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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L.A. County jurors decided largely in favor of a man with silicosis who had to undergo a double lung transplant after years of cutting engineered stone countertops.
Aug. 7, 2024
When Medi-Cal patients phone for help with insurance coverage, they routinely face waits of nearly an hour — and are regularly disconnected before reaching anyone.
Aug. 7, 2024
Hospitals must promptly report to the Los Angeles County public health department each time they try to collect medical debt from patients, under an ordinance backed Tuesday by county supervisors.
Aug. 6, 2024
Only 15% of phone calls seeking psychiatric appointments for Medicaid patients resulted in an appointment in Los Angeles, the lowest percentage out of four cities in a “secret shopper” audit, researchers found.
July 31, 2024
Thousands of Californians have been trying to get Medicaid benefits for services to help medically vulnerable people remain at home, but the waitlist is thousands of people long, and the state is opening only 200 new slots a month.
July 30, 2024
A Los Angeles County case poses a test of whether companies that make engineered stone can be successfully sued amid the devastating rise of silicosis, which has killed more than a dozen countertop cutters across California in recent years.
July 28, 2024
Deaths from drug overdoses and poisoning reached a plateau last year in Los Angeles County — the first time in a decade that such fatalities had not continued a year-over-year rise, public health officials said.
July 22, 2024
The tech outage disrupted operations Friday not only at airports such as LAX, but banks, healthcare systems and government agencies.
July 20, 2024
L.A. County’s public health department is sending teams to knock on doors in neighborhoods like Watts, Pacoima and Lincoln Heights to ask people what they need.
July 16, 2024
As California sees surging numbers of young workers suffering from silicosis, many have had trouble tapping workers’ compensation.
July 11, 2024