More triple-digit temperatures are expected in Riverside County Wednesday — one day after daily heat records were shattered in three county communities, including Palm Springs, where the mercury hit 119 degrees on the second day of a heatwave. The previous record high for June 15 in Palm Springs was 116 degrees in 1961, according to […]
An obstetrician-gynecologist formerly employed by UCLA was taken into custody Monday in a Los Angeles courtroom on a 21-count indictment accusing him of sexually assaulting patients. The indictment was handed down by a grand jury last Thursday and announced on the day a preliminary hearing for Dr. James Mason Heaps was scheduled to begin. Heaps, […]
Los Angeles County is looking for doctors interested in both permanent and part-time jobs in the county’s hospital system and announced the launch of a new recruitment website Tuesday. “Perhaps for the public, this pandemic resolidified the critical role that physicians play in keeping our communities healthy and safe. At Health Services, we have always […]
The first phase of coronavirus vaccinations is broken into different proposed groups by the Centers for Disease Control. Group one A covers health care personnel, while one B includes essential services like agriculture and grocery store workers. “As the vaccines become available, we wanted to make sure that we did not lose that priority, and it’s […]
Mask-acne has become a thing during this pandemic and telemedicine is a common way it’s being discussed between patients and doctors. Dr. Timothy Jochen is an award winning local dermatologist and has some answers and silver linings for dealing with “maskne.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci threw an abysmal first pitch to kick off the historic 2020 Major League Baseball season. But fans of the renowned disease expert clearly don’t mind. A Topps baseball card with a masked Fauci mid-pitch just became the bestselling card in the history of ToppsNow, the company’s collection of limited-edition cards. ToppsNow cards are available […]
