California researcher Neeta Thakur is leading a challenge to President Donald Trump’s new administration — one that pits ...

The GOP’s tax and spending law and a new rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will make it harder to enroll ...

Santa Cruz Man With Quadriplegia Loses Doctor After Planned Parenthood Closure: Cameron Cox, 31, requires around-the-clock care for his spastic quadriplegia, a severe form of cerebral palsy. When his ...

More Than 6 Months After Wildfires, Another Victim Is Found: A 19th victim of the Eaton fire has been found in Altadena, bringing the total death toll to 31. Like all but one of the victims of the ...

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more lenient approach to drug use and addiction. County officials say ...

ICE access to Medicaid data, CalMatters premiums, surprise medical bills, layoffs, medical clinics brace for changes, and more news.

Obamacare affordability, housing crisis, Medicaid cuts, vaccines, immigrant health, opioid settlement funds, and more are in the news.

CNN pundit Scott Jennings said almost 5 million nondisabled Medicaid recipients “simply choose not to work” and “spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.” But a recent analysis found ...

Amid increasingly frequent natural disasters, several states have turned to registries to prioritize help for vulnerable residents. But while some politicians see these registries as a potential ...

California Creates Housing Agency: After years of soaring rents, increasingly out-of-reach home prices and an enduring homelessness crisis that touches every corner of the state, California is finally ...

By Marina Schauffler July 22, 2025 . A doctor doing environmental health research in rural Maine is wo ...