California nurses say an addiction recovery program managed by their licensing board has become a trap that drives them out of their careers and leaves them in debt.
California doctors are asking the state to create a 'safe harbor' program for addiction recovery. They say the current system discourages doctors from participating because they regard it as punitive.
California Democrats have passed two dozen laws to protect abortion access since the Supreme Court in 2021 overturned Roe vs. Wade. New bills are on the table.
Birth centers are midwife-run facilities that deliver babies outside of hospitals. They have struggled to stay in business in part because of strict state licensing requirements.
Proposition 34 confronts the longtime abuse of the federal 340B prescription drug program and will hold bad actors accountable if providers don’t spend their revenue on patients. California voters got it right.
Under Project 2025, all 50 states would be mandated to report detailed abortion-related data to the federal government or risk funding cuts. California is one of three states that currently does not report.
Bird flu has been spreading among dairy workers in California's Central Valley, jumping from cows to people. A new suspected case in the Bay Area came from an unknown source.
California laws governing health insurance, access to abortion and health care for undocumented immigrants could be contested during a second Trump administration.