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Opponents of Proposition 1 argue it would expand California abortion law to allow late-term procedures for any reason, but the measure’s supporters and legal experts dispute that interpretation.

Health Care

California cancer care isn’t equitable; a new law might help

October 31, 2022

Low-income patients who need specialized cancer treatment often struggle to get it. Advocates say a new law is a small step toward improving services for those patients.

Health Care

Shopping for ACA health insurance? Here’s what’s new this year

October 31, 2022

Consumers may find relief in some key changes made by Congress and the Biden administration, although other issues remain unsettled.

Health Care

California coronavirus updates: Monkeypox in rural communities highlights disparities in resources and care

October 31, 2022

When a case of monkeypox was reported in Nevada’s Humboldt County in August, it was the state’s first detected occurrence of the virus in a rural area.

Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File

Health Care

When monkeypox reaches rural communities, it collides with strained public health systems

October 30, 2022

In Nevada, local health officials are assessing the threat of monkeypox, but their response may be hampered by historically limited public health infrastructure worn thin by the covid-19 pandemic.

State Government

California patients fear fallout from third dialysis ballot measure

October 29, 2022

Proposition 29 would require clinics to have a doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant present at every clinic while patients are being treated.

Health Care

CDC paves way for California to require school COVID vaccines — but lawmakers have given up for now

October 27, 2022

The CDC added the COVID vaccine to its childhood immunization schedule, which eventually could change California’s student vaccination requirements.

Health Care

Omicron keeps finding new evolutionary tricks to outsmart our immunity

October 25, 2022

SARS-CoV-2 is evolving "rapidly," spawning one new variant after another. But omicron continues to dominate, raising new questions about how evolution of the virus is headed.

Health Care

Abortion is on the California ballot. But does that mean at any point in pregnancy?

October 24, 2022

CA voters are expected to approve a constitutional amendment on abortion rights. But critics say it would actually expand abortion rights, because the amendment ignores the concept of fetal viability.

Health Care

The public health workforce got an infusion of money during the pandemic, but is it enough?

October 22, 2022

During the decade after the 2008 recession, state funding for public health dropped 64%. COVID-19 funding has boosted the budgets of local public health departments, but the exodus of staff has left local officials struggling to fill vacancies.

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