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Long Beach looking into free fentanyl testing kits for residents
City staff to return in 60 days with a possible plan, including funding options.
Los Cerritos, Cal Heights, Bixby Knolls and North Long Beach communities left without answers after water main break
How clean is the water? How long until it's safe to drink? What caused the water main break? Apparently, no one can say.
MemorialCare teams up with Long Beach State Athletics as official sponsor
MemorialCare recently announced a five-year partnership with Long Beach State Athletics as its official health care sponsor through…
This Long Beach nonprofit hopes to combat teen depression, anxiety with hyper-focused services
For The Child will soon open its teen-centered counseling center with a bolstered psychology staff in response to a recent rise in teen depression.
Long Beach Health Department receives $1 million grant to treat hepatitis B
Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services has been given a $1 million grant from the California…
Long Beach doctor specializes in treating action sports injury
This past weekend, a medical team from MemorialCare Medical Group in Long Beach, led by Dr. Joshua Snodgrass,…
Monthly workshops for early childhood development kicks off in July
These workshops will cover topics like special education as well as speech and emotional development.
Long Beach releases results of first-ever Filipino Health Needs Assessment
For the first time ever, Long Beach has conducted a health assessment focused solely on the city’s Filipino…
St. Mary Medical Center will close pediatric unit, transfer patients to Miller Children’s Hospital starting July
Beginning July 1, St. Mary Medical Center will close its pediatric unit and send all pediatric patients and…
Alison King appointed Director of Long Beach Health Department
King has held the role in an interim capacity since October 2023. Alison King was officially appointed as…