health California sues crisis pregnancy centers over ‘abortion pill reversal’ claims By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | 4 hours ago California Attorney General Rob Bonta calls the claims false advertising that mislead vulnerable patients.
California California officials seek ‘CARE’ without coercion By April Dembosky KQED/KFF Health News | 10 hours ago New mental health courts launch this fall.
health With uptick in patients, these California Planned Parenthood employees want to unionize By Shreya Agrawal | CalMatters | September 19, 2023 Several Southern California clinics estimate 10 percent of their patients travel from states that now restrict reproductive healthcare.
Bay Area Amid a COVID wave, health officials recommend renewing vaccines By Kiley Russell | Bay City News Foundation | September 14, 2023 Statewide, case numbers have been steadily growing since the end of June.
California ‘Dr. Google’ Meets Its Match: Dr. ChatGPT By Andrew Leonard | KFF Health News | September 12, 2023 Researchers say AI bots results can be accurate but urge caution in the absence of any regulations.
California Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter By Phillip Reese | Kaiser Health News | September 8, 2023 Only once in the last 20 years — the heat wave of 2006 — has the death rate been higher than it was in 2022.
COVID-19 California COVID cases are increasing, again. Here’s the latest on boosters and more By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | September 1, 2023 With Labor Day gatherings ahead health experts anticipate more transmission and hospitalizations.
Business & Finance California’s medical board can’t pay its bills, but doctors resist proposed fixes By Annie Sciacca | KFF Health News | August 25, 2023 The bill faces a pivotal vote in the State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee this month.
guns ‘All we want is revenge’: How social media fuels gun violence among teens By Liz Szabo | KFF Health News | August 25, 2023 When posts that call out rivals go viral, fueled by “likes” and comments, the danger is hard to contain.
COVID-19 Few firm beliefs and low trust: Americans not sure what’s true in age of health misinformation By Darius Tahir | KFF Health News | August 22, 2023 A new poll from KFF shows many Americans aren’t willing to embrace misinformation — but aren’t willing to reject it either. And they don’t know whom to trust.