Health
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Health care access is at stake in Billionaire Tax Fight
By Mark Kreidler Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Just as California’s billionaires would prefer, the public conversation around a proposed…
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Abortion pill mail ban would disproportionately harm Black, Hispanic women
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Black and Hispanic women face the greatest risk of not being able…
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In a food desert, hands that harmed are now hands that heal
By Elizabeth Aguilera Contributing Writer COMPTON — Twice a month on Sunday mornings, hundreds of people stream through a chain…
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In a food desert, hands that harmed are now hands that heal
By Elizabeth Aguilera Contributing Writer COMPTON — Twice a month on Sunday mornings, hundreds of people stream through a chain…
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Event stresses needs for more mental health services
By Stephen Oduntan Contributing Writer EXPOSITION PARK — At just 8 years old, Leonardo Mendoza stepped to the microphone May…
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CalFresh Awareness Month seeks to end food insecurity
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — CalFresh Awareness Month, a state Department of Social Services initiative, returns this…
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Health of Black girls, women is agency’s prime focus
By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — It started out as a group of six Black women…
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Women lawmakers take lead on state health policy
By Joe W. Bowers Jr. Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — Nearly six in 10 Californians delayed or skipped medical care in…
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Black Maternal Health Week highlights crisis facing Black mothers
Wave Staff Report WEST LOS ANGELES — As the nation marks Black Maternal Health Week April 11–17, renewed attention is…
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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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