Children's Health

Eric Garcetti for mayor

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Studying the top five mayoral contenders before the March primary, The Times selected Eric Garcetti as the candidate most likely to rise to the occasion and lead Los Angeles into a successful future. Now the runoff between Garcetti and Wendy Greuel is...

Talk back: Should California pass a soda tax?

2013-04-25 12:16:00

Should the state play a role in preventing obesity among its residents? State Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel) has introduced legislation that would levy a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages, including sodas, as part of an effort to fight obesity...

How do House and Senate budget proposals compare?

2013-03-23 07:30:00

How the budget proposals by Senate Democrats and House Republicans stack up over the next decade: ___ Total spending Senate Democrats: $46.5 trillion House Republicans: $41.7 trillion ___ Total revenue Senate Democrats: $41.2 trillion House...

Soda tax is among 2,189 bills introduced by California lawmakers

2013-02-26 08:00:00

A proposal to tax sweetened soda in California has renewed debate over the state's role in preventing obesity among its residents. State Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel) has introduced legislation that would levy a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on sweetened...

Media matriarch and philanthropist Dame Elisabeth Murdoch dies at 103

2012-12-05 11:36:00

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, has died at her home outside Melbourne, Australia, at the age of 103. The matriarch of the world's most prominent media family was well-known in Australia for her philanthropy, and...

Doctors challenge Jerry Brown over children's health

2012-08-27 16:03:50

An NYC-style sugary-soda ban in D.C.?

2012-10-24 06:00:00

Several Washington, D.C., lawmakers say they're considering a ban on large sugary drinks mirroring the one recently approved by the New York City Board of Health. District of Columbia Councilwoman Mary M. Cheh said on Twitter that she is "open to...

Central issues of Election 2012

2012-10-11 18:18:00

Whoever wins the presidential election in November will confront urgent problems: Should tax cuts scheduled to expire be renewed? Should federal spending be cut to reduce the deficit or would that weaken an already lackluster economy? After one of the...

Parents to pediatricians: Don't tell me my kid's 'fat'

2011-09-29 15:03:00

What's the best way to be told that your child is overweight or obese? Not at all, of course. But if that bad news must be�delivered, a�national survey�published in the journal Pediatrics�this week finds that parents will feel blamed and�respond badly to...

Toward better school lunches

2011-12-01 00:00:00

Japanese weigh the nuclear risk of staying put

2011-03-16 00:00:00

To stay or go. To trust government reassurances or heed more alarmist warnings on the Internet of radioactive clouds wafting over Tokyo. These are among the potentially life-altering questions being pondered by millions of Japanese in range of the...

Hoarding: When stuff really piles up

2010-07-16 00:00:00

When an elderly Chicago couple were found buried alive in their debris-filled home recently, their plight became a public example of a poignant situation that faces millions of people: the inability to sort through and discard possessions, some of them...

Santiago Bustamante, Imperial County firefighter at Station No. 7 Niland, demonstrates the use of firefighting equipment to children during the 11th annual Family & Children's Health Fair on Wednesday in Niland.

2013-03-20 23:51:00

11th Annual Family & Children's Health Fair

2013-03-20 23:03:00

This is a draft copy of the proposed 21-page application form for insurance from Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program or subsidized private policies offered through a federally run insurance exchange.

2013-03-12 00:00:00