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More than 1 in 5 Americans under age 65 had problems paying medical bills in 2011, and the burden disproportionately fell on the poor, the uninsured and those on government health care programs, according to survey findings released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday...
Letisha White, The kNOw
In a modern society, there are several difficulties. Along with the murders and diseases, obesity ranks as one of the chief problems in today’s communities...
By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Travis Gilmore, Jaime Varela, Michelle Navarro, Ariella Rams and Jasmine Hamilton
Last month, students and administrators at Jordan High School in North Long Beach came together for a Youth Empowerment Conference...
Amanda Bencomo, right, and Dahlia Chavez, left, present on
bullying during a Peace 90805 workshop on April 13...
New America Media, News Report, Anna Challet
SAN FRANCISCO — Under Obamacare, most former foster youth will now remain eligible for Medicaid until age 26 – if they remain in the states they lived in when they aged out of care...
By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Anthony Garza and Michelle Juvet. Videos by Shahrouz Khalifian
Tucked within the Carmelitos Housing Development in North Long Beach, the Growing Experience has been successful as an urban farm growing fresh and healthy produce and selling it at a low cost since 1996...
Asian Week, News Report, Rodel Rodis
This was the question posed to me by a curious TV news reporter on May 7, just three days after a stretch limousine, carrying nine Filipino nurses to a bridal party across the San Mateo Bridge, suddenly burst into flames killing five of the occupants, including the bride...
Covered California’s mission is to increase the number of Californians with health insurance, improve the quality of health care for all of us, reduce health care coverage costs and make sure California’s diverse population has fair and equal access to quality health care...
The Long Beach Asthma Resource Collaborative invites all Long Beach residents to celebrate Asthma Awareness Month by participating in the third annual Asthma Resource Fair at Admiral Kidd Park on May 18, 2013, from 10:00 a.m...
The city of Long Beach is expected to greatly benefit from the Affordable Care Act when the law goes into full effect next year...
About 80 percent of U.S. teens follow an unhealthy diet, according to National Health and Nutrition Examination...
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