Jacobo Melcer, 85, of Bonita, admitted to paying kickbacks to multiple companies for the referral of Medicare beneficiaries and prescriptions for durable medical equipment, according to a July 2 ...

A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more ...

Tuesday's roundup cover the monkeypox emergency, vaccines and myths, abortion, covid cases and tests, the drug epidemic, and more.

In recent years, locally acquired dengue cases have appeared in California, Florida, and Texas, parts of the U.S. where the ...

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UC Health, Blue Shield Of California Reach Deal, Assuring Access To Care: Tens of thousands of patients who get medical care at UCSF and five other UC Health academic medical centers statewide through ...

California Changes Environmental Law That Made It Harder To Help Homeless: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Monday a bill overhauling the landmark California Environmental Quality Act, which he and ...

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This News Might Ruin Your Appetite — And Summer By David Hilzenrath May 20, 2025 Fresh studies expose a gap in the FDA’s assessments of foods: Widely used additives could damage the mix of bacteria in ...

Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall By Sam Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam May 2, 2025 This fall, the U.S. Government Accountability Office expects to release a report ...

Homeless patients accounted for about 100,000 visits to California hospitals in 2017, marking a 28% increase from just two years earlier. Health officials attribute the surge to the overall rise in ...