A nonprofit fighting affirmative action in medicine and a Los Angeles ophthalmologist have launched a long-shot legal appeal ...

California Again Has America's Highest Poverty Rate: California continued to have the highest poverty rate in the nation last year at 17.7%, tied only with Louisiana, according to new data from the ...

Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, appears on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 14. His agency is scouring Medicaid payments for immigrants without permanent legal ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is hunting for Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse in at least six Democratic-led states that expanded coverage to low-income and disabled immigrants without ...

Conventional wisdom says GLP-1 drugs must be taken indefinitely to maintain weight loss. But a growing number of researchers, payers, and providers are challenging that consensus and exploring whether ...

Reports addressing the health benefits of breastfeeding, outreach efforts by public health nurses to underserved communities and implications of Gov. Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal for children’s ...

Glenn Medical Center Closing Up Shop: Willows-based Glenn Medical Center plans to close its emergency department, with the hospital closing shortly after, following CMS’ plan to revoke its critical ...

Vaccine Coverage Might Be Complicated: Health experts warn that access to vaccines this fall will be clouded by confusion. The FDA is expected to restrict eligibility for vaccines to adults 65 and ...

Homelessness Dips Across California: Signs of progress are emerging in the state’s fight against homelessness. Across 15 counties that conducted counts in 2024 and 2025, all but two reported declines ...

Sutter To Close Outpatient Surgery Center: Sacramento-based Sutter Health plans to close its Jackson-based Sutter Amador Surgery Center on Oct. 3. Hospital leaders said in an open letter that closing ...