public health

A slate of five bills in the California Legislature requiring vaccination for COVID is discriminatory and unnecessary as the pandemic wanes.

Vaccine bills, including one to pull state funding from law agencies that oppose public health orders, are facing headwinds.

California’s political leaders need to prioritize health care in plans to end homelessness – it cannot be an afterthought if we expect housing programs to succeed.

To bring COVID under control and address other ongoing public health emergencies, we need a well-trained army of public health workers.

Expiration of two COVID-19 emergency programs means Californians could lose their Medi-Cal insurance or find Covered California unaffordable.

The governor’s new proposal would require all 58 counties to participate in the program to assist people with serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders.

We cannot wait for the next pandemic or public health crisis to emerge; we still face a host of other public health issues.

Starting today, the California mask mandate ends for the unvaccinated in most indoor settings in counties that allow it.

California's African Americans are dying from COVID at a higher rate now. And they make up a disproportionate and growing share of the death toll for middle-aged Californians.

A top state health official provided little new information on Monday. Public health experts say it might be time to take more steps towards normalcy at schools.