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Covered California To Cut Patient Costs After Democrats Win Funding From Newsom

Lower deductibles, copays and medicine costs to come.

A phlebotomist draws blood during a no-cost COVID-19 antibody testing.

This CDC Data Shows Where Rates Of Heat-Related Illness Are Highest

Emergency rooms report when patients visit with health problems caused by heat. Find out when and where rates of illness are spiking, and explore trends over the last five years.

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More Silicosis Cases Among California’s Countertop Fabricators

The number keeps growing as regulators move to impose workplace safety measures.

A Latino man with a beard and moustache sits on a brown picnic table in a park. He wears blue jeans and a grey sweatshirt, and his hands in the pockets of the sweatshirt. An oxygen tank sits on the ground next to him, with the tube leading up to his nose.

Here's What Happens To The Body In Extreme Temperatures — And How Heat Becomes Deadly

Multiple organ failure, heart attack and kidney failure are the primary ways people die in extreme heat. Read on to find out how to stay safe in the heat wave.

It was 118 degrees after 5 p.m. in Phoenix, Arizona on July 18, 2023. More than 80 million people have under heat warnings, as relentless temperatures continue to bake the western and southern U.S.

How California Is Fighting Meth With Gift Cards

California’s experimental new program targets methamphetamine addiction by rewarding patients with gift cards for negative drug tests.

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COVID-19 Wastewater Numbers Are Ticking Up Again In LA

More people are testing positive for COVID

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Industry Groups Vie For New Medi-Cal Money

State officials have promised to boost funding for California’s Medicaid program by $11.1 billion starting next year, with most of that money earmarked for higher payments to doctors, hospitals, and other providers. But the details have yet to be worked out, and powerful health industry groups are jockeying for positions.

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Once The New Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Is Available, What About Cost and Coverage?

All the information available so far on newly FDA-approved over-the-counter birth control.

A product shot of a box of Opill, a recently FDA-approved over-the-counter birth control. Around it are pamphlets for the pill.

Californians Are Smoking Less: Why That’s A Problem For These Early Childhood Services

A new ban on flavored tobacco products is accelerating a decline in nicotine tax revenue that funds California’s early childhood services. Some programs are already making cuts.

Packs of menthol-flavored and non-menthol cigarettes are displayed for sale in a smoke shop on April 28, 2022 in Los Angeles.

3 Probable Mpox Cases Reported In Orange County

The painful rash can take weeks to develop.

People walk past a sign on the ground advertising free monkeypox vaccines at DTLA Proud.

FDA Approves Opill, The First Daily Birth Control Pill Without A Prescription

From convenience stores to online, the tablet "will be an available option for millions of people in the United States," the director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research says.

Opill is the first birth control pill available over the counter in the United States.

It's hot! Protect your health and budget with these cool tips

Here’s how to cool off without breaking the bank.

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