A statewide initiative to formalize the role of community health workers and expand their ranks was meant to improve the ...

The GOP’s tax and spending law and a new rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid will make it harder to enroll in ...

A statewide initiative to formalize the role of community health workers and expand their ranks was meant to improve the health of underserved communities, particularly Hispanic populations, who often ...

Becker's Hospital Review: Enloe Health Signs Medline As Med-Surg Supplier Chico, Calif.-based Enloe Health has signed a multi-year agreement naming Medline its primary vendor for ...

Amid increasingly frequent natural disasters, several states have turned to registries to prioritize help for vulnerable ...

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more lenient approach to drug use and addiction. County officials say ...

CNN pundit Scott Jennings said almost 5 million nondisabled Medicaid recipients “simply choose not to work” and “spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.” But a recent analysis found ...

By Marina Schauffler July 22, 2025 . A doctor doing environmental health research in rural Maine is wo ...

California is in line for more than $4 billion in opioid settlement funds, and local governments are most often spending the first tranche of money on lifesaving drugs. An exclusive California ...

California is among a growing number of states that offer dental benefits to low-income residents, but some lawmakers want the state to go further by covering more cleanings and costlier implants.

California lawmakers are moving to rein in the pharmaceutical middlemen they say drive up costs and limit consumers’ choices. The bill sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom would require pharmacy benefit managers ...

Some of California’s most prized rivers, bays, beaches and streams are contaminated with levels of fecal bacteria that exceed state limits, threatening human health. While aging sewage infrastructure ...