A proposed California bill aims to safeguard HIV-prevention coverage
State lawmakers are considering a bill meant to protect access to HIV prevention drugs for insured Californians as threats from the federal government continue.Assembly Bill…
Federal cuts leave Los Angeles County health system in crisis
Los Angeles County’s health system, which is responsible for the care of the region’s poorest, is careening toward a financial crisis because of cuts from…
California, other Democratic-led states roll back Medicaid access for people lacking legal status
SACRAMENTO — For nearly 20 years, Maria would call her sister — a nurse in Mexico — for advice on how to manage her asthma and control…
Contributor: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles threw trans kids overboard
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the preeminent center for pediatric medicine in Southern California. For three decades, it’s also been one of the world’s leading…
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles halts transgender care
Under mounting pressure from the Trump administration, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will shutter its longstanding healthcare program for trans children and young adults this summer,…
Texas hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, a federal inquiry finds
WASHINGTON — A Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, according…
The Role of IoT in Remote Patient Monitoring
Healthcare is changing fast. More and more often, patients are monitored not in hospital beds but in their own homes. What makes this possible? A…
Health clinics make house calls on immigrant patients afraid to leave home
Across Los Angeles, the Inland Empire and the Coachella Valley, one community health center is extending its services to immigrant patients in their homes after…
Trump cuts will cause a spike of HIV cases in L.A. and nationally
A growing coalition of HIV prevention organizations, health experts and Democrats in Congress are sounding the alarm over sweeping Trump administration cuts to HIV/AIDS prevention…
7 million people have Alzheimer’s. Why is Trump administration derailing research?
Dr. Charles DeCarli, co-director of the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Research Center, got the news in a call from a colleague on March 24.“Your study was…
John Oliver sued for defamation by healthcare boss
A former health insurance boss has taken legal action against “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver, filing a defamation lawsuit against the Emmy winner. Dr.…
Stressed? Sick? Swiss town lets doctors prescribe museum visits
NEUCHATEL, Switzerland — The world’s woes got you down? Feeling burnout at work? Need a little something extra to fight illness or prep for surgery? The Swiss…
After rift on shutdown, California Democrats refocus budget fight on Medicaid
After a bruising Washington battle that averted a government shutdown but broke their party in two last week, leading California Democrats are trying to project…
Jobs lost in every state and lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts
WASHINGTON — Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Therapies for intellectual disorders could stall in Maryland. Red states and blue states alike…
Huge spike in brain activity in dying patient with no heart rate evidence of ‘soul leaving the body’, expert claims
A mysterious burst of energy that happens in the brain as we die could be the soul leaving the body, according to an expert.Dr Stuart…
Red states’ targeting of NY doctor over abortion pills is shield law test
DALLAS — A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the blue state’s shield law against the…
What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills, punish women
Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading antiabortion groups…
Gov. signs bill against snooping in patient records
SACRAMENTO — Hospitals and other health facilities will face harsh new penalties if their employees snoop in the medical records of patients, under legislation signed Tuesday by…
Suit accuses gynecologist at California prison of abusing patients
SAN FRANCISCO — Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of alleged sexual abuse.For seven years, the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women, a high-security…
Victims in crash of medical jet, including girl patient, in Pennsylania identified
Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The six people aboard a medical jet, including the pediatric patient, that crashed shortly upon takeoff in North Philadelphia on Friday…