Bird Flu Outbreak Easing In California: The worst of the H5N1 avian flu outbreak — which began in 2024 and infected thousands of birds and dairy cows and dozens of people in the U.S. — may be over in ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom was elected to office in 2019 on a promise of universal health care. He dramatically expanded coverage, but ...

More Californians are getting mental health or substance use disorder treatment online or over the phone than in person, ...

The state has in recent years embraced several initiatives recommended in an influential health care workforce report, ...

Monica Soni, Covered California’s chief medical officer, oversees an effort to hold health plans financially accountable for ...

Water Safe To Drink Again After LA Wildfires: Tap water is now safe to drink in areas served by all nine water systems where damage from the firestorms in Altadena and Pacific Palisades had prompted ...

California state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson is a practicing physician, a mother, a member of the Senate Health Committee, and the head of the California Legislative Black Caucus. The Democrat says one ...

Soil Testing Shows High Levels Of Toxic Substances After LA Wildfires: The federal government decided not to test the soil of L.A.'s burn areas for hazardous substances. The Los Angeles Times launched ...

California is in line for more than $4 billion in opioid settlement funds, and local governments are most often spending the first tranche of money on lifesaving drugs. An exclusive California ...

Many Catholic health systems, which are tax-exempt, pay their executives millions and can charge some of the highest prices around — while critics say they scrimp on commitments to their communities.