Emily Alpert Reyes
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Emily Alpert Reyes is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. She most recently covered public health and 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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A Times investigation found that being banned from operating assisted living homes in California didn’t stop people from being involved in other care facilities.
L.A. County Public Health director Barbara Ferrer discusses concerns over federal grants, what programs could be affected, and what that might mean for bird flu and dengue.
Children’s Hospital L.A. is easing recent restrictions on hormonal treatment for transgender youth, reversing a move that set off protests outside the hospital.
Dozens of protesters rally outside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to demand that the health system acknowledge ‘systemic failures’ in its maternal care.
Days after federal judges put parts of an executive order from President Trump on hold, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles hasn’t reversed its recent restrictions on hormonal treatment for transgender youth.
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President Trump’s promises to carry out mass deportations have ramped up fear among immigrants who could be at risk. Experts have warned that could inhibit them from speaking up about health threats on the job, hampering efforts to stop workplace hazards and illnesses.
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta joined a coalition of more than 20 other states Friday in asking a federal court to once again intercede and force the Trump administration to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal funding.
Hundreds rallied Thursday in the rain outside Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, calling for rollbacks to new restrictions on gender-affirming care for youth.