October 31, 2018 | Sammy Caiola
The state is deciding how to spend a newly approved bond with specific allocations for “park poor” neighborhoods. Advocates say this could be key to improving health outcomes for low-income families.
October 30, 2018
From 2014 through 2017, more than 450,000 people marked as eligible for Medi-Cal in the state's system were listed as ineligible in county systems, the California auditor's office said. Half of those discrepancies persisted for more than two years.
October 26, 2018
A $5 million donation from this week from dialysis provider Fresenius Medical Care pushed the anti-Proposition 8 campaign's total past the $109 million pharmaceutical companies spent two years ago to defeat a measure limiting prescription drug costs.
October 23, 2018 | Cody Drabble
The University of the Pacific is hosting 13 public events with their Mobile Medicare Clinics outreach program to help patients pick the right drug plan during the 2018 open enrollment period.
October 22, 2018 | Steve Milne
Thousands of University of California medical workers are walking off the job in a contract dispute that has prompted rescheduling of surgeries and thousands of outpatient appointments. The three-day strike begins Tuesday.
October 22, 2018 | Sammy Caiola
There’s a growing black market for unapproved stem cell treatments.The federal government is cracking down, starting with two California clinics.
October 18, 2018 | Sammy Caiola
If Proposition 4 passes, $1.5 billion in state bonds would help hospitals make beds seismically compliant, redesign neonatal units and purchase new equipment.
October 15, 2018 | Chris Nichols
Have you seen, heard or read a Prop 8 ad? They’re hard to miss. The proposition dealing with kidney dialysis centers is the most expensive one on the November ballot. So who’s spending the money and why?
October 12, 2018 | Sammy Caiola
Californians will vote in November on Proposition 8, which would regulate dialysis clinic spending. It’s a move that could either improve patient conditions or degrade them, depending on who you ask.
October 9, 2018
A UC Davis doctor is preparing for a four-month sabbatical to the South Pole, where he’ll serve as the primary physician for 150 people.
