Medications

Guidelines agree on opioid risk mitigation strategies

(HealthDay)—Recent guidelines on chronic pain management agree on several opioid risk mitigation strategies, according to a review published online Nov. 12 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

COVID-19 recession resulted in 'baby bump,' says study

The COVID-19 recession resulted in an overall baby bump, or increase in births, among U.S.-born mothers, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Final state emergencies winding down 3 years into pandemic

California's coronavirus emergency officially ends Tuesday, nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the nation's first statewide stay-at-home order and just days after the state reached the grim milestone of 100,000 ...

Health

Babies are losing their lives to a preventable illness

Cases of syphilis have skyrocketed in L.A. County and across the country, with devastating results. Left untreated in adults, it can damage organs and infiltrate the brain, possibly leading to dementia and blindness. Men ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Los Angeles County avoids new mask rule as COVID stabilizes

Los Angeles County dropped a plan to impose a universal indoor mask mandate this week as COVID-19 infections and rates of hospitalizations have stabilized, a top health official said Thursday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Los Angeles virus surge raises specter of stay-home order

Los Angeles County's coronavirus cases are rising so fast they could average more than 4,000 a day within three weeks and leave the nation's most populous county on the cusp of a lockdown and curfew, a public health official ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

California goes from worst to first in virus infections

Just a few months ago, California was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. Hospitals in Los Angeles were drowning in patients, and ambulances were idling outside with people struggling to breathe, waiting ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

California seeing biggest jump in virus cases in months

California's coronavirus cases are at their highest levels in months, a disquieting reality Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday was "obviously sobering" and that led San Francisco Bay Area health officials to urge people who travel ...

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