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New California rules target flavors in kids’ medication, leading pharmacies to end service

by Shreya Agrawal November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

Parents say flavored medication can help ensure their kids finish a prescription. Far fewer California pharmacies are offering that service as they await new rules from a state regulator.

Vast stretches of California lose maternity care as dozens of hospitals shut labor wards

by Ana B. Ibarra, Kristen Hwang and Erica Yee November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

Allie Felker in the nursery of her 2 year-old daughter, Octavia, her first living child, at her home in Livermore on Nov. 13th, 2023. Photo by Laure Andrillon for CalMatters

As hospitals and maternity wards close, here’s one way California can prevent stillbirths

November 15, 2023November 14, 2023 by Allie Felker

Outlines of the Madera Community Hospital sign being covered by a tarp at the Emergency Room entrance of the hospital on Jan. 2, 2023. Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue announced a state of emergency for the county when the hospital shut its doors due to bankruptcy. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

More than 40 California hospitals closed maternity wards in a decade. Is yours one of them?

by Kristen Hwang, Ana B. Ibarra and Erica Yee November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

The UC Davis Health campus in Sacramento on Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Minimum wage hike for California health workers will cost billions. Workers say they need it

by Shreya Agrawal November 13, 2023November 13, 2023

Army veteran Latoya White at her home on Treasure Island in San Francisco, on Oct. 24, 2023. A third of the nation’s homeless veterans live in California, where the state has spent several billion dollars creating more housing specifically for former military service members since 9/11. Photo by Loren Elliott for CalMatters

One-third of homeless veterans live in California. Newsom is backing a new plan to help them

by Shreya Agrawal November 6, 2023November 6, 2023

California’s ‘tripledemic’ season is off to a mild start. What to know about flu, RSV and COVID

by Shreya Agrawal November 6, 2023November 6, 2023

A medical personnel working on her computer in the corridor of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister on March 30, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

Despite high Black maternal death rate, California hospitals ignored training about bias in care

by Kristen Hwang October 27, 2023October 30, 2023

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, addresses members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, IATSE at their Union Hall in Burbank on Feb. 11, 2023. Two weeks prior, Schiff launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate, raising $1.6 million in chiefly small-dollar donations. Photo Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo

Who’s winning the U.S. Senate money race?

by Lynn La October 17, 2023October 17, 2023

Kaiser Permanente employees on strike on Oct. 4, 2023. The workers held a demonstration in front of the Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento location demanding higher wages and more staffing. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

New California law raises minimum wage to $25 for health care workers

by Ana B. Ibarra October 13, 2023October 17, 2023

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