April 29, 2019
While R. Lopez's low income family qualified for government-funded health coverage, her legal status prevented her from accessing full-scope Medi-Cal for much of her childhood. That changed in 2016.
April 26, 2019 | Sammy Caiola
California moms are asking for $7 million dollars in Governor Gavin Newsom’s next budget proposal to make better breast pumps available through Medi-Cal.
April 24, 2019
Hundreds of critics of mandatory vaccines were in Sacramento Wednesday opposing a California proposal to give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide which children can skip their shots before attending school.
April 22, 2019 | Sammy Caiola
This uptick in STDs may be tied to the state’s housing crisis, according to health officials.
April 17, 2019 | Sammy Caiola
Housing and mental health advocates met at the state Capitol last week to discuss rebuilding the statewide network of board and care facilities for adults who need support.
April 17, 2019
The Trump administration's immigration crackdown has already stopped many immigrants from using public health benefits. California Gov. Newsom plans to make sure those fears don't also stop immigrants from using a proposed health care expansion.
April 16, 2019 | Cody Drabble
California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris joins us to talk about her work on the adverse effects of childhood trauma and how it will fit in to her new role as the state’s top doctor.
April 12, 2019 | Sammy Caiola
A new chemotherapy center in Chico is adding to the patchwork of clinics and medical offices that have been serving displaced patients of the Adventist Health Feather River Hospital for the past few months.
April 10, 2019 | Sammy Caiola
Dignity Health is the latest hospital system to set up a “specialty pharmacy” — businesses dispensing complex medications that basic pharmacies generally can’t give out.
April 9, 2019 | Sammy Caiola
A single-payer health care system doesn’t appear to be on the table this year, but Democratic lawmakers are pushing 21 other bills to expand coverage and make it cheaper.
