Health CareA California official helped save a mental health company’s contract. It flew him to London.October 24, 2024This summer, the director of California’s mental health commission traveled to London courtesy of Kooth, a digital mental health company. Weeks earlier, he pressed key legislative staff to restore a proposed cut to Kooth's funding.
Health CareBiden administration proposes a rule to make over-the-counter birth control freeOctober 21, 2024Health insurers would be required to cover all recommended over-the-counter contraception products, such as birth control and condoms, without a prescription and at no cost, for those with insurance.
Health CareThe flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVIDOctober 17, 2024A strain of influenza appears to have disappeared from the planet since COVID. As a result, U.S. flu vaccines have been redesigned.
Health CareCalifornia health care workers get a pay bump under a new minimum wage lawOctober 16, 2024Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California are getting a pay bump under a state law. Workers' pay will increase to $25 an hour over the next decade under the law starting Wednesday.
State GovernmentAbortion isn’t on the ballot in California, but state candidates can’t stop talking about itOctober 15, 2024Democrats in key legislative races say that abortion rights are under threat nationally so it’s a relevant issue. It could also be a winning issue.
State GovernmentCalifornia extends Medi-Cal services to people about to leave incarcerationOctober 11, 2024 | Megan MyscofskiIt’s the first state in the country to get a program like this off the ground.
Health Care250 companies, schools and organizations pledge to provide overdose antidote naloxoneOctober 9, 2024The White House says big companies like Amazon, the NHL, and United Airlines are joining the push to prevent overdoses by making naloxone widely available.
State GovernmentThis California ballot measure promises money for health care. Its critics warn it could backfireOctober 8, 2024Prop. 35 on California's 2024 ballot would lock in revenue for Medi-Cal payments. Some critics worry it jeopardizes federal health care funding.
Health CareThe pipeline of deadly fentanyl into the U.S. may be drying up, experts sayOctober 2, 2024Street fentanyl has long been viewed as unstoppable. Now many experts say the supply of the deadly synthetic opioid is suddenly drying up in many parts of the U.S. and fatal overdoses are dropping.
State GovernmentGovernor Newsom acts on controversial health billsSeptember 30, 2024 | Megan MyscofskiNewsom signed one to make fertility treatment more accessible, and vetoed another that could have done the same for the treatment of menopause symptoms.
