Health

Welcome to jet-lag season. “I’m a zombie the first four or five days,” said one traveler. Here’s what you need to know if you’re about to depart or return from that long summer trip.

California has taken the lead in building a wall against Trump’s attacks on the Affordable Care Act.

People who contract Ebola are three to four times less likely to die from it if they are treated in a high-income country such as the United States rather than in places like Congo or western Africa.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that he’s writing a children’s book for kids with dyslexia, a learning disability that affects him and at least one of his children.

Purdue Pharma discussed diverting online readers away from L.A. Times stories about its marketing of OxyContin and the opiois crisis, court records show.

Atty. Gen Xavier Becerra is charging a Northern California doctor with killing four patients by overprescribing opioids and narcotics

The FDA approved a new tuberculosis drug that improves treatment for the hardest-to-treat cases. Drug-resistant TB is a growing problem in many poor countries.

California is the largest user of chlorpyrifos, which is used on citrus and other crops and has been linked to neurological damage in animals and humans.

As opioid abuse surges, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends for the first time that primary care clinicians screen all adults for illicit drug use.

The short-term health insurance pushed by Trump spends pennies on customers’ medical needs

Don’t be afraid to fall. Part of the workout is getting back up during this strength-and-aerobic workout conducted on stand-up paddleboards.

When someone mistook him for a resident at UCLA Medical Center, he didn’t correct them.