Almost 2 million of California’s poorest and most medically fragile residents may have to switch…
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WITH its June 24 “Dobbs” decision, the U.S. Supreme Court took away the guarantee of…
As abortion bans go into effect across a contiguous swath of the South, cancer physicians…
CHARLOTTE — After two months of sleeping in the Salvation Army Center of Hope homeless…
by Céline Gounder and Elisabeth Rosenthal Last month, the FDA authorized omicron-specific vaccines, accompanied by…
By Angela Hart/Kaiser Health News SACRAMENTO — A California lawmaker who rose to national prominence…
The latest COVID-19 surge, caused by a shifting mix of quickly evolving omicron subvariants, appears…
All residents should take precautions against mosquitoes THE Los Angeles County Department of Public Health…
By Zinnia Finn/Kaiser Health SAN JOSE — California’s third-largest city banished flavored tobacco products from…
By Bernard J. Wolfson and Zinnia Finn [Editor’s note: KHN, which produces California Healthline, is…
LOS Angeles County logged nearly 8,000 additional cases of the coronavirus over a three-day period,…
by Katheryn Houghton LIVINGSTON, Mont. — Shannan Piccolo walked into a hotel with a tote…
THE U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to…
Officials urge unvaccinated New Yorkers to get vaccinated now THE New York State Department of…
COVID vaccines and boosters have reduced the threat of COVID, allowing many people to gather,…
OVER the past week, Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 metrics improved enough to move the county…
Comprehensive Community Health Centers (CCHC) in partnership with LA Care, Health Net, Valley Presbyterian Hospital…
NEW York City Mayor Eric Adams issued an emergency executive order on Monday, August 1…
LOS Angeles County has dropped the plan to reissue the universal mask mandate as coronavirus…
Majority of cases are BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants Majority of cases are BA.4 and BA.5…
Governor Hochul, Mayor Adams announce launch of new COVID-19 treatment hotline THE sixth wave of…
Whether it’s participating in a summer learning program, going to camp, or joining a new…
Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery,…
WITH summer in full swing, Los Angeles County officials are warning residents to continue to…
By Mark Hedin/Ethnic Media Services “You might be done with COVID, but COVID is not…
AFTER more than a year of clinical trials, children in the United States between the…
By Judith Graham/ KHN ALMOST half of older adults — more than 26 million people…
CHILDREN under the age of 5 years old will now be able to receive the…
THE Southern Nevada Health District has begun rolling out COVID-19 vaccines to children under the…
A FEW months ago, it seemed as though the country was poised to finally tame…