Latest California Healthline Stories
Fresno State Could See First Medical School Not At A University Of California Campus
Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula is concerned with the slow progress at being made to establish a medical school at UC Merced.
State Has Lagged In Inspecting Hospitals For Infection Rates, Consumer Group Claims
Hospitals that have fallen into the gap include Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Price’s Second Senate Hearing Comes Amid Increasing Scrutiny Over Stocks, Contributors
Questions are expected to focus on the future of the health law as well as the congressman’s past industry dealings. Ethics experts have said that HHS nominee Tom Price has shows “an extraordinary lack of good judgment” when it comes to his campaign and legislative actions.
Two College Students Receive Award For Work In Signing People Up For Health Law
Their efforts were part of the White House Healthy Campus Challenge.
Startup’s Medicaid Database May Help Answer Previously Unanswerable Questions
The San Francisco-based Nuna just nabbed $90 million in funding for the tool.
Officials Crack Down On Those Involved Fatal Overdoses As Opioid Crisis Grips State
Prosecutors say having law enforcement investigate such crimes as homicides has made a significant difference in securing convictions.
State HIV Program In Disarray After Operator Shift, Advocacy Groups Say
Following a switch to out-of-state operators to run the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, patients say their reimbursement claims have been repeatedly rejected, while caseworkers say enrolling patients is taking three or four times longer than it used to.
First-Ever Cannabis Czar Working To Set Up Regulatory Framework For Legalized Marijuana
Lori Ajax talks with KPBS about the busy year ahead.
In Era Of Tight Medical Regulation, Should Patients Use Cheap Hacks For EpiPens?
Michael Laufer, a math professor at Menlo College in Atherton, Calif., figured out how to make a $35 auto-injector to mimic the EpiPen. But is it really safe to use?
Trump’s Executive Order Scaling Back Health Law Injects Uncertainty In Already Unstable Industry
The president instructs all federal agencies to “waive, defer, grant -exemptions from or delay” any part of the law that imposes a financial or regulatory burden, but the practical implications and potential fallout from the order are still unclear. Meanwhile, a Donald Trump aide says the president will propose moving Medicaid toward block grants, and that the individual mandate is on the chopping block.