COVID-19
The California mask mandate is gone. Now some patients fear for their health.
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Some patients with chronic illnesses say they may avoid treatment in largely maskless healthcare facilities rather than risk contracting COVID-19.Bay Area
California may change its mental health funding. Why that might cut some services.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to shift more money to housing severely mentally ill homeless people.COVID-19
COVID disparities grow as California ends state of emergency
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As public health funding winds down, gaps in vaccination rates are increasing among racial and ethnic groups.Bay Area
Is California breaking its promise to cut health care costs?
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Proposed state budget shifts money reserved for out-of-pocket costs to general fund.Bay Area
Was the public health workforce’s pandemic funding boost enough?
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During the decade after the 2008 recession, state funding for public health dropped 64%.COVID-19
California monkeypox response is bumpy, but builds on COVID lessons
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Monkeypox tests and vaccines are in short supply as public health officials grapple with red tape and short supplies.COVID-19
California will require health facilities to start sharing patient data with each other
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Under the state’s new data-sharing requirement, a doctor or case worker could get immediate access to a patient’s full medical history, and patients could view their own records easily.health
California fails to collect basic abortion data — even as it invites an out-of-state influx
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As California vows to protect abortion rights, it lacks the data that would help estimate how many out-of-state women may seek services.COVID-19
