Tag: Death
See COVID's toll on California's life expectancy in new CDC longevity report
It was the year COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, and the pandemic’s startling death toll in California and elsewhere appeared close to...
Deaths from drug overdoses plateaued in L.A. County in 2023 after years of increases
Deaths from drug overdoses and poisoning reached a plateau last year in Los Angeles County — the first time in a decade...
Be grateful for what you have. It may help you live longer
Death may be inevitable, but that hasn’t stopped health researchers from looking for ways to put it off as long as possible....
Opinion: Fentanyl could fuel another cycle of loss in L.A.'s Black communities. It doesn't have to
The death of a parent is typically a gutting and disorienting experience for adults. For a child, it’s even worse, stoking feelings...
Why you should think twice before taking a daily multivitamin to ward off death
If you’re taking a multivitamin to help you live longer, a new study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute may prompt...
New drug's potentially fatal side effects obscured by 'soothing acronym,' doctors say
Seventy-nine-year-old Genevieve Lane volunteered to take the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi in a clinical trial because she was forgetting words and misplacing her...