Kristen Hwang | Piedmont Exedra

California launches ambitious effort to transform Medi-Cal to ‘whole person care’

Program aims to help low-income patients navigate problems like homelessness, poverty and substance abuse.

Infections are sweeping through staff and residents at homes across the state.

California hospitals report delays and shortages in medical supplies, and some patients are forced to reuse medical tubes.

Long-simmering disputes with unions over staffing are reaching crisis points.

COVID-19 burnout is driving many nurses to quit, and hospital administrators say the state’s new vaccine mandate is compounding the shortage, too.