September 29, 2016 | Julia Mitric
At a UC Davis food lab home cooks learn "Do-It-Yourself" preservation skills using the bounty of local tomatoes.
September 27, 2016 | Ja'Nel Johnson
Most people who have used an aid in dying drug in other states have been white and highly educated. Will California follow the same trend even with the state’s diverse demographics?
September 23, 2016
California, the District of Columbia and 35 other states have filed a lawsuit against two drug companies for antitrust violations.
September 16, 2016 | Ja'Nel Johnson
Researchers over the world are working to develop a Zika vaccine. In California, one virologist is using his past success developing interventions for HIV, to help create a drug that would protect babies against Zika infection.
September 14, 2016 | Chris Nichols
Supporters of California’s Prop 56 – the proposed tobacco tax increase - launched a new statewide TV ad this week, warning about the dangers of smoking. The ad comes days after the tobacco industry raised another $18 million to fight the tax hike.
September 13, 2016 | Ben Adler
California has the highest poverty rate of any state in the nation when cost of living is taken into account, but it’s cut the number of medically uninsured residents nearly in half. Those are among the takeaways from newly-released U.S. Census data.
September 12, 2016
There is a dire shortage of maternal healthcare in some parts of California. We’ll talk with CALmatters journalist Minerva Canto about the shortage of OB/GYN physicians in California.
September 11, 2016
California Gov. Jerry Brown has on his desk a bill that aims to protect patients' pocketbooks when they're billed for treatment by an out-of-network provider at an in-network facility.
September 6, 2016 | Ja'Nel Johnson
Lawmakers and sexual assault victims are urging Governor Jerry Brown to sign a bill that would eliminate the statute of limitations on rape and other sex crimes.
September 6, 2016 | Ja'Nel Johnson
A new bill aims to protect the health of nail salon workers and their customers.
