California Eggs Are Recalled In Salmonella Outbreak: As of Friday, a salmonella outbreak linked to California egg producer August Egg Company had sickened at least 79 people. Of the infected people, ...

Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is the state’s health insurance program for Californians with low incomes, including ...

Abortion protections tested; lead exposure; Medi-Cal and Trump’s tax bill; earthquake retrofit grants canceled; AI in call centers; and more.

SACRAMENTO — Nearly three years after California started fining residents who don’t have health insurance, the state has not distributed any of the revenue it has collected, KHN has learned — money ...

SACRAMENTO — Sonja Verdugo lost her husband to an opioid overdose last year. She regularly delivers medical supplies to people using drugs who are living — and dying — on the streets of Los Angeles.

SACRAMENTO — The nation’s dialysis industry has poured $233 million into California campaigns over the past four years, establishing its leading companies as a formidable political force eager to ...

LOS ANGELES — Doug and Connie Moore met at seminary. He was a student and pastor of an inner-city congregation, and she was a student and a public health nurse. “She’s the one who drew me to the needs ...

John Baackes, CEO of L.A. Care, stands in front of a window overlooking downtown Los Angeles on the 10th floor of the organization’s headquarters. Baackes will retire in January after nearly half a ...

Would you rather be buried or cremated when you die? If you feel the way I do, the answer is neither. I cringe at the thought of my body burning up at well over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit or being ...

California this year took the final step in opening Medi-Cal, its Medicaid program, to every eligible resident regardless of immigration status. It’s a significant expansion for an already massive ...

Nurse Laura Johnson administers a dose of the HPV vaccine to Abby Major, 13, at an Illinois health clinic. A California lawmaker wants all incoming college students to get an HPV vaccine, as part of a ...

REDDING — Five days after giving birth, Melissa Crespo was already back on the streets, recovering in a damp, litter-strewn water tunnel, when she got the call from the hospital. This story also ran ...