As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, health care stands out as his most ambitious but glaringly ...

Ultra-processed foods, alcohol cancer risks, bird flu, the housing crisis, Tricare, psychedelics, weight loss drugs, and more ...

Drug Overdose Deaths Plummet In 2024: After surging during the covid pandemic into a crushing public health emergency, San Francisco recorded 586 fatal overdoses in the first 11 months of 2024. That ...

As criticism of pharmacy benefit managers heats up, fear of lawsuits is driving some big employers to drop the “Big Three” PBMs — or force them to change.

Homelessness experts and community leaders say vulnerability questionnaires have worsened racial disparities among the ...

Bryon Johnson (right), a case manager with Shine a Light, walks through a tunnel under the Las Vegas Strip with Nick Freddes, a team leader for the homeless outreach organization. (Angela Hart/KFF ...

SACRAMENTO — A growing number of people — many of them older and homeless — are freezing to death during winter. Hypothermia from exposure to cold temperatures was the underlying or contributing cause ...

LA County Launches Medical Debt Relief Program: Millions of dollars of medical debt could be erased within the next several months for some residents in LA County, thanks to a new program. Unlike ...

Center For Cancer Prevention Opens In LA: With a goal of reducing disparities in cancer care and improving access for underserved communities, global lifestyle brand Ralph Lauren has opened the Ralph ...

Community health worker Yanet Martinez on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles. Since Election Day, Martinez says, people are more reluctant to hear her pitch for subsidized health insurance or cancer ...

Scientists Race To Stop Bird Flu Spread: The H5N1 virus, afflicting cows in 645 California dairies, is spreading so quickly that dairy farmers are calling it “Covid for cows.” Even as ranchers have ...