Health

Cancer patients in California should have easy access to high-quality care and innovative cures without needless barriers.

Nonprofit clinics, tribal organizations and other community groups return to Sacramento for a second year to press for a $100 million health equity and racial justice fund. Gov. Gavin Newsom had left it out of last year’s budget.

Budgets and legislation dictating mandated actions are needed immediately to deal with issues affecting California’s older adults.

About 11,500 long-term care center workers are now sick with COVID. “It's been like one coworker after another, after another, everyone getting sick,” one nursing assistant said.

In a parallel problem to patient ‘dumping,’ many poor nursing home residents find themselves stuck inside facilities and unable to return home.

Investing in services that promote optimal child development, maternal health and family stability is crucial to California’s future.

There are young people like me who want to empower our communities and fight the climate crisis with a Civilian Climate Corps.

As nursing shortages reach a crisis point, we are urging California officials to restructure our workforce with common sense solutions.

The governor needs to sign SB 65 to put California on a better path toward desirable outcomes for Black pregnant people.

Read this article in English.       Por Jocelyn Wiener , 30 de junio de 2021 Fotos de Anne Wernikoff y Marissa Leshnov. Datos y gráficos de Erica Yee . En una tarde de finales de mayo, los miembros de la clase de último año de Madison Park Academy se pusieron relucientes vestidos blancos y gorras con borlas […]