Low-Income Californians Feel Twice The Burn From Wildfires
People living near highways and agricultural and industrial zones get hit with a 鈥渄ouble whammy鈥 when smoke blows into their neighborhoods, where the air is often polluted already.
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Cancer, Schmancer. In California, Coffee Is King
The Golden State, with the rare support of the Trump administration, is seeking to circumvent a court order that would require cancer warnings in every establishment that sells a hot cup of Joe.
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Estudiantes de escuela media est谩n empezando a consumir una mezcla de tabaco con marihuana en dispositivos que parecen bol铆grafos o flash drives.
Parent Alert! Your Kid May Be Vaping More Than Nicotine
Educators and researchers say that as vaping becomes more common among young people, some are putting pot in their pods.
Battle Lines Drawn As Abortion-Rights Activists Leave Their Mark Outside Clinics
Armed with poster board and catchy advertising slogans, abortion-rights activists in California and elsewhere are taking to sidewalks, buses and mobile phone apps to fight a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of crisis pregnancy centers.
Breathing 鈥楢 Chore鈥: California Wildfires Threaten The Health Of Young And Old
The state battles at least 17 large blazes, with no clear end in sight. Climate change is among the factors that fuel the fires, scientists say.
Could California Shape The Fate Of The Affordable Care Act In November?
With the primary now over, health care may well emerge as an issue that helps voters distinguish between candidates for governor, attorney general and other offices in the general election.
Health Care Simmers On Back Burner In California Heartland’s Hot House Races
After rallies and protests in the San Joaquin Valley congressional districts, the urgency over protecting coverage under the ACA seems to have waned 鈥 at least in the primaries. Three of four seats in the region are likely to remain red, political forecasters say.
Calif. Leads Nation In Pushing Back Against Trump Administration Health Policies
In the face of federal efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, policymakers in the largest state are proposing laws and other changes to counter them. Beyond that, they鈥檙e aggressively pushing measures to expand health coverage beyond what the ACA envisioned.
Dialysis Patients Sign Up For November Ballot Fight
Frustrated by dialysis centers they call dirty and understaffed, patients and health care workers rallied across California Thursday before delivering more than 600,000 signatures to election offices in support of a ballot initiative intended to improve patient care.
California Takes On Health Giant Over High Costs
The lawsuit is a bold move against Northern California鈥檚 dominant hospital chain, whose prices have drawn complaints for years. It has disputed such allegations in the past.
Juul, el producto de tabaco que consumen estudiantes en las escuelas
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The Juul鈥檚 So Cool, Kids Smoke It In School
The teenage smoking sensation appearing on high school campuses across the country is an easy-to-hide, high-nicotine device called the Juul. Educators and health care advocates fear that vulnerable young people may become addicted.
Para los Dreamers, el sue帽o de convertirse en m茅dicos pende de la “compasi贸n” legal
De los 700,000 j贸venes beneficiarios de DACA, 99 son estudiantes de medicina. Pero sus a帽os de residencia se pueden ver opacados por las nuevas pol铆ticas migratorias.
The Dream Among ‘Dreamers’ To Become A Doctor Now 鈥楢t The Mercy鈥 Of Courts
In September, the Trump administration announced its plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, setting off an ongoing political and legal battle that could doom the dreams of immigrant doctors in training.
Campus Voices: Should Student Health Centers Offer Abortion Pills?
California lawmakers are considering a bill that would require student health centers at all of the state鈥檚 four-year public universities to carry the abortion pill. Students at campuses across the state sounded off on the proposal.
State Pay Cut For Dental Hygienists Who Serve The Poor Was Illegal, Court Finds
California officials should have obtained federal approval before they cut reimbursement rates for dental hygienists who serve frail Californians living in nursing homes and board-and-care facilities, a judge has ruled.
Hospitales ponen en marcha mejores planes luego de enfrentar desastres
Los hospitales se est谩n preparando para enfrentar mejor los desastres naturales y las tragedias que han puesto a prueba su respuesta a emergencias.
Hospitals鈥 Best-Laid Plans Upended By Disaster
An onslaught of fires, shootings and storms across the country last year tested hospital readiness. Now, leaders are using their experiences to address shortcomings that surfaced amid the chaos.
