Esther Bejarano’s son was 11 months old when asthma landed him in the hospital. She didn’t know what had triggered his symptoms — neither she nor her husband had asthma — but she suspected it was the pesticides sprayed on the agricultural fie…
The House approved a bill funding for immigration enforcement and tax cuts that according to experts, will benefit the wealthy most and remove…
In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows, one man’s defensive wall…
More than 134,000 Los Angeles County residents will begin receiving notices next week by mail as part of the first wave of medical debt relief…
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday proposed that California roll back health care for immigrants without legal status, saying…
Following a 26-hour raucous debate, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee May 14 forwarded a proposal that would strip $715 billi…
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom didn’t expect to be reckoning with another health care crisis.
The Trump administration must soon make a decision that will affect millions of Americans’ ability to access and afford mental health and addi…
More Californians are talking to their therapists through a video screen or by phone than in person, marking a profound shift in how mental he…
Before I start on this account of the “Thunderbolts*” movie, I have to warn that there will be spoilers.
California made a huge one-time investment in youth mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic as rates of depression, anxiety and eating diso…
In her home in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Eboni Moen, 42, struggled to find help. Some days she would rock back and forth i…
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On a warm spring afternoon in Bakersfield, California, community leaders, patients and advocates gathered at the Bakersfield American Indian H…
On Wednesday, April 30, community members, organizations, and advocates from the Central Valley gathered at the Bakersfield American Indian He…
The FDA has rehired at least some workers tasked with releasing public records generated by the agency’s regulatory activities, two employees …
Faced with potential federal spending cuts that threaten health coverage and falling childhood vaccination rates, Monica Soni, the chief medic…
AltaMed Health Services and community-based organizations, including Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), are hosting a free family-friendly reso…
