Jacobo Melcer, 85, of Bonita, admitted to paying kickbacks to multiple companies for the referral of Medicare beneficiaries and prescriptions for durable medical equipment, according to a July 2 ...

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more ...

California Changes Environmental Law That Made It Harder To Help Homeless: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Monday a bill overhauling the landmark California Environmental Quality Act, which he and ...

Newsom Signs Budget That Slashes Health Care Expansion For Immigrants: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Friday a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities, including a landmark ...

Friday's roundup covers covid's surge, Biden's case, vaccines, masks, monkeypox, Amazon's health play, mental health, and more.

Health workers strike, Alzheimer's, heat dangers, disability rules, hospital news, homelessness, opioids, and more are in the news.

Dangerous heat, air and water quality, Alzheimer's, CARE Court, CalPERS insurance premiums, fentanyl, Medi-Cal, and more are in the news.

This News Might Ruin Your Appetite — And Summer By David Hilzenrath May 20, 2025 Fresh studies expose a gap in the FDA’s assessments of foods: Widely used additives could damage the mix of bacteria in ...

Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall By Sam Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam May 2, 2025 This fall, the U.S. Government Accountability Office expects to release a report ...

The backroom deal with politically connected Kaiser Permanente, which infuriated other Medi-Cal health plans, allows the health care giant to continue selecting the enrollees it wants.

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 ...

California is collecting hundreds of millions of dollars a year in tax penalties from uninsured residents. The state was supposed to use the money to help lower costs for Californians who couldn’t ...