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.
Education Help young people limit screen time — and improve mental health, body image By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | August 18, 2023 A new study validates what some parents have observed when teens limit screen time.
California Promising better, cheaper care, Kaiser Permanente’s national expansion faces wide skepticism By Harris Meyer | KFF Health News | August 17, 2023 With a $5 billion commitment to a new unit called Risant Health, there are questions about the benefit to current KP customers and employees.
COVID-19 ‘It’s here to stay’: Experts weigh in on the state of COVID-19 and the new EG.5 variant By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News Foundation | August 15, 2023 COVID cases are rising once again due to the emergence of a new variant, EG.5.
California A blood test that screens for cancer: Does it do more harm than good? By Mark Kreidler | KFF Health News | August 11, 2023 But many cancer researchers, wary of overtesting, argue it’s premature to prescribe the Galleri test widely.