150,000 Bay Area residents to have Medi-Cal eligibility reconsidered
About 15.5 million Californians—including over 150,000 people across the Bay Area—will have their Medi-Cal eligibility reconsidered.
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About 15.5 million Californians—including over 150,000 people across the Bay Area—will have their Medi-Cal eligibility reconsidered.
Dr. Eileen Fry-Bowers, USF school of nursing dean, is a veteran who believes the Alabama's U.S. senator's hold on military appointments will negatively impact the health of women who serve. Lauren Toms reports. (7-31-23)
Kaiser Permanente health care workers picketed Tuesday at more than 40 facilities across the state, including 17 in the Bay Area, claiming unsafe staffing levels.
Attorneys for California U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein say in a court filing that she is being stiffed on payments for "significant" medical bills by a trust created for her benefit by her late husband.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders have reached an agreement on how to spend the state's tax dollars over the next year.
An East Bay toddler is still recovering in the hospital after being hit by a truck while riding his bicycle almost two weeks ago. Amanda Starrantino reports. (6-26-23)
California lawmakers have agreed to loan $150 million to financially distressed hospitals.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended a temporary pause of a lower court order that limited use of the widely used abortion pill mifepristone to Friday. Access to the pill still stands while the court makes its final decision. Jan Crawford reports from the Supreme Court.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement the Justice Department "strongly disagrees" with the decision from an appeals court.
Rates of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea all rose in the U.S. in 2021, according to the latest CDC data.
California secured about two million pills, while Massachusetts purchased about 15,000.
Even though more than 50% of medical school students are women, a gender gap remains in top specialties.
Members of the California Nurses Association say the state's decision to stop requiring masks in health care settings this week puts them at higher risk for catching COVID-19
A Brisbane father who lost his son to fentanyl is doing what he can now to save lives. Max Darrow reports. (3-31-23)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has launched a new political action committee to boost Democrats in Republican states.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to use Medicaid money to pay for housing for some vulnerable people.
State lawmakers hope a minimum wage of $25 for all healthcare workers in California will help with a shortage in that industry, introducing legislation this session at the Capitol.
A proposed law would raise the minimum wage for health workers in California to $25/hr. Shawn Chitnis reports. (3-24-23)
The rate at which women — particularly Black and Hispanic women — die while pregnant, during or soon after childbirth in the U.S. was a concern even before the pandemic.
Starting April 3, the state will no longer require the use of a mask in health care and long-term care facilities. Kelsi Thorud reports. (3-4-23)
Two Bay Area parents have created a global organization that is raising funds to research a genetic disorder that robs children of their sight and hearing.
Composers at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music teamed up with UCSF neuroscientists to create music that provides a new way to study dementia.
A recent study found that Doxy-PEP reduced STIs like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis when used by some adults.
Recently passed government spending bill allows states to kick people off the program as early as April.
To get the amount of tryptophan required to cause a food coma, an associate professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey said we'd have to eat about 8 pounds of turkey meat.
