As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, health care stands out as his most ambitious but glaringly ...

Ultra-processed foods, alcohol cancer risks, bird flu, the housing crisis, Tricare, psychedelics, weight loss drugs, and more ...

More Than A Dozen California Democrats Voted For Anti-Trans Provision: Thirteen California Democrats voted to pass legislation that included a GOP provision to ban gender-affirming care for minors.

Street medicine providers and homeless outreach workers who travel into Las Vegas’ drainage tunnels have noticed an uptick in ...

Homelessness experts and community leaders say vulnerability questionnaires have worsened racial disparities among the ...

As criticism of pharmacy benefit managers heats up, fear of lawsuits is driving some big employers to drop the “Big Three” PBMs — or force them to change.

Drug Overdose Deaths Plummet In 2024: After surging during the covid pandemic into a crushing public health emergency, San Francisco recorded 586 fatal overdoses in the first 11 months of 2024. That ...

Angela Hart, senior correspondent, covers health care politics and policy in California and the West, with a focus on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, government accountability, and political influence.

Julie Appleby, senior correspondent, has reported on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, health care treatments and costs, trends in health insurance, and policies affecting hospitals and ...

Healthcare in Action, a California medical group that exclusively serves homeless people, has tapped into growing demand and funding for street medicine services. Three years in, the innovative ...