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Teaching Teens The Perils Of Pot As Marketplace Grows

By Anna Gorman November 10, 2017

The legalization of recreational marijuana in California and other states poses an added challenge for drug education programs targeting youths.

Psychiatrist Stays Close To Home And True To Her Childhood Promise

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco April 3, 2018

Yamanda Edwards is the only psychiatrist at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, caring for residents in South Los Angeles, a community with a shortage of mental health care.

Más allá del estigma, estudio revela el estrés profundo de las personas transgénero

By Anna Gorman November 7, 2017

La comunidad transgénero sigue siendo relegada en el acceso a los servicios de atención médica y salud mental.

Mental Health Of Transgender People Is Under Stress, Study Finds

By Anna Gorman November 2, 2017

New data show transgender people are more likely to have suicidal thoughts and to attempt suicide. Public hostility towards them, including efforts to ban them from public bathrooms and military service, is making things worse, researchers say.

La administración Trump busca frenar el creciente negocio de la marihuana

By Anna Gorman and Phil Galewitz January 5, 2018

El fiscal general de Estados Unidos, Jeff Sessions, anuló una norma de la era Obama con la cual se desalentó a los fiscales federales a tomar medidas enérgicas contra la venta y el consumo de marihuana.

Cloud Of Uncertainty Over Legalized Pot As Feds End Obama-Era Accommodation

By Anna Gorman and Phil Galewitz January 5, 2018

Officials in marijuana-friendly states reacted strongly to new guidance from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions giving federal prosecutors leeway to crack down on cannabis.

Health Care Revamp At The L.A. County Jails

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco March 1, 2018

The effort, overseen by the county’s health services department, aims to improve care for a population with high rates of chronic disease, mental illness and drug addiction.

Moms Of Children With Rare Genetic Illness Push For Wider Newborn Screening

By Anna Gorman October 5, 2017

California is one of only a handful of states nationwide that screens babies for the gene mutation that causes a rare brain disease — a test that dramatically increases a sick child’s chances of survival.

Putting Money Where Its Mouthpiece Is: Calif. Outspends U.S. To Market Obamacare

By Ana B. Ibarra and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez November 27, 2017

The state insurance exchange is committing nearly five times more money than the federal government on ads urging people to sign up for health insurance, reflecting conflicting attitudes toward the Affordable Care Act.

Move To End DACA Leaves Some Young Immigrants Fearing For Their Health

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Anna Gorman September 6, 2017

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program made it possible for young adults who came into the country illegally as children to get jobs with insurance and, in some states including California, Medicaid. Now that coverage is in peril.

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