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Two new studies have identified an alarming connection between exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy and autism in young children.
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Kids today live in an ultra-processed world: Nearly 70% of what they eat is packaged, processed and probably not great for them. Here are ways to cut back, without cooking every meal from scratch.
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As hospitals squeeze Democratic leaders in Sacramento for more money, health care finance experts and former state officials warn against falling for the industry’s fear tactics. They point to healthy profits and a recession-era financing scheme that allows rich hospitals to take tax money from poorer ones.
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After unanimously clearing the State Senate, a bill expanding first responders’ access to workers’ comp for PTSD moves to the State Assembly.
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California Wants To Increase Pay For Some Medi-Cal Providers. How It Might Help Patients Access CareCalifornia officials are proposing to increase reimbursement rates for some Medi-Cal providers, who say low pay rates prevent them from taking more patients.
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Driven largely by fentanyl, drug overdoses in California now kill more than twice as many people as car accidents, more than four times as many as homicides, and more than either diabetes or lung cancer.
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For parents of teenagers, adolescence can be challenging, but to a brain scientist it's a time of breathtaking development. And it's a "window of opportunity" on the way to becoming an adult.Listen 7:01
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The number of young adults going without sex was rising even before COVID-19 made dating harder and riskier.
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Infections from drug-resistant bacteria have caused illness in 81 patients across the U.S., the CDC says. The strain has been linked to recalled eyedrops like EzriCare Artificial Tears.
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The budget earmarks more than $15 million for unarmed crisis response programs, plus roughly $5 million for a forthcoming pilot project.
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Pandemic stresses led to millions more Americans seeking treatment. At the same time, there has long been a shortage of mental health professionals in the United States.
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Workers from a variety of industries urged Cal/OSHA’s board to quickly pass new rules for hot, indoor workplaces.
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The NIH will track the diets and lifestyles of 10,000 people to see how genetics, biology and the microbiome impact people's health. The study will use AI to tailor individual diet advice.
