Latest California Healthline Stories
Trump Bans Transgender People From Military, Citing Medical Costs Among Reasons
The announcement comes just as a storm over whether taxpayer money should pay for gender transition and hormone therapy for transgender service members was brewing on the Hill, threatening to derail a $790 billion defense and security spending package that includes funds for President Trump’s border wall.
City-Owned Banks Dedicated To Marijuana Industry Could Be Mutually Beneficial
Gubernatorial candidate and California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for the creation of such a bank.
Researchers Foresee Serious Consequences From Vaccination Exemptions
A Stanford University study finds measles rates could triple in certain populations.
It’s Not Over Till It’s Over: UC-Berkeley Files Appeal Of CRISPR Patent Ruling
UC asserts that its team was the true inventor of the gene editing technology.
Coalition Partners With Yelp In Effort To Decrease Unnecessary C-Sections
C-sections do come with some risk, and women will be able to see if their local hospitals has poor ratings for the procedure.
Lawmakers Push Safe Injection Sites, Saying Traditional Treatment For Opioid Crisis Has Failed
Assembly Bill 186 would make California the first state in the nation to permit illegal drug use in designated places.
USC Concedes It Could Have Handled Situation With Former Med School Dean Better
The university’s president says a new committee will look into strengthening the protocols of dealing with employees’ off-work behavior.
Advocates Turn Out To Protest Repeal Of Affordable Care Act
“We care for 800,000 patients, 2.5 million visits a year supported by Medicaid,” said Henry Tuttle, president of Health Center Partners of Southern California. “If we take Medicaid away, where do they go? Who’s going to care for them? Who has the capacity to care for 800,000 patients?”
‘Political Punt’ Or GOP’s Best Chance: Attention Shifts To Skinny Plan As Other Options Fail
The plan would roll back only a few of the Affordable Care Act’s provisions, but in such a divided Senate, it might be Republicans’ only hope of getting something passed.
Revised GOP Plan Including Cruz Amendment Becomes First Casualty Of Health Debate
Nine senators joined Democrats to easily defeat the legislation that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been working to get passed the last few weeks.