California Legislature Takes On Surprise Bills, Over Hospital Objections
A debate now playing out in the California Legislature is pitting insurance companies and hospitals against each other.
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A debate now playing out in the California Legislature is pitting insurance companies and hospitals against each other.
There have been four cases confirmed of a polio-like illness in California with federal health officials asking doctors to be on the lookout for more heading into late summer and early fall.
A federal judge will reconsider a jury's $80 million damage award to a cancer victim who used Monsanto's Roundup weed-killer.
A multi-state outbreak of drug-resistant salmonella is being linked to contact with pig ear dog treats, authorities said Wednesday.
The Trump administration has agreed to postpone implementing a rule allowing medical workers to decline performing abortions or other treatments on moral or religious grounds while the so-called "conscience" rule is challenged in a California court.
California's nation-leading gas prices are set to climb even higher Monday, when the state gas tax increases another 5.6 cents a gallon.
As a public safety advocate, Wendy McEntyre has been doing the work the State of California has failed to do for more than a decade.
The average 30-day stay at a California rehab costs families $40,000. It's expensive and often highly risky. We've learned hundreds of patients are dying in detox.
San Francisco became the first major U.S. city to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes after supervisors gave the measure its second and final vote Tuesday.
The Livermore City Council unanimously voted Monday night to ban the sales of all flavored tobacco products and electronic delivery devices citywide and introduce a 1,000-foot buffer zone between tobacco retailers and sites like schools and libraries.
The Livermore City Council on Monday night will consider the addition of a new ordinance to ban the sales of all flavored tobacco products and electronic delivery devices in the city while introducing a 1,000-foot buffer zone between tobacco retailers and sites like schools and libraries.
An undercover operation in California found that half of tobacco and vape shops failed to check IDs for teens purchasing e-cigarettes and other nicotine products.
A California Assembly committee backed new rules for vaccination exemptions on Thursday following a raucous, hours-long hearing.
An average 130 Americans die every day of an opioid overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An innovative San Francisco program aims to treat the addiction but it's not without controversy.
Sen. Kamala Harris of California is introducing a bill to reduce the transmission of HIV by encouraging the use of PrEP.
