Author name: Tasha Hayden

A recently arrived traveler at Los Angeles International Airport is the source of the first case of measles in L.A. County since 2020. Measles is a highly infectious disease, and health experts say the best way to evade infection is immunization. The Los Angeles resident was a passenger on a Turkish Airlines flight that arrived […]

A new bill would require California workplaces to stock their first-aid kits with a nasal spray that can prevent opioid overdoses, greatly expanding the range of locations that have the lifesaving medication on hand. Naloxone, commonly sold under the brand name Narcan, can halt a deadly overdose if administered promptly. When the medicine reaches the

As a chronic pain sufferer, I sometimes surprise people by telling them that my pain doesn’t have a physical cause. It’s a mind-body thing, I say, related to stress and emotions. To many, this sounds like admitting to being a little bit crazy. And when I up the ante by suggesting they’ve probably had this