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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Skid row es el “epicentro” de las sobredosis. Pero la metadona puede estar a kilómetros de distancia
Cuando la gente de las zonas deprimidas de Los Ángeles intentan liberarse de la adicción a los opioides, las opciones más cercanas para conseguir metadona diaria pueden estar a kilómetros de distancia.
When people on L.A.'s skid row want to try to wrench free from opioid addiction, the closest options for getting daily methadone may be miles away.
The alleged scheme capitalized on federal laws that were meant to smooth the way for people to get tested without fretting about the bill, according to complaints filed by L.A. authorities.
Legislation in states such as Florida and Texas targeting LGBTQ people alarm and sadden queer and trans Californians.
A new health officer order in Los Angeles County has the nation’s most populous county again enacting face-covering rules more stringent than the state’s or nation’s.
Una empresa acusada de entregar resultados falsos en cientos de pruebas de coronavirus pagará más de 20 millones de dólares en un acuerdo con la ciudad de Los Ángeles.
Many Californians could be eligible for refunds under a settlement struck with an L.A.-based company accused of faking results for hundreds of coronavirus tests.
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