LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A public health alert has been issued in Los Angeles after a prep cook with Wolfgang Puck Catering was diagnosed with acute hepatitis A.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Los Angeles County's legal adviser says only the state of California can ban trans fats from restaurants.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Los Angeles County health officials ordered the closing of several Santa Monica Bay beaches after Ballona Creek was contaminated by 20,000 gallons of sewage.

SACRAMENTO, July 26 (UPI) -- California's lengthy period of high temperatures has caused an estimated 53 to 57 heat-related deaths, a survey of coroners has found.

Even though biological agents do represent a threat to the general population, protecting yourself and your family from a bioterror attack requires only everyday supplies and common sense, medical and terrorism specialists told United Press International.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- As many as 20,000 health care workers will be vaccinated for the deadly smallpox in the first phase of a plan to beef up Los Angeles County's defenses against a

CHICAGO, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A 78-year-old suburban Cook County man became the 14th fatality of West Nile virus in Illinois Thursday, while officials in Los Angeles confirmed the first case

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Suspected human cases of West Nile virus were reported west of the Rocky Mountains for the first time Friday, although it was still not certain that the stubbor

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