A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more ...

Jacobo Melcer, 85, of Bonita, admitted to paying kickbacks to multiple companies for the referral of Medicare beneficiaries and prescriptions for durable medical equipment, according to a July 2 ...

Newsom Signs Budget That Slashes Health Care Expansion For Immigrants: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Friday a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities, including a landmark ...

California Changes Environmental Law That Made It Harder To Help Homeless: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Monday a bill overhauling the landmark California Environmental Quality Act, which he and ...

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This News Might Ruin Your Appetite — And Summer By David Hilzenrath May 20, 2025 Fresh studies expose a gap in the FDA’s assessments of foods: Widely used additives could damage the mix of bacteria in ...

Homeless patients accounted for about 100,000 visits to California hospitals in 2017, marking a 28% increase from just two years earlier. Health officials attribute the surge to the overall rise in ...

Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall By Sam Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam May 2, 2025 This fall, the U.S. Government Accountability Office expects to release a report ...

Rosa “Rosita” Flores, a retail line supervisor at Taylor Farms in Salinas, shows the MiSalud app, which connects Spanish-speaking farmworkers with doctors in Mexico. (Victoria Clayton for KFF Health ...

California is in line for more than $4 billion in opioid settlement funds, and local governments are most often spending the first tranche of money on lifesaving drugs. An exclusive California ...