Two older adults with similar health profiles can experience vastly different outcomes depending solely on whether they ...

Attendees at a Family Services Alliance rally at San Francisco’s City Hall in May 2023. Photo courtesy of Safe & Sound. When Raya left Oakland in 2020, she was pregnant with her daughter, had little ...

Asbestos was used in a number of Navy ships and military facilities, according to the author, including the now-closed Fort MacArthur in Los Angeles County, seen here. Photo by KKStock/iStock Veterans ...

Legislators in California’s State Capitol in Sacramento can work to protect health coverage for millions of Californian’s, the author writes. Photo from iStock/Pgiam. The country’s Medicaid system is ...

Native American Health Center spearheaded the development of Flicker, a 14,000 square-foot community and clinical facility in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of NAHC) Along ...

A few months ago, I took care of Rosa, a 7-week-old chubby baby with peach-fuzz hair, in our emergency room at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. I’m a pediatric resident at this safety-net hospital in ...

As the opioid epidemic has spread over the past decade, fueled by the availability of synthetic opioids like fentanyl, no corner of California has escaped unscathed. Even in the rural Eastern Sierra, ...

When I heard the news about President Trump imposing tariffs on almost everything that isn’t made in the U.S., the first thing I did was check the packaging on my son’s medical supplies. My son is ...

Housing affordability and homelessness are a top concern across California communities. Solutions so far have focused on closing the gap between housing supply and demand, but that will take years, ...

As a doctor of orthopedic physical therapy with more than 20 years of experience, I’ve treated numerous patients dealing with severe pain who were at risk for or already have opioid use disorder. This ...

As a mom of a kid with a disability, the most important lesson I want to teach my son is that he belongs. My son James is 13. He has medically complex health conditions and a disability that affects ...