A state lawmaker wants health insurers to disclose denial rates and explain those denials as anger grows over rising costs ...

Workers Plan Strike Next Week At All UC Medical Centers, Campuses: Tens of thousands of unionized University of California workers are poised to strike Feb. 26 to 28 across all 10 UC campuses and five ...

Frustrated by spiraling drug costs, California lawmakers want to increase oversight of pharmaceutical industry intermediaries ...

Telehealth startups including Ro and Nurx are spending millions to promote themselves as easy dispensers of medicines. Some companies offer care for birth control, sexual dysfunction, and more complex ...

Flu Deaths Surpass Covid Deaths In California: More people are dying from flu than from covid this winter for the first time since the novel coronavirus started flooding emergency rooms in 2020. At ...

The current strain of bird flu is spreading from wildlife and livestock to house cats. To keep pets healthy, many virologists ...

Mental health workers on strike in Southern California say Kaiser Permanente is woefully understaffed, its therapists are ...

California’s Head Start Programs Thrown Into Chaos: Dozens of Head Start programs nationwide — including at least six in California — have experienced delays in accessing government money for payroll ...

State officials say homes should be able to be cooled to a safe indoor air temperature of 82 degrees. The legislature will ...