health California’s Medi-Cal shortfall hits $6.2 billion with ‘unprecedented’ cost increases By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | March 18, 2025 Some of the cost drivers include higher enrollment among immigrants without legal status as well as pharmacy costs.
COVID-19 Scientists say NIH officials told them to scrub mRNA references on grants By Arthur Allen | KFF Health News | March 16, 2025 They fear the Trump administration will abandon a promising field of medical research.
California Progressives seek health privacy protections in California, but Newsom could balk By Vanessa G. Sánchez | KFF Health News | March 14, 2025 If the measures reach his desk, Governor Gavin Newsom could lay such legislation aside to focus on securing federal funds.
California California borrows $3.4 billion for Medicaid overrun as Congress eyes steep cuts By Christine Mai-Duc | KFF Health News | March 13, 2025 The top Republican in the state Senate is demanding a hearing “so the public knows exactly where their tax dollars are going.”
California What to know about two new measles cases in CA By Lynn La | CalMatters | March 13, 2025 The Los Angeles and Fresno public health departments each disclosed a case on Tuesday.
Around Town The LWV Piedmont hosts “Public Health: The Next 4 Years” with Dr. George Rutherford By League of Women Voters, Piedmont | March 12, 2025 The Piedmont resident and UCSF professor of epidemiology and public health will speak on Sunday, March 30.
health care ‘Burden on our local systems’: Congressmen warn of health care impacts of Medicaid cuts By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | March 10, 2025 The Republican-led House of Representatives passed a draft budget plan last month that outlines $880 billion in cuts over a decade to health spending.
Bay Area Changing the climate on science: Nationwide movement pushes back on cuts for research By Ruth Dusseaul | Bay City News | March 9, 2025 On Friday at University of California Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza, a spot famous for student activism, it was the professors’ turn to protest.
animals As poultry farms slowly recover from bird flu, concerns rise over economy, public health By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | March 8, 2025 Bird flu is not just for birds.
Featured in Category Republicans once wanted government out of health care — Trump voters see it differently By Noam N. Levey | KFF Health News | March 6, 2025 Polling found three-quarters of Trump voters back government limits on what hospitals can charge.