Nursing Home Indicted In Patient's Suicide
An indictment blames a Southern California nursing home and its former administrator for the death of a suicidal patient.
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An indictment blames a Southern California nursing home and its former administrator for the death of a suicidal patient.
Hospitals on the Westside of Los Angeles are prepared for next week's shutdown of the San Diego (405) Freeway, officials said Friday.
A new study suggests the Golden State could be losing its figure.
A bill that would ban minors from fake baking is a step closer to becoming law.
State workers plan to rally outside a Norwalk mental hospital Wednesday to protest what they're calling dangerous working conditions.
Doctors, dentists and psychiatrists with the federal receiver's office overseeing inmate medical care are the highest paid state employees in California, according to government salary data the state controller's office released Tuesday.
LAUSD students heading back to school Tuesday will be required to show proof that they received a whooping cough vaccination.
An Inland Empire girl was told she'd have to have her right hand amputated after she contracted a severe strain of bacteria from scratching herself on the family fish tank.
Federal health officials say the lead poisoning rate for U.S. adults has fallen by more than half in the last 15 years, but it remains unusually high in Pennsylvania, Missouri and Kansas.
In a decision that could affect millions of women, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel found that the best-selling cancer drug in the world should not be used on breast cancer patients.
Scientists have found a common gene mutation in ovarian cancer tumors, which may eventually lead to tests aimed at faster diagnosis
Some 3 million public and private school students in California must prove they have had a booster vaccination against whooping cough to attend grades 7 through 12 this fall.
One journal reports six patients developed "purple-colored patches of necrotic skin on their ears, noses, cheeks and other parts of their body" because of use of the adulterated cocaine.
The Pasadena Department of Health is offering free and confidential HIV testing at the Rose Bowl Sunday.
Orange County health officials are urging residents to be cautious after a dead bat found in Laguna Niguel tested positive for rabies.
