California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators in Sacramento seem to agree: Prescription drug prices are too high. But lawmakers and the second-term governor are at odds over what to do about it, and a recent proposal could trigger one of…
The new Trump administration could be coming for your snacks.
SACRAMENTO — As the nation braces for potential policy shifts under President-elect Donald Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” mantra, the na…
The air quality in Southern California has been affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires and other wildfires, with each neighborhood impacted…
Alejandra Luna remembers the moment in 2019 when she lost her sight completely due to diabetes.
Gov. Gavin Newsom made a commitment two years ago to update a Medi-Cal rule that forces thousands of seniors and people with disabilities to c…
We’ve all read the stories and seen the images: The life-threatening heat waves. The wildfires of unprecedented ferocity. The record-breaking …
The rapidly spreading wildfires that have transformed much of Los Angeles County into a raging hellscape are not only upending the lives of te…
L.A. County released a statement regarding the error evacuation message sent yesterday to cell phones across the county in areas that did not …
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In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, near a storefront advertising “free” cellphones, J.R. sat in an empty back stairwell and showed a reporter how he …
Pet owners should immediately throw out Monarch Raw Pet Food after H5 bird flu virus was found in product samples, health officials said Tuesd…
After a series of health care reforms, California advocates and agencies are now pushing to enroll as many people as possible into the newly-e…
It seems simple: Require hospitals and insurers to post their negotiated prices for most health care services and — bingo — competition follow…
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New enrollments under the Affordable Care Act are on pace to trail last year’s record numbers by as many as a million as the outgoing Biden ad…
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