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health

March 4, 2023

TikTok Feeds Teen Collaboration and ‘Whole Health’ Initiative

Teens "see the nexus between mental health, social determinants, adverse childhood experiences, and pressures created by social media and world events that lead to self-medication or misuse of substances."

February 27, 2023

Q&A: Making Sense of the Fight Over Freight in Illinois

"[P]eople of color disproportionately live next to highways. If you have all the freight facilities and all the highways mostly being adjacent to Black and Latino communities, we're the ones that are dealing with the negative impacts of air pollution the most."

December 5, 2022

‘High’ COVID Cases Could Lead to Mask Mandate for LA County

Positive Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising at a significant rate and Los Angeles County has gone from low to medium risk in the last few days. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer says if the area reaches the CDC's “high” transmission and hospitalization categories, that a mask mandate will most likely be imposed.

October 17, 2022

Q&A: Sow Eden Organics, Cannabidiol-Infused Wellness Company

A husband and wife team combined their passions to create a business with CBD-products and wellness in mind: Sow Eden Organics.

July 12, 2022

Opinion: Abortion Limits Echo Anxieties About Civil Rights and Slavery

For Black women, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade threatens to upend a hard-fought battle for equality.