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California researcher Neeta Thakur is leading a challenge to President Donald Trump’s new administration — one that pits ...

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more lenient approach to drug use and addiction. County officials say ...

The (Santa Rosa) Press Democrat: Rite Aid Closes All Sonoma County Pharmacies According to its website, the pharmacy giant is slated to close 295 pharmacies in California. In the North Bay, all ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom was elected to office in 2019 on a promise of universal health care. He dramatically expanded coverage, but after six years, the Democrat is forced to contemplate deep cuts — ...

Federal law requires states to offer health insurance to many people with low incomes or disabilities. But some states, including California, are far more generous than what’s required. Budget ...

California has unilaterally halted a court-ordered medical parole program. Instead, it’s sending its most incapacitated prisoners back to state lockups or releasing them early. The change is drawing ...

The Trump administration is moving to end the “Housing First” approach despite warnings from providers and homelessness experts that the shift won’t work. But with homelessness rising, President ...

Enrollment of underrepresented groups at medical schools fell precipitously this academic year after the Supreme Court’s 2023 ban on affirmative action. Education and health experts worry the Trump ...

Hospital-based violence intervention programs have operated in the U.S. since the mid-1990s. The public health approach to gun violence works, by many accounts. But recent moves by the White House are ...

As Los Angeles recovers from historic wildfires, both previously unsheltered and chronically homeless people are facing even greater instability. Some lawmakers and providers argue now is the time to ...

Rosa “Rosita” Flores, a retail line supervisor at Taylor Farms in Salinas, shows the MiSalud app, which connects Spanish-speaking farmworkers with doctors in Mexico. (Victoria Clayton for KFF Health ...