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Drugs for autoimmune diseases are pricey. This bill could switch patients to a cheaper one

By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | September 15, 2026
Close to 25,000 Californians could see a change in their medication starting as soon as next year.

What parents should know about teens’ reliance on AI for mental health support

By Mallika Seshadri and Vani Sanganeria | EdSource

Her $3,000 procedure became a $6,000 bill as healthcare companies consolidate

By Elisabeth Rosenthal, KFF Health News

Why car crashes are more dangerous — and more often deadly — for older pedestrians

By Paula Span | KFF Health News

Can California help lower the cost of GLP-1s? Here’s what lawmakers are proposing

By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters

California

California to stock emergency supply of rescue inhalers at all public schools

By EdSource Staff | August 21, 2026
Funding for the three-year “School Albuterol Access Initiative” was included in last year’s state budget.
Education

California maintains school vaccine rules despite Trump order

By Diana Lambert | EdSource | August 21, 2026
California law requires students to be vaccinated against 10 serious communicable diseases.
California

Newsom promotes affordable insulin, but California’s generic label off to a slow start

By Angela Hart | KFF Health News | August 18, 2026
CalRx aims to make insulin more affordable and accessible for the nearly 3.7 million California adults diagnosed with diabetes.
health

Medicaid cuts stand to hit everyone (yes, even you). Here’s why

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | August 7, 2026
Medi-Cal cuts will strain hospitals already operating at a loss, resulting in fewer services and higher costs for the privately insured too.
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As AI ‘therapists’ dish out advice, California lawmakers try to set some limits

By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | August 6, 2026
The bill is backed by professional associations that represent psychologists, therapists and counselors.
Bay Area

Air quality advisory issued as wildfire smoke drifts into Bay Area

By Christopher Vinasco | Bay City News | August 4, 2026
Multiple wildfires continue to burn in Oregon and Eastern Washington.
health

California nearly achieved universal healthcare. Now, millions are losing coverage

By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | August 4, 2026
Two years ago, nearly every person in California qualified for health insurance, pushing the state’s insured rate to a record 95%. Now that progress is unravelling.
California

Is this proposition a $4 billion giveaway to a billionaire-backed LA research center?

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | July 31, 2026
Proposition 38 is written in a way that very likely excludes all but one institute in the entire state: the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, whose prominent donor and co-founder is the chief backer of the proposition.
health

Kaiser used an algorithm — not clinicians — to triage mental health patients, a union alleges

By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | July 29, 2026
The complaint lands in the middle of contract negotiations between the healthcare union and Kaiser Northern California, which have dragged on for more than a year without an agreement.
Bay Area

Red Cross declares emergency blood shortage, seeks Bay Area donors

By Valerie Conklin | Bay City News | July 28, 2026
Significant shortage prompts emergency for only second time in organization's 145-year history.
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