was living…
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