Governor Closing Loophole Used At Psychiatric Hospitals: Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to impose nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in California’s psychiatric hospitals in response to a Chronicle ...

San Diego Shelters Might Have Had TB Exposures: San Diego County health officials are notifying employees, volunteers and residents about possible tuberculosis exposures at two homeless shelters: ...

HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts In Jeopardy, Groups Warn: A coalition of HIV prevention organizations, health experts and Democrats in Congress is sounding the alarm over sweeping Trump administration ...

UCLA Says It Will Negotiate With Trump Over Grant Freezes: Senior UCLA administrators outlined answers during a virtual town hall attended by about 3,000 faculty Monday and also at department-level ...

California this year took the final step in opening Medi-Cal, its Medicaid program, to every eligible resident regardless of immigration status. It’s a significant expansion for an already massive ...

This story also ran on The Sacramento Bee. It can be republished for free. Patients hurl verbal abuse at Michelle Ravera every day in the emergency room. Physical violence is less common, she said, ...

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has negotiated a secret deal to give Kaiser Permanente a special Medicaid contract that would allow the health care behemoth to expand its reach in ...

Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. California’s cities and counties will be barred from adopting soda taxes for ...

Capitol Desk delivers the latest in health care policy and politics from Sacramento and around the state. Have an idea? Let us know. To some, the California Nurses Association’s political tactics in ...

Unionized health care workers rally in Los Angeles in July 2022 in support of raising the minimum wage to $25 an hour for workers at some privately owned health facilities. (Myung J. Chun / Los ...

SACRAMENTO — Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as ...

Jessie Mazar squeezed the grab handle in her husband’s pickup and groaned as contractions struck her during the 90-minute drive from her home in rural northeastern California to the closest hospital ...