Health CareAs California taps pandemic stockpile for bird flu, officials keep close eye on spendingNovember 13, 2024California health officials began providing protective clothing to farmworkers months before the state’s first bird flu transmission to humans was announced in October.
Health CareTB reclaims title of deadliest infectious disease. That's an 'outrage' says WHONovember 8, 2024Dislodged by COVID early in the pandemic, tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease that takes the most lives each year. And the number of cases set a new record. What's going on?
State GovernmentPrepared for Trump’s comeback, California’s Attorney General is ready to fightNovember 7, 2024Attorney General Rob Bonta, a longtime champion of reproductive rights, is ready to lead California in the fight to protect abortion under Trump’s second presidency. In a Q&A, he shares how his upbringing prepared him for the role.
Health CareNew breast cancer research finds cases are increasing in historically low-risk groupsOctober 29, 2024 | Vicki GonzalezThe American Cancer Society found breast cancer rates are increasing among younger women and AAPI women of all ages, as well as a long standing higher death rate for Black women.
Health CareCalifornia mental health agency director to resign following conflict of interest allegationsOctober 29, 2024Toby Ewing, executive director of California’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, is resigning amid an investigation into his conduct and revelations that he traveled to the U.K
Health CareThe CDC now recommends that people 50 and older get vaccinated against pneumoniaOctober 24, 2024The number of people that have been diagnosed with a pneumonia-causing bacteria has increased over the past six months. Older people are at higher risk of pneumococcal diseases like pneumonia and menningitis.
Health CareA California official helped save a mental health company’s contract. It flew him to London.October 24, 2024This summer, the director of California’s mental health commission traveled to London courtesy of Kooth, a digital mental health company. Weeks earlier, he pressed key legislative staff to restore a proposed cut to Kooth's funding.
Health CareBiden administration proposes a rule to make over-the-counter birth control freeOctober 21, 2024Health insurers would be required to cover all recommended over-the-counter contraception products, such as birth control and condoms, without a prescription and at no cost, for those with insurance.
Health CareThe flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVIDOctober 17, 2024A strain of influenza appears to have disappeared from the planet since COVID. As a result, U.S. flu vaccines have been redesigned.
Health CareCalifornia health care workers get a pay bump under a new minimum wage lawOctober 16, 2024Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California are getting a pay bump under a state law. Workers' pay will increase to $25 an hour over the next decade under the law starting Wednesday.
