August 15, 2022 | Vicki Gonzalez
People covered under Covered California can expect to see health care costs increase by at least 6%. Here’s what else you can expect in 2023.
August 15, 2022 | Janelle Salanga
The district will still be providing at-home tests “at least once a month” and continues to offer on-campus testing for symptomatic individuals.
August 13, 2022
The FDA issued revised guidance about how often to test after exposure to someone with COVID or after symptoms occur. It's not exactly the same as what the CDC says. What's the best way to proceed?
August 9, 2022 | Janelle Salanga
The emergency declaration allows the county to access funding and be more proactive in its response to the outbreak.
August 7, 2022
Proposition 1, the constitutional amendment that would enshrine abortion in California’s constitution, would also lock in a right that has gotten less attention: the right to “choose or refuse” contraception.
August 6, 2022
A Bay Area man described himself as “delirious” from the pain of a quickly spreading rash, but it took six telehealth appointments, one urgent care visit, and two emergency room trips before he was finally diagnosed and treated for monkeypox.
August 5, 2022 | Janelle Salanga
Experts and public health officials in the Sacramento region share how their approach to COVID-19 is changing as new variants emerge and new tools, like wastewater data, become more important.
August 4, 2022
Declaring a public health emergency can free up resources to help the administration respond to the monkeypox outbreak. So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected.
August 2, 2022
Legislators are considering two bills that address online addiction among children by taking aim at website features such as push notifications and targeted posts. But Big Tech is fighting the effort.
August 1, 2022 | Janelle Salanga
As the virus spreads, here’s what to know about how it’s transmitted, how to identify symptoms and what local resources can help if you have it.
Health Care NEWSAugust 16, 2022
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jade Kearney, CEO and cofounder of She Matters, a digital platform aimed at addressing disparities in postpartum healthcare for Black mothers.
August 16, 2022
Some rural hospitals are in such bad shape, they're selling for next to nothing. One company is snapping several distressed or closed hospitals in rural Tennessee, hoping to turn a profit.
August 15, 2022
Nonprofit RIP Medical Debt buys up unpaid hospital bills plaguing low-income patients and frees them from having to pay.
August 14, 2022
After a Planned Parenthood in Knoxville, Tenn., burned down in January, patients relying on gender-affirming care scrambled to find support elsewhere.
August 13, 2022
NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks to Elizabeth Estrada of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice about the spread of abortion misinformation in the Latino community.
