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health

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

By Paula Span | KFF Health News | September 1, 2026
The latest threat: explosive growth in the use of e-bikes.
health
Box of Ozempic weightloss injectable medication

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

By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | August 27, 2026
While prices are dropping, the drugs continue to be unaffordable for many.
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.
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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