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L.A. City Council backs $25 minimum wage for some health workers
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Los Angeles City Council has voted to boost the minimum wage for workers at privately owned...
The life-changing power of the strike: How 500,000 workers refused to work in 2023 — and won big
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoTimothy A. Clary, Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty; Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach...
Coronavirus weekly need-to-know: COVID cases, omicron, whom Paxlovid benefits & more
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoIn the United States, over 94 million people have tested positive for the coronavirus since the...
Letters to the Editor: Only a single-payer overhaul can fix America's ailing healthcare system
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmbulances line up outside the emergency department as they transport patients into MLK Community...
Bay Area reinstates COVID mask orders in healthcare settings. Will L.A. follow?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSome San Francisco Bay Area counties are reinstituting mask requirements in healthcare settings to...
Lahaina survivors face contaminated air and water and emotional issues
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAug. 18—Related Photo Gallery: Recovery effort continues on Maui LAHAINA >> Tap water in Lahaina remains contaminated and unsafe to drink — or even use to brush teeth — in the aftermath of the ...
Air Pollution May Increase Older People’s Risk of Prostate, Colorectal Cancer
Health via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNew research found that continued exposure to certain air pollutants is linked to an increased risk...
From kidney stones to sand burns: The offbeat health dangers of Florida’s extreme heat
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhen a middle-aged man arrived at Margate’s HCA Northwest Hospital emergency room with major muscle...
California wants to see Twitter’s content moderation policy. Elon Musk sued to stop it.
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 8 months agoElon Musk has allowed antisemitism and misinformation to flourish on his site. Now he’s suing to...
COVID-19 intensifies across California, with the worst probably still to come
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNew data show pronounced recent jumps in the rate at which coronavirus and flu tests are coming back...