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California’s Strict Gun Show Laws Paying Off In Terms Of Public Safety, Study Suggests
When a gun show is held in California, the state sees no measurable increase in injuries and deaths in the following two weeks. However, when one is held in Nevada, which doesn’t have the same regulations as its neighbor, such incidents jump by nearly 70 percent in California region’s within two hours.
A Storm Is Brewing As App Dubbed ‘Uber For Birth Control’ Expands Into Conservative States
The California-based company’s app helps women easily obtain emergency contraception, as well.
Single-Payer At Forefront Of Lawmakers’ Minds As They Gather For Special Health Hearings
The special committee is meant to address ways to cover any gaps in coverage or financing that may come from the actions of the federal government.
Judge In Insurer Subsidies Case Points To Steps Calif. Has Taken In Anticipation Of Payment Cut Off
Attorneys general from 18 states and D.C. asked the court for an immediate order halting President Donald Trump’s decision to cut off federal payments to health insurers. The judge seemed skeptical of their arguments, but aims to issue a ruling Tuesday.
Court Grants HHS Time To Release Pregnant Girl So She Can Obtain An Abortion Outside Its Custody
The court blocked an earlier ruling to allow the girl to get an abortion immediately. Now the government has 11 days to release the girl into outside custody, or the matter will return to the courts.
McConnell Open To Vote On Health Plan, But Says ‘We Need A Bill The President Will Actually Sign’
Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) introduced legislation last week to stabilize the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, but despite support from a large number of lawmakers, President Donald Trump has run hot and cold on the measure.
As Immediate Dangers Of Wildfires Start To Pass, Attention Turns To Lingering Effects
Among first responders, the fires have taken a heavy emotional and mental toll.
Volunteers From Glendale Hospital Deliver Care At Its Sister Medical Site In Armenia
The Noyemberyan Hospital in Armenia saw 2,015 patients this year with the help of medical specialists in cardiology, pulmonology, pediatrics, neurology, pathology and cytology.
No Two Outbreaks Are The Same: Why Calif. Hasn’t Been Able To Control Hep A Crisis Like Hawaii Did
The source is the biggest single difference between Hawaii’s outbreak and those underway among its continental counterparts. Investigators with the Hawaii State Department of Health traced a spike in cases to tainted shipments of frozen scallops served at a chain of popular sushi restaurants, which closed for nearly a month for sanitizing.
California’s Gubernatorial Candidates Split Over Single-Payer
The candidates were aligned on most of the other topics, but the differences when it came to universal health care reflected the national split among the Democratic Party.