Emily Alpert Reyes covers public health for the Los Angeles Times. She previously reported on Los Angeles city government and politics, as well as on the census and demographics, tracking how our lives are changing in Los Angeles, California and the country. Before joining The Times, she worked for the pioneering nonprofit news website voiceofsandiego.org, winning national awards for her reporting on education. She has also traveled to Bolivia as a fellow with the International Reporting Project and survived the University of Chicago.
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Unions representing striking workers said they were protesting ‘bad faith bargaining’ by Kaiser executives over solutions to staffing problems.
Oct. 4, 2023
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees in California and other states plan to go on a three-day strike starting Wednesday. Here’s what patients and others need to know.
Oct. 3, 2023
Trabajadores de California que cortan cubiertas de piedra están muriendo de una enfermedad incurable
La creciente popularidad de las encimeras hechas de piedra artificial ha provocado una nueva epidemia de silicosis, una enfermedad pulmonar incurable, según descubrieron los investigadores.
Sept. 25, 2023
State regulators faulted two hospitals in Southern California for medication errors that put patients at risk, including one who suffered a brain bleed after receiving repeated doses of blood thinner.
Sept. 25, 2023
The booming popularity of countertops made of engineered stone has driven a new epidemic of silicosis, an incurable lung disease, researchers have found.
Sept. 24, 2023
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees plan to strike as time runs short to reach contract agreements with the healthcare giant.
Sept. 22, 2023
A key unit at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has been restricted from accepting chronically ill children until it addresses state regulators’ concerns.
Sept. 15, 2023
SEIU United Healthcare Workers West said nearly 60,000 workers in California had approved a possible strike, teeing up what could be the biggest strike by healthcare workers in U.S. history.
Sept. 14, 2023
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been resisting a push from L.A. County to ask people if they have insurance that can cover costs for STD tests.
Sept. 13, 2023
In Los Angeles County, the number of new COVID-19 outbreak investigations at work sites tripled in the last month, reaching 73 for the 30-day period that ended Sept. 1.
Sept. 7, 2023