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 ...

UC Health, Blue Shield Of California Reach Deal, Assuring Access To Care: Tens of thousands of patients who get medical care at UCSF and five other UC Health academic medical centers statewide through ...

A family living in Galveston was surprised to be charged thousands of dollars for immunizations for their children. Their insurance plan didn’t cover the shots, and the cost of the measles vaccine in ...

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.

UCSF Health To Lay Off About 200 Workers: UCSF Health will eliminate approximately 200 positions across its network, officials said Wednesday, citing “serious financial challenges” and the need to ...

Stanford Medicine Halts Gender-Affirming Surgeries For Those Younger Than 19: Stanford Medicine has stopped providing gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 — becoming the second major ...

Tuesday's roundup covers a hospital worker strike, monkeypox, covid subvariant surge, vaccines, masks, suicide, water quality, and more.

California lawmakers are poised to approve a six-month delay in implementing the state’s in vitro fertilization law, pushing its start to January 2026. The plan to postpone, which has drawn little ...

Following a petition from Democratic state attorneys general, the American Medical Association adopted a position that medical certification exams should not be required in person in states with ...